Utilization and control of bioactuators across multiple length scales

Lab on a Chip

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 653-670

  Chan, Vincent ^a   Asada, H Harry ^a   Bashir, Rashid ^b  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^b University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; BIOACTUATOR; DNA; KINESIN; MOLECULAR MOTOR; MYOSIN; PROTON TRANSPORTING ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE SYNTHASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALGA; BACTERIUM; DEVICES; EXPLANT; FORCE; HEART; HEART MUSCLE CELL; MAMMAL CELL; MICROORGANISM; MICROSCALE DEVICE; MICROTUBULE; MOLECULE; MUSCLE TISSUE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOZOON; REVIEW; SKELETAL MUSCLE; VELOCITY;

ANIMALS; BIOMIMETICS; HUMANS; SINGLE-CELL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84892997155     PISSN: 14730197     EISSN: 14730189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/c3lc50989c     Document Type: Review

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