The rapidly increasing number of new production chemicals coupled with stringent
implementation of global chemical management programs necessities a paradigm shift …

Bacterial adhesion to surfaces and subsequent biofilm formation are a leading cause of
chronic infections and biofouling. These processes are highly sensitive to environmental …

A robust poly (dimethylsiloxane)(PDMS) surface treatment was utilized for the development
of a self-pumping lab-on-a-chip (LOC) to rapidly detect minute quantities of toxic substances …

A new approach to prepare arrays of sessile droplets of living single cell cultures using a
liquid hydrophobic barrier prevents the samples from dehydrating, and allows for spatially …

Biochip arrays have enabled the massively parallel analysis of genomic DNA and hold great
promise for application to the analysis of proteins, carbohydrates, and small molecules …

Here, we present a straightforward technique to create bio-functional microfluidic channels
using CO2 plasma to induce both carboxylic and hydroxyl groups onto the channel surface …

Cell organization, proliferation, and differentiation are impacted by diverse cues present in
the cellular microenvironment. As a result, the surface of a material plays an important role in …

The cellular microenvironment is extremely complex, and a plethora of materials and
methods have been employed to mimic its properties in vitro. In particular, scientists and …

Collagen is a large anisotropic and self-assembling extracellular matrix protein.
Understanding and controlling its adsorption and assembly at interfaces is expected to …

A great breadth of questions remains in cellular biology. Some questions cannot be
answered using traditional analytical techniques and so demand the development of new …