Investigation of cellular contraction forces in the frequency domain using a PDMS micropillar-based force transducer

Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 44-53

  Du, Ping ^a   Cheng, Chen ^b   Lu, Hongbing ^b   Zhang, Xin ^a  

^a Boston University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac myocyte; cellular force; complex modulus; Euler beam; finite element analysis (FEA); Fourier series; frequency domain; micropillar; nanoindentation; polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS); Timoshenko beam; viscoelastic

Indexed keywords

CARDIAC MYOCYTES; CELLULAR FORCE; COMPLEX MODULUS; EULER BEAM; FREQUENCY DOMAINS; MICRO PILLARS; POLYDIMETHYLSILOXANE PDMS; TIMOSHENKO BEAMS; VISCOELASTIC;

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FOURIER SERIES; FREQUENCY DOMAIN ANALYSIS; MICROCHANNELS; NANOINDENTATION;

SILICONES;

EID: 84873308319     PISSN: 10577157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JMEMS.2012.2213070     Document Type: Article

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