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YAMATO Masayuki
Department Research Institutes and Facilities, Research Institutes and Facilities Position Professor |
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| Article types | Original article |
| Language | English |
| Peer review | Peer reviewed |
| Title | Demonstration of a bio-microactuator powered by vascular smooth muscle cells coupled to polymer micropillars. |
| Journal | Formal name：Lab on a chip Abbreviation：Lab Chip ISSN code：(1473-0197)1473-0189(Linking) |
| Domestic / Foregin | Foregin |
| Publisher | The Royal Sciety of Chemistry |
| Volume, Issue, Page | 8(1),pp.58-61 |
| Author and coauthor | Tanaka Yo†, Sato Kae, Shimizu Tatsuya, Yamato Masayuki, Okano Teruo, Manabe Ichiro, Nagai Ryozo, Kitamori Takehiko* |
| Publication date | 2008/01 |
| Summary | We have demonstrated the working principle of a bio-microactuator using smooth muscle cells (SMCs) by driving micropillars coupled to cultured SMCs and controlled pillar displacements by chemical stimuli; the generated driving force was estimated to be over 1.1 microN. |
| DOI | 10.1039/b714252h |
| PMID | 18094761 |