Microfluidic organs-on-chips

SN Bhatia, DE Ingber - Nature biotechnology, 2014 - nature.com
An organ-on-a-chip is a microfluidic cell culture device created with microchip manufacturing
methods that contains continuously perfused chambers inhabited by living cells arranged to …

Fabrication of microfluidic systems in poly (dimethylsiloxane)

JC McDonald, DC Duffy, JR Anderson… - …, 2000 - Wiley Online Library
Microfluidic devices are finding increasing application as analytical systems, biomedical
devices, tools for chemistry and biochemistry, and systems for fundamental research …

Cell–material interactions revealed via material techniques of surface patterning

X Yao, R Peng, J Ding - Advanced materials, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Cell–material interactions constitute a key fundamental topic in biomaterials study. Various
cell cues and matrix cues as well as soluble factors regulate cell behaviors on materials …

Poly (dimethylsiloxane) as a material for fabricating microfluidic devices

JC McDonald, GM Whitesides - Accounts of chemical research, 2002 - ACS Publications
This Account summarizes techniques for fabrication and applications in biomedicine of
microfluidic devices fabricated in poly (dimethylsiloxane)(PDMS). The methods and …

Patterning proteins and cells using soft lithography

RS Kane, S Takayama, E Ostuni, DE Ingber… - Biomaterials, 1999 - Elsevier
This review describes the pattering of proteins and cells using a non-photolithographic
microfabrication technology, which we callsoft lithography'because it consists of a set of …

Surface modification of Sylgard-184 poly (dimethyl siloxane) networks by ultraviolet and ultraviolet/ozone treatment

K Efimenko, WE Wallace, J Genzer - Journal of colloid and interface …, 2002 - Elsevier
We report on the surface modification of Sylgard-184 poly (dimethyl siloxane)(PDMS)
networks by ultraviolet (UV) radiation and ultraviolet/ozone (UVO) treatment. The effects of …

Microfabricated crossflow devices and methods

SR Quake, T Thorsen - US Patent 7,294,503, 2007 - Google Patents
(57) ABSTRACT A microfluidic device for analyzing and/or sorting biological materials (eg,
molecules such as polynucleotides and polypeptides, including proteins and enzymes; …

Microfluidic particle-analysis systems

HP Chou, A Daridon, K Farrell, B Fowler… - US Patent …, 2007 - Google Patents
The invention provides systems, including apparatus, methods, and kits, for the microfluidic
manipulation and/or detection of particles, such as cells and/or beads. The invention …

Patterned deposition of cells and proteins onto surfaces by using three-dimensional microfluidic systems

DT Chiu, NL Jeon, S Huang, RS Kane… - Proceedings of the …, 2000 - National Acad Sciences
Three-dimensional microfluidic systems were fabricated and used to pattern proteins and
mammalian cells on a planar substrate. The three-dimensional topology of the microfluidic …

Integration of cell culture and microfabrication technology

TH Park, ML Shuler - Biotechnology progress, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
Recent progress in cell culture and microfabrication technologies has contributed to the
development of cell‐based biosensors for the functional characterization and detection of …