Bio-hybrid muscle cell-based actuators

Biochemical and mechanical environment cooperatively regulate skeletal muscle regeneration

(2012) Sarah Calve et al.   FASEB JOURNAL

Modeling of cardiac muscle thin films: Pre-stretch, passive and active behavior

(2012) Jongmin Shim et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOMECHANICS

Conductive Polymer Combined Silk Fiber Bundle for Bioelectrical Signal Recording

(2012) Shingo Tsukada et al.   PLoS One

Luminescent bacteria-based sensing method for methylmercury specific determination

(2011) Anne Rantala et al.   ANALYTICAL AND BIOANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY

An octopus-bioinspired solution to movement and manipulation for soft robots

(2011) M Calisti et al.   Bioinspiration & Biomimetics

Optically controlled contraction of photosensitive skeletal muscle cells

(2011) Toshifumi Asano et al.   BIOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOENGINEERING

A flexible bioreactor system for constructing in vitro tissue and organ models

(2011) Federico Vozzi et al.   BIOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOENGINEERING

Design and optimization strategies for muscle-like direct-drive linear permanent-magnet motors

(2011) Bryan P Ruddy et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ROBOTICS RESEARCH

A new micropatterning method of soft substrates reveals that different tumorigenic signals can promote or reduce cell contraction levels

(2011) Qingzong Tseng et al.   LAB ON A CHIP

Evaluation of Substrata Effect on Cell Adhesion Properties Using Freestanding Poly(l-lactic acid) Nanosheets

(2011) Toshinori Fujie et al.   LANGMUIR

Spatially controlled simultaneous patterning of multiple growth factors in three-dimensional hydrogels

(2011) Ryan G. Wylie et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

Multigait soft robot

(2011) R. F. Shepherd et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Enhancement of Neurite Outgrowth in Neuronal-Like Cells following Boron Nitride Nanotube-Mediated Stimulation

(2010) Gianni Ciofani et al.   ACS Nano

Biohybrid thin films for measuring contractility in engineered cardiovascular muscle

(2010) Patrick W. Alford et al.   BIOMATERIALS

Adhesion and proliferation of skeletal muscle cells on single layer poly(lactic acid) ultra-thin films

(2010) Leonardo Ricotti et al.   BIOMEDICAL MICRODEVICES

Designing of a Si-MEMS device with an integrated skeletal muscle cell-based bio-actuator

(2010) Hideaki Fujita et al.   BIOMEDICAL MICRODEVICES

Monitoring of E. coli immobilization on modified gold electrode: A new bacteria-based glucose sensor

(2010) N. Borghol et al.   BIOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOPROCESS ENGINEERING

Soft substrates drive optimal differentiation of human healthy and dystrophic myotubes

(2010) Elena Serena et al.   Integrative Biology

Investigation of interactions between poly-L-lysine-coated boron nitride nanotubes and C2C12 cells: up-take, cytocompatibility, and differentiation

(2010) Gianni Ciofani et al.   International Journal of Nanomedicine

Conducting Polymer Electrodes Printed on Hydrogel

(2010) Soichiro Sekine et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Spatiotemporally controlled contraction of micropatterned skeletal muscle cells on a hydrogel sheet

(2010) Kuniaki Nagamine et al.   LAB ON A CHIP

Designed biomaterials to mimic the mechanical properties of muscles

(2010) Shanshan Lv et al.   NATURE

Three-dimensional photolithographic patterning of multiple bioactive ligands in poly(ethylene glycol) hydrogels

(2010) Joseph C. Hoffmann et al.   Soft Matter

Development of bacteria-based bioassays for arsenic detection in natural waters

(2009) Elizabeth Diesel et al.   ANALYTICAL AND BIOANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY

Assembly of skeletal muscle cells on a Si-MEMS device and their generative force measurement

(2009) Kazunori Shimizu et al.   BIOMEDICAL MICRODEVICES

Controlling the Orientation and Synaptic Differentiation of Myotubes with Micropatterned Substrates

(2009) Jacinthe Gingras et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Alignment of skeletal muscle myoblasts and myotubes using linear micropatterned surfaces ground with abrasives

(2009) Kazunori Shimizu et al.   BIOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOENGINEERING

Control of myotube contraction using electrical pulse stimulation for bio-actuator

(2009) Ken-ichi Yamasaki et al.   JOURNAL OF ARTIFICIAL ORGANS

Micropatterning of single myotubes on a thermoresponsive culture surface using elastic stencil membranes for single-cell analysis

(2009) Kazunori Shimizu et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOSCIENCE AND BIOENGINEERING

Advances in Dielectric Elastomers for Actuators and Artificial Muscles

(2009) Paul Brochu et al.   MACROMOLECULAR RAPID COMMUNICATIONS

Localized electrical stimulation to C2C12 myotubes cultured on a porous membrane-based substrate

(2008) Takeshi Ishibashi et al.   BIOMEDICAL MICRODEVICES

Production of arrays of cardiac and skeletal muscle myofibers by micropatterning techniques on a soft substrate

(2008) Elisa Cimetta et al.   BIOMEDICAL MICRODEVICES

A cultured human neural network operates a robotic actuator

(2008) R.M.R. Pizzi et al.   BIOSYSTEMS

Angiogenic gene modification of skeletal muscle cells to compensate for ageing-induced decline in bioengineered functional muscle tissue

(2008) Dawn M. Delo et al.   BJU INTERNATIONAL

Muscular Gene Transfer Using Nonviral Vectors

(2008) Serge Braun   CURRENT GENE THERAPY

Electrochemical properties and actuation mechanisms of polyacrylamide hydrogel for artificial muscle application

(2008) M. Bassil et al.   SENSORS AND ACTUATORS B-CHEMICAL

Vascularization in tissue engineering

(2008) Jeroen Rouwkema et al.   TRENDS IN BIOTECHNOLOGY