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A Parametric Study on a Paper-Based Bi-Material Cantilever Valve

Micromachines, 2022
The novel paper-based Bi-Material Cantilever (B-MaC) valve allows the autonomous loading and control of multiple fluid reagents which contributes to the accurate operation of paper-based microfluidic devices utilized for biological and chemical sensing ...
Hojat Heidari-Bafroui, Ashutosh Kumar, Amer Charbaji, Winfield Smith, Nassim Rahmani, Constantine Anagnostopoulos, Mohammad Faghri   +6 more
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Acoustic Microfluidics

Annual Review of Analytical Chemistry, 2020
Acoustic microfluidic devices are powerful tools that use sound waves to manipulate micro- or nanoscale objects or fluids in analytical chemistry and biomedicine. Their simple device designs, biocompatible and contactless operation, and label-free nature are all characteristics that make acoustic microfluidic devices ideal platforms for fundamental ...
Peiran, Zhang, Hunter, Bachman, Adem, Ozcelik, Tony Jun, Huang   +3 more
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Hand-Powered Elastomeric Pump for Microfluidic Point-of-Care Diagnostics

Micromachines, 2020
The pumping of fluids into microfluidic channels has become almost an unavoidable operation in all microfluidic applications. Such a need has seen an outburst of several techniques for pumping, out of which the majority of techniques involve complicated ...
Gangadhar Eluru, Jayesh Vasudeva Adhikari, Priyalaxita Chanda, Sai Siva Gorthi   +3 more
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Droplet-Based Technology for Studying the Phenotypic Effect of Microplastics on Antimicrobial Resistance

Proceedings, 2023
Plastic pollution is a global emergency [...]
Simona Bartkova, Fenella Lucia Sulp, Immanuel Sanka, Pille Pata, Ott Scheler   +4 more
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Customised micro-electrode array (MEA) test setup featuring a silicone-casted overlay with two chambers for separated cell seedings

Current Directions in Biomedical Engineering, 2021
Micro-electrode array (MEA) systems are noninvasive platforms for the investigation of electrophysiological properties of cell layers, such as spontaneously active cardiomyocytes.
Mau Robert, Kussauer Sophie, Matzmohr Uta, David Robert, Seitz Hermann   +4 more
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Dynamic Response of Paper-Based Bi-Material Cantilever Actuator

Micro, 2023
This work presents a dynamic modeling approach for analyzing the behavior of a bi-material cantilever actuator structure, consisting of a strip of filter paper bonded to a strip of tape.
Ashutosh Kumar, Jun Hatayama, Nassim Rahmani, Constantine Anagnostopoulos, Mohammad Faghri   +4 more
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Preliminary Study on 3D printing of PEGDA Hydrogels for Frontal Sinus Implants using Digital Light Processing (DLP)

Current Directions in Biomedical Engineering, 2019
Digital Light Processing (DLP) enables high precision 3D-printing of photopolymers and holds promising potential for patient-specific implant solutions. On the material side, Poly(ethylene glycol) diacrylate (PEGDA) has emerged as an interesting material
Mau Robert, Nazir Jamal, John Samuel, Seitz Hermann   +3 more
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Enhanced Chondrogenic Differentiation of Human Bone Marrow-Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells in Low Oxygen Environment Micropellet Cultures

Cell Transplantation, 2010
Chondrogenesis of mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) is typically induced when they are condensed into a single aggregate and exposed to transforming growth factor-β (TGF-β).
Brandon D. Markway, Guak-Kim Tan, Gary Brooke, James E. Hudson, Justin J. Cooper-White, Michael R. Doran   +5 more
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Zinculose: A new fibrous material with embedded zinc particles

Engineering Science and Technology, an International Journal, 2021
In this paper, we report a simple and inexpensive procedure to make a composite material of cellulose fibers with embedded zinc micoparticles. This fibrous material is produced by sedimentation and is referred to as “Zinculose”.
Amer Charbaji, Winfield Smith, Constantine Anagnostopoulos, Mohammad Faghri   +3 more
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A Quantitative Descriptor for Chalky and Discoloration Damage in Rice Grains

Journal of Food Quality
The quality assessment of chalky and discolored rice grains is often limited to either subjective methods or single-value metrics that fail to capture the finer details of these damages.
Niteen Sapkal, Anoop K. R., Tanishq Selot, Ankur Miglani, Pavan Kumar Kankar, Sahil Kalra, Ayon Chakraborty   +6 more
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