Colored polydimethylsiloxane micropillar arrays for high throughput measurements of forces applied by genetic model organisms

Pneumatic Networks for Soft Robotics that Actuate Rapidly

(2014) Bobak Mosadegh et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Mechanical characterization of bulk Sylgard 184 for microfluidics and microengineering

(2014) I D Johnston et al.   JOURNAL OF MICROMECHANICS AND MICROENGINEERING

Composition of agarose substrate affects behavioral output of Drosophila larvae

(2014) Anthi A. Apostolopoulou et al.   Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience

MEMS-based force-clamp analysis of the role of body stiffness in C. elegans touch sensation

(2013) Bryan C. Petzold et al.   Integrative Biology

Ultra-miniature force plate for measuring triaxial forces in the micronewton range

(2013) L. Reinhardt et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

In situcharacterization of PDMS in SOI-MEMS

(2013) Aaron P Gerratt et al.   JOURNAL OF MICROMECHANICS AND MICROENGINEERING

On-chip analysis of C. elegans muscular forces and locomotion patterns in microstructured environments

(2013) Shazlina Johari et al.   LAB ON A CHIP

Neural circuits for peristaltic wave propagation in crawling Drosophila larvae: analysis and modeling

(2013) Julijana Gjorgjieva et al.   Frontiers in Computational Neuroscience

Measuring passive myocardial stiffness in Drosophila melanogaster to investigate diastolic dysfunction

(2012) Gaurav Kaushik et al.   JOURNAL OF CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR MEDICINE

Locomotion analysis identifies roles of mechanosensory neurons in governing locomotion dynamics of C. elegans

(2012) E. Cohen et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

A micropillar-based on-chip system for continuous force measurement ofC. elegans

(2012) Ali Ghanbari et al.   JOURNAL OF MICROMECHANICS AND MICROENGINEERING

Characterization of Drosophila Larval Crawling at the Level of Organism, Segment, and Somatic Body Wall Musculature

(2012) E. S. Heckscher et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Development of Polydimethylsiloxane Substrates with Tunable Elastic Modulus to Study Cell Mechanobiology in Muscle and Nerve

(2012) Rachelle N. Palchesko et al.   PLoS One

Mechano-chemical control of cell behaviour by elastomer templates coated with biomimetic Layer-by-Layer nanofilms

(2012) Fabien Gaudière et al.   Soft Matter

Bio-functionalisation of polydimethylsiloxane with hyaluronic acid and hyaluronic acid – Collagen conjugate for neural interfacing

(2011) Zhilian Yue et al.   BIOMATERIALS

Amplitude-modulated sinusoidal microchannels for observing adaptability in C. elegans locomotion

(2011) Archana Parashar et al.   Biomicrofluidics

Caenorhabditis elegans Body Mechanics Are Regulated by Body Wall Muscle Tone

(2011) Bryan C. Petzold et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Mechanical analysis of Drosophila indirect flight and jump muscles

(2011) Douglas M. Swank   METHODS

Calibrated micropost arrays for biomechanical characterisation of cardiomyocytes

(2011) K. Kim et al.   Micro & Nano Letters

Collective cell guidance by cooperative intercellular forces

(2011) Dhananjay T. Tambe et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

An AFM-Based Stiffness Clamp for Dynamic Control of Rigidity

(2011) Kevin D. Webster et al.   PLoS One

Experimental and numerical determination of cellular traction force on polymeric hydrogels

(2011) S. S. Ng et al.   Interface Focus

Drosophila as a model for age-related impairment in locomotor and other behaviors

(2010) Melanie A. Jones et al.   EXPERIMENTAL GERONTOLOGY

Monolithic PDMS passband filters for fluorescence detection

(2010) Andreu Llobera et al.   LAB ON A CHIP

C. elegans multi-dendritic sensory neurons: Morphology and function

(2010) Adi Albeg et al.   MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR NEUROSCIENCE

Fillers for polysiloxane (“silicone”) elastomers

(2010) Donald R. Paul et al.   PROGRESS IN POLYMER SCIENCE

Note: Mechanical study of micromachined polydimethylsiloxane elastic microposts

(2010) Qi Cheng et al.   REVIEW OF SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS

Fabrication of Extrinsically Conductive Silicone Rubbers with High Elasticity and Analysis of Their Mechanical and Electrical Characteristics

(2010) Anjum Saleem et al.   Polymers

The Multipurpose 15-Protofilament Microtubules in C. elegans Have Specific Roles in Mechanosensation

(2009) Alexander Bounoutas et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

SU-8 force sensing pillar arrays for biological measurements

(2009) Joseph C. Doll et al.   LAB ON A CHIP

Viscoelastic mechanical behavior of soft microcantilever-based force sensors

(2008) I-Kuan Lin et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Mechanical properties of silicones for MEMS

(2008) F Schneider et al.   JOURNAL OF MICROMECHANICS AND MICROENGINEERING

Artificial Dirt: Microfluidic Substrates for Nematode Neurobiology and Behavior

(2008) S. R. Lockery et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROPHYSIOLOGY

Continuous Carbon Nanotube Reinforced Composites

(2008) L. Ci et al.   NANO LETTERS

Enhanced Caenorhabditis elegans Locomotion in a Structured Microfluidic Environment

(2008) Sungsu Park et al.   PLoS One

Experimental and numerical investigation into nonlinear deformation of silicone rubber pads during ink transfer process

(2008) T.V. Korochkina et al.   POLYMER TESTING