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A Miniaturized Cell Stretching Tool using Ionic Polymer Metal Composites Actuator

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 February 2011

Shin Hitsumoto ,
Tadashi Ihara  and
Keisuke Morishima
Shin Hitsumoto
Affiliation:
[email protected], Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Department of Mechanical Systems Engineering, 2-24-16 Nakacho, Koganei, Tokyo, 184-8588, Japan, +81-42-388-7074, +81-42-388-7074
Tadashi Ihara
Affiliation:
[email protected], Suzuka University of Medical Science, Mie, 510-0293, Japan
Keisuke Morishima
Affiliation:
[email protected], Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Department of Mechanical Systems Engineering, 2-24-16 Nakacho, Koganei, Tokyo, 184-8588, Japan
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Abstract

In this paper, we proposed a novel miniaturized cell stretching tool using an Ionic Polymer-Metal Composites (IPMC) actuator. An IPMC is small, light weight and can be fabricated in any shape. And it drives flexibly like a living thing by low voltage. In this study, the PDMS chamber with PDMS membrane of 20 μEm thick for cell culturing had been fabricated on IPMC. And cultured cells were stretched by IPMC. The displacements of PDMS membrane were measured by a laser displacement sensor. And then, cells were cultured on PDMS membrane and stretched them by the motion of IPMC in an incubator. The results show that the PDMS membrane and cells were stretched by IPMC. This is the first fabrication of a cell stretching tool using IPMC. The potentiality of cell stretching tool using IPMC was demonstrated.

Keywords

polymerbiomaterialcellular (material type)
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Research Article
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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 1097: Symposium GG – Mechanical Behavior of Biological Materials and Biomaterials , 2008 , 1097-GG03-03
Copyright
Copyright © Materials Research Society 2008

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