Biomaterial

A Microrobot for Intravascular Treatments

December 24, 2018

A particular challenge in intravascular treatments is the control of submillimeter guidewires. This requires a new microrobotics approach. A soft magnetic microrobot is required, consisting of (1) a flexible polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) [more...]

[Webinar] Biomedical Applications of Magnetic Micro- and Nanoparticles

September 1, 2017

The use of magnetic micro- and nanoparticles for biomedical applications was first proposed in the 1920s as a way to measure the rheological properties of the cytoplasm. Since that time, particle synthesis techniques and functionality have [more...]

No Sugar Coating, But Sweet Nonetheless

April 9, 2017

No sugar coating. (Credit: Christian Böhler, Maria Asplund) Complex neurotechnological devices are required to directly select and influence brain waves inside the skull’s interior. Although it has become relatively easy to [more...]

Alternative Lab-on-a-Chip Material

February 24, 2016

A close-up image of micro-scale pillars that were formed — or, photostructured — in the OSTE polymer using UV light. (Credit: KTH Royal Institute of Technology) Researchers at KTH Royal Institute of Technology have developed a new [more...]

Scientists Thick Cell Mechanics Are More Complex Than Previously Thought

September 6, 2015

Confocal microscopy images of fibroblast cells of connective tissue. Cells were grown under controlled conditions into particular shapes using square or round islands 30-45µm in size to which cells were attached. The actin cytoskeleton of [more...]

Biomedical Microsystems

August 2, 2015

Book Description Amazon Link | CRC Press Link Author: Ellis Meng Poised to dramatically impact human health, biomedical microsystems (bioMEMS) technologies incorporate various aspects from materials science, biology, chemistry, [more...]

Biodegradable, Flexible Silicon Transistors

July 5, 2015

A fresh CNF based microwave silicon transistor chip. After 3 weeks of putting it in a woodpile, the chip was partially degraded with the help of fungi. (Image Credit: Courtesy of Jung-Hun Seo, Shaoqin Gong and Zhenqiang Ma, University of [more...]