Deformable L-shaped microwell array for trapping pairs of heterogeneous cells

Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2015, Pages

  Lee, Gi Hun ^a   Kim, Sung Hwan ^a   Kang, Ahran ^b   Takayama, Shuichi ^c   Lee, Sang Hoon ^b   Park, Joong Yull ^a  

^a Chung Ang University   (South Korea)

^b Korea University   (South Korea)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

cell pairing; cell to cell interaction; L shaped microwell; single cell trapping; substrate deformation

Indexed keywords

CYTOLOGY; DEFORMATION; MICROCHANNELS; MOBILE SECURITY; MOLECULES; SILICONES;

CELL PAIRINGS; CELL-TO-CELL INTERACTIONS; MICRO WELLS; SINGLE-CELL TRAPPING; SUBSTRATE DEFORMATION;

CELLS;

EID: 84923668647     PISSN: 09601317     EISSN: 13616439     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0960-1317/25/3/035005     Document Type: Article

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