| Aligned microcontact printing of biomolecules on microelectronic device surfaces (2001) | |||||||||||
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| IEEE TRANSACTIONS BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING VOL JULY Hanrahan Tager Castile Segal Weiss and Speizer Pulmonary function measures healthy infants Variability and size correction Amer Rev Respir Dis vol A Krauss and Auld Pulmonary gas trapping premature infants Pediatr Res vol Aligned Microcontact Printing Biomolecules Microelectronic Device Surfaces Lars Lauer Sven Ingebrandt Martin Scholl and Andreas Offenh usser Abstract Microcontact printing extracellular matrix proteins fascinating approach control cell positioning and outgrowth which essential the development applications ranging from cellular biosen sors tissue engineering Microelectronic devices can used detect the activity from large number recording sites over the long term How ever signals from cells can only recorded small sensitive spots this paper present innovative setup perform aligned extra cellular matrix proteins microelectronic devices order guide the growth electrogenic cells specifically these sensitive spots Our system based the combination fine placer with redesigned micro stamps having rigid glass cylinder backbone for attachment the alignment tool Alignment performed moving the device with optical table under microscopic control the superimposed images from stamp and device surface After successful alignment the stamp brought into contact with the device surface means high precision lever With our setup were able pattern devices per hour lateral alignment accu racy has been achieved Aligned neuronal growth | |||||||||||
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