Design and Fabrication by Thermal Imprint Lithography and Mechanical Characterization of a Ring-Based PDMS Soft Probe for Sensing and Actuating Forces in Biological Systems

Design and Fabrication by Thermal Imprint Lithography and Mechanical Characterization of a Ring-Based PDMS Soft Probe for Sensing and Actuating Forces in Biological Systems

In this paper, the design, fabrication and mechanical characterization of a novel polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) soft probe for delivering and sensing forces in biological systems is proposed. On the basis of preliminary finite element (FEM) analysis, the design takes advantage of a suitable core geome...

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Main Authors: Tommaso Dattoma, Antonio Qualtieri, Gianmichele Epifani, Massimo De Vittorio, Francesco Rizzi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2019-03-01
Series:Polymers
Subjects:
PDMS
thermal imprint lithography
soft probe
force sensor
hair cell
mechanosensing
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2073-4360/11/3/424

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