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Flexible and stretchable micromagnet arrays for tunable biointerfacing.

Type of publication Peer-reviewed
Publikationsform Original article (peer-reviewed)
Publication date 2015
Author Tseng Peter, Lin Jonathan, Owsley Keegan, Kong Janay, Kunze Anja, Murray Coleman, Di Carlo Dino,
Project Connect the (brain) dots: How to drive neurons mechanically with magnetic forces.
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Original article (peer-reviewed)

Journal Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.)
Volume (Issue) 27(6)
Page(s) 1083 - 9
Title of proceedings Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.)
DOI 10.1002/adma.201404849

Abstract

A process to surface pattern polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) with ferromagnetic structures of varying sizes (micrometer to millimeter) and thicknesses (>70 μm) is developed. Their flexibility and magnetic reach are utilized to confer dynamic, additive properties to a variety of substrates, such as coverslips and Eppendorf tubes. It is found that these substrates can generate additional modes of magnetic droplet manipulation, and can tunably steer magnetic-cell organization.
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