Microsystems for Enhanced Control of Cell Behavior: Fundamentals, Design and Manufacturing Strategies, Applications and Challenges

Book Overview

Part I Fundamentals.- Introduction to microsystems in the biomedical field.- Some introductory notes on cell biology.- Some introductory notes on cell mechanics and mechanobiology.- Some introductory notes on engineering resources for interacting with cells.- II. Design and Manufacturing Strategies.- Overview of design and manufacturing strategies for biomedical microsystems.- Biomimetic computer-aided design: Addressing the complexity of biomaterials.- Multi-scale and multi-physics/chemistry modeling in biomedical microsystems.- Rapid prototyping of biomedical microsystems for interacting at a cellular level.- Nanomanufacturing for biomedical microsystems interacting at a molecular scale.- Characterization technologies for biomedical microsystems interacting with cells.- Issues linked to the mass-production of biomedical microsystems.- Part III Applications.- Overview of applications based on microsystems capable of interacting with cells.- Microfluidic devices for in vitro drug screening and detection.- Microfluidic devices for enhanced disease diagnosis and modeling.- Cell-based sensors and related microsystems.- Cell-based actuators and related microsystems.- Microsystems for the study of cells subject to gradients of chemicals.- Electrophoretic microsystems for studying cell mechanics.- Microtextured and microstructured biodevices for studying cell adhesion and dynamics.- Microtextured and.- microstructured cell culture matrixes for controlling cell behavior.- Resonant microsystems for controlling cell growth and differentiation.- Microtextured and microstructured prostheses for enhanced biocompatibility.- Microsystems for the study of cell interactions within physiological structures.- Biomimetic microsystems inspired in complete organs and their structures.- Part IV Present Challenges and Future Proposals.- Towards reliable organs-on-chips and humans-on-chips.- Towards reliable biomanufacturing technologies.- Towards a systematic methodology for the development of biomedical microdevices.- Project-based learning in the field of biomedical microdevices.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3319805436
• ISBN13: 9783319805436
• Release Date: April 2018
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 454 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.2"