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Stretching Micropatterned Cells on a PDMS Membrane
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Bioengineering
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JoVE Journal Bioengineering
Stretching Micropatterned Cells on a PDMS Membrane
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09:41 min

January 22, 2014

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Chapters

  • 00:05Title
  • 01:30Passivation of the Polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS)
  • 03:58Patterning of the PDMS
  • 04:47Mounting the Device
  • 06:34Patterning the Cells and Stretching
  • 08:30Results: Phase Contrast Images of Micropatterned RPE-1 Cell on PDMS Surface
  • 09:20Conclusion

Summary

Automatic Translation

This manuscript presents a technique to apply or release forces on adherent cells or tissues using unidirectional stretching.

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