Mechanical analysis of a pneumatically actuated concentric double-shell structure for cell stretching

Micromachines

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 868-885

  Zhao, Feihu ^a,b   Kreutzer, Joose ^a,b   Pajunen, Sami ^a   Kallio, Pasi ^a,b  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^b BioMediTech Institute   (Finland)

Author keywords

Computational modeling; Finite element; Mechanical stimulation device; Mechanobiology; Substrate strain

Indexed keywords

CELL CULTURE; CELLS; COMPUTATION THEORY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MICROCHANNELS; POLYDIMETHYLSILOXANE; SILICONES; STRAIN;

COMPUTATIONAL MODEL; MATHEMATICAL DESCRIPTIONS; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; MECHANO-BIOLOGY; OUT-OF-PLANE DISPLACEMENT; POLYDIMETHYLSILOXANE (PDMS) SUBSTRATES; STRUCTURAL MODIFICATIONS; SUBSTRATE STRAIN;

CYTOLOGY;

EID: 84919724285     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2072666X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/mi5040868     Document Type: Article

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