Introduction/Motivation Endothelial cell adherence mechanisms are well characterized in literature to date. Endothelial cells, such as HUVECs, interact with their substrate as well as surrounding cells through focal adhesions (network of proteins involved in cell adhesion; vinculin, talin, FAK, etc.),…

I am developing a process for fabricating microporous Parylene Liftoff membranes. I am interested in these as a more flexible substrate for cell culturing.  Parylene is relatively strong (compared to say pdms), so it is feasible to work with lifted…

Intro Understanding how the Au film coats the inner part of the npMgF2 is essential to understanding how the photonic properties of the npAu/npMgF2 sensor arise. From SEM, we are able to resolve little cones of Au, but unable to…

Many thanks to JK, Dean and Gunner (Webster HS) for compiling this table. Take homes … NPN-O has smaller pore sizes, lower porosity than NPN at the same thickness (50 nm). All materials have slightly asymmetric pores (~ R1/R2 =…

Within the past few weeks we have been working on finalizing an architecture for PETL dialysis that can be cut out, assembled, and disassembled repetitively with precision. Within the past week we were able to replicate the results Kilean achieved…

I know this is my third post today, but this is not a data post. It’s more of a PSA. If you want to add beautiful equations into your post (like I did here) then rather than generating a bunch…

This data is from about a month ago and it something that Jim has been asking me to put up, so here it finally is. When Tejas runs his experiments, he usually leaves me the last mL of blood that…

Last summer, Tejas and I spent a few days beating our heads against the wall because I was trying to develop a mathematical model of particle capture. Specifically, I was trying to understand what amount of transmembrane pressure we would…

Summary I want to imitate the material properties from 1085 as they have given us the best SERS performance to date. We have the best information that we’ve ever had before imitating the nanostructure and nanotopology from the MgF2. Our…

Hello Everyone, As you probably remember, We have been working on optimizing Track Etched membranes devices since last semester, these membranes are 80 nm pore size and our beads are 100 nm in. We have been working on the design to…