Programmable assembly of pressure sensors using pattern-forming bacteria

Nature Biotechnology

Volumn 35, Issue 11, 2017, Pages 1087-1093

  Cao, Yangxiaolu ^a   Feng, Yaying ^a   Ryser, Marc D ^b,c   Zhu, Kui ^a   Herschlag, Gregory ^a,b   Cao, Changyong ^a,d   Marusak, Katherine ^a   Zauscher, Stefan ^a,b   You, Lingchong ^a,b,c  

^a Duke University   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d Michigan State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; DOMES; PORE SIZE; PRESSURE SENSORS; SCAFFOLDS (BIOLOGY);

HYBRID ORGANIC-INORGANIC; INORGANIC COMPONENTS; MATERIALS FABRICATION; MICROSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; PATTERNED MATERIALS; PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; PROGRAMMABLE ASSEMBLY; THREEDIMENSIONAL (3-D);

MEMBRANES;

GOLD NANOPARTICLE; MOLECULAR SCAFFOLD; GOLD; METAL NANOPARTICLE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM COLONY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GEOMETRY; HEIGHT; HYDROPHOBICITY; NANOFABRICATION; NONHUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY; THREE DIMENSIONAL PRINTING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC PROCEDURES; GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESSURE;

BIOSENSING TECHNIQUES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GOLD; METAL NANOPARTICLES; PRESSURE;

EID: 85033567022     PISSN: 10870156     EISSN: 15461696     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nbt.3978     Document Type: Article

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