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Comment on Viscoelastic properties of con ned polymer lms measured via thermal wrinkling by Edwin P. Chan, Kirt A. Page, Se Hyuk Im, Derek L. Patton, Rui Huang and Christopher M. Stafford, Soft Matter (Communications), 5, 4638 4641 (2009).

January 11, 2011
Author(s)
Paul A. O'Connell, Greg B. McKenna, Edwin Chan, Christopher Stafford
Recently Chan et al. published a paper describing a method to use the wrinkling of a thin elastic film on which is adhered a thin polymer film to extract the viscoelastic properties of the polymer. Results were presented for the rubbery plateau modulus and

Effects of Polymeric Nanogratings on Cell Orientation

December 30, 2010
Author(s)
Nancy J. Lin, Sheng Lin-Gibson, Jirun Sun, Yifu Ding
Surface topography is known to play a critical role in the biological response to materials, with surface features on the order of both microns and nanometers altering cell response, including morphology, adhesion, cytoskeletal orientation, and gene

3D Polymer Scaffold Arrays

December 5, 2010
Author(s)
Carl G. Simon Jr., Yanyin Yang, Shauna M. Dorsey, Murugan Ramalingam, Kaushik Chatterjee
We have developed a combinatorial platform for screening the effect polymer scaffold properties and composition on cell response. Traditional research involves preparing samples one at a time for characterization and testing. Combinatorial and high

Thickness dependence of the elastic modulus of tri (8-hydroxyquinolinato) aluminum (III)

November 2, 2010
Author(s)
Jessica M. Torres, Nathan Bakken, Christopher Stafford, Jian Li, Bryan D. Vogt
The intrinsic flexibility of organic molecules has been suggested to enable bendable electronics in comparison to their stiffer, inorganic counterparts. However, very little is known regarding the mechanical properties of these conjugated molecular glasses

Effect of 3D Hydrogel Scaffold Stiffness on Human Bone Marrow Stromal Cell Differentiation

November 1, 2010
Author(s)
Carl G. Simon Jr., Sapun Parekh, Marcus T. Cicerone, Sheng Lin-Gibson, Kaushik Chatterjee, Marian F. Young
There is growing recognition cells can sense and respond to the mechanical properties of tissue scaffolds and that these interactions are critical in optimizing scaffold design [1-4]. Previous studies in planar 2D culture format have shown that human bone

Cell Contact Guidance in Response to Nanopattern Shape and Height

October 18, 2010
Author(s)
Sheng Lin-Gibson, Jirun Sun, Nancy J. Lin, Jing N. Zhou, Hyun W. Ro, Christopher L. Soles, Marcus T. Cicerone, Yifu Ding
Understanding the correlation between cell contact guidance (CG) and nanoscale surface features is vital in designing advanced medical devices to manipulate cell behaviors. Nanoscale surface features that mimic extracellular matrix are critical

Microencapsulated POSS in Cellulose Using 1-Ethyl-3-Methylimidazolium Acetate

October 10, 2010
Author(s)
Douglas M. Fox, Mauro Zammarano, Jeffrey W. Gilman
Polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane (POSS) and cellulose were reacted in the ionic liquid, 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium acetate (EmiAc). Side reactions between the EmiAc and each reactant were prevalent, but use of water as the coagulating solvent produced

Stability and Surface Topography Evolution in Nanoimprinted Polymer Patterns under a Thermal Gradient

September 16, 2010
Author(s)
Christopher Soles, Yifu Ding, H. Jerry Qi, Kyle J. Alvine, Hyun W. Ro, Dae Up Ahn, Jack F. Douglas, Sheng Lin-Gibson
Nanostructures created in polymer films by nanoimprint lithography are subject to large stresses, both those from the imprinting processes as well as stresses arising from the intrinsic thermodynamic instabilities. These stresses can induce nanostructure

Energy Absorption Measurements to Standardize Foam in Stab Testing

September 13, 2010
Author(s)
Aaron M. Forster, Diane Mauchant, Elizabeth Wailes, Amanda L. Forster, Michael A. Riley, Kirk D. Rice
Polymer foams serve an important role in the assessment and certification of stab resistant body armor for both US and UK standards. A composite of neoprene and polyethylene foam is used behind the armor during testing. The foam mimics stab dynamics by

Surface Wrinkling: a Versatile Platform for Measuring Thin Film Properties

September 2, 2010
Author(s)
Jun Y. Chung, Adam J. Nolte, Christopher M. Stafford
Surface instabilities in soft matter have captivated the scientific community for decades. Recently, surface wrinkling has received a great deal of attention due to its simplicity and well-established mechanics of formation. Particularly, the use of

PHOTOPOLYMERIZED DIMETHACRYLATE POLYMERS CONTAINING IN SITU GENERATED SILVER NANOPARTICLES

August 21, 2010
Author(s)
Yajun Cheng, Xinran Zhang, Diana N. Zeiger, Nancy Lin, Joseph M. Antonucci, Sheng Lin-Gibson
Polymeric nanocomposites containing silver are known to exhibit antibacterial activity. Here we demonstrate the synthesis and characterization of dimethacrylate/silver nanocomposites by coupling photopolymerization with in situ silver ion reduction. An

Thermodynamic Underpinnings of Cell Alignment on Controlled Topographies

August 17, 2010
Author(s)
Yifu Ding, Jirun Sun, Hyun W. Ro, Zhen Wang, Jing N. Zhou, Nancy J. Lin, Sheng Lin-Gibson, Marcus T. Cicerone, Christopher L. Soles
Cells sense and respond to the chemical, topographical, and mechanical features of their substrate and extracellular matrix. Shape and locomotive response to these features is termed contact guidance (CG) and is of vital importance in understanding many

In Vitro and in Vivo Characteristics of Fluorapatite-forming Calcium Phosphate Cements

August 1, 2010
Author(s)
Shozo Takagi, Stanislav A. Frukhtbeyn, Laurence C. Chow, Akiyoshi Sugawara, Kenji Fujikawa, Kidehiro Ogata, Makoto Hayashi, Bunnai Ogiso
This study reports for the first time in vitro and in vivo properties of fluorapatite (FA)-forming calcium phosphate cements (CPCs). The experimental cements contained from (0 to 3.3) mass % of F, corresponding to presence of FA at levels of approximately

Impact of molecular mass on the elastic modulus of polystyrene thin films

July 31, 2010
Author(s)
Jessica M. Torres, Christopher Stafford, Bryan D. Vogt
Euler wrinkling was used to determine the elastic modulus at ambient temperature of polystyrene (PS) films of varying thickness and relative molecular mass (Mn). A range of Mn from 1.2 kg/mol to 990 kg/mol was examined to determine if the molecular size
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