{"title":"Study on objective platform driven by piezoceramics for cell injection","authors":"Bowen Zhong, Zongwei Li, Zhenhua Wang, Ziqi Jin, Lining Sun, Linsen Chen","doi":"10.1109/NANOMED.2015.7492508","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/NANOMED.2015.7492508","url":null,"abstract":"In cell injection, biological microscope is essential. It is commonly that intelligent microscope has many striking features, one of which is having a three-dimensional micro objective platform. The platform has the function of high precision positioning and automatic focus. In this paper, a novel single degree of freedom objective platform based on inertial stick-slip has been designed and fabricated, which works in millimeter movement range and nanoscale resolution. The dynamic model has been built to study the process of the inertial stick-slip and be helpful for designing the precision platform. In consideration of the nonlinear features of friction between the friction interfaces, the LuGre friction model has been mentioned in the dynamic model. The LuGre model describes several friction phenomenon, such as Strbeck, Hysteresis and so on. The 1D objective platform has resolution of 4 nm and is stroke of 20mm. The velocity reaches 3mm/s. Generally, the stage is driven by saw-tooth wave, while the self-defined waveform is discussed in this experiment. Finally, the optimized input signal is obtained.","PeriodicalId":187049,"journal":{"name":"2015 9th IEEE International Conference on Nano/Molecular Medicine & Engineering (NANOMED)","volume":"28 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126514595","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Left-right asymmetry in cell orientation requires high substrate rigidity","authors":"Yuanye Bao, Zhaobin Guo, Ting-Hsuan Chen","doi":"10.1109/NANOMED.2015.7492496","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/NANOMED.2015.7492496","url":null,"abstract":"Left-right (LR) asymmetry in cell orientation is known as a result of intracellular events such as cytoskeletal organization. However, the dependence of LR asymmetry on mechanical properties of surrounding microenvironment has been unknown. Here we show that the cellular LR behavior was altered when cultured on extracellular matrix with varied substrate rigidity. Using micro-patterned substrate with high rigidity, we found that mouse fibroblasts exhibited a rotational alignment that has significant LR bias, and this LR bias can propagate from the edge to the center of cells. However, when cultured on soft substrate, the LR bias in cell orientation was lost. This finding suggests the importance of combining both intracellular and environment factors when guiding tissue formation, with implication for rebuilding damaged tissue for regenerative medicine.","PeriodicalId":187049,"journal":{"name":"2015 9th IEEE International Conference on Nano/Molecular Medicine & Engineering (NANOMED)","volume":"31 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126463883","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A colorimetric method for assessing the adsorption strength of oligonucleotides on noble metal nanoparticles","authors":"Na Li, Lu Yu, Jiaqi Zou","doi":"10.1109/NANOMED.2015.7492502","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/NANOMED.2015.7492502","url":null,"abstract":"Oligonucleotide-functionalizing noble metal nanoparticles (NMNPs) have resulted in many interesting applications in engineering, as well as in medicine. Typically, NMNPs are functionalized via thiol-metal interaction using thiol-labeled oligonucleotides. Previous studies have revealed that strong interactions exist between oligonucleotide bases and noble metal surface and these interactions are sequence-dependent. This has provided an alternative way to functionalize NMNPs with unlabeled oligonucleotides. In order to fully utilize the spontaneous interactions between oligonucleotides and NMNPs, quantitative assessment of the interaction strength between different oligonucleotides and NMNPs will be necessary. Existing methods that have been used to determine the interaction strength usually rely on direct quantification of the amount of oligonucleotides adsorbed on NMNPs, and tend to be labor- and time-consuming. Herein we develop a salt titration based colorimetric method as a simple and high-throughput alternative to the existing methods. First, this new method was demonstrated by applying to determine the dissociation constant between gold nanoparticles and DNA oligonucleotides. Then the new method was used to study the sequence and length dependence of NMNP-oligonucleotide interactions.","PeriodicalId":187049,"journal":{"name":"2015 9th IEEE International Conference on Nano/Molecular Medicine & Engineering (NANOMED)","volume":"50 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"120995756","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A new approach to the development of Nano digital circuits and its applications in molecular medicine","authors":"Amjad F. Almatrood, Harpreet Singh","doi":"10.1109/NANOMED.2015.7492513","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/NANOMED.2015.7492513","url":null,"abstract":"The applications of digital circuits are well known in all walks of life. In this paper the procedure for the development of Nano digital circuits is given. The procedure requires the Boolean function realization for the application in mind. The proposed technique works for any Boolean Function. The Boolean functions are written in the form of Exclusive OR, AND and NOT gates. The functions are then written as ONLY majority gates. The Majority gates are implemented using QCA (Quantum Cellular Automata Logic). QCA are one of the established approaches for nanotechnology. An algorithm is established by which a universal procedure can be established for implementing Boolean Functions using Nano logic. These functions are written in Verilog language. The Verilog program can be tested on FPGA's. Cadence software can be used to design a chip. The research in Nano Medicine has attracted the attention of scientists recently. The applications of Nano digital circuits in Molecular medicine are discussed. It is hoped that this procedure will result in a large number of applications of Nano logic and open a way to the development and use of Nano digital circuits in molecular medicine.","PeriodicalId":187049,"journal":{"name":"2015 9th IEEE International Conference on Nano/Molecular Medicine & Engineering (NANOMED)","volume":"21 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121245089","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Yi Li, Hok Sum Sam Lai, Shuhuan Hu, Raymond H. W. Lam, W. Li
{"title":"Large field-of-view super-resolution imaging of endo-cellular structures through micro-beads array","authors":"Yi Li, Hok Sum Sam Lai, Shuhuan Hu, Raymond H. W. Lam, W. Li","doi":"10.1109/NANOMED.2015.7492497","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/NANOMED.2015.7492497","url":null,"abstract":"This work presents a super-resolution cell imaging method that uses an array of polystyrene (PS) micro-beads lenses embedded in an elastomer thin film on top of a glass substrate. The micro-beads lens array collects reflected near-field light waves from an object's surface and amplifies the waves to allow the formation of enlarged virtual images of the object. We have shown that object images could be magnified up to at least 5 times of the original scale while having a field-of-view of 6 μm (for a single lens), i.e., visible light images of 200 nm features could be captured using a microscope objective lens of 100x (with overall magnification factor of 1000×). Furthermore, using the micro-beads lens array, NIH/3T3 cell internal structures have been successfully imaged under bright-field conditions, showing a much higher resolution image of the internal structures. In summary, we have shown that micro-beads lens array could resolve sub-diffraction-limit features with an overall field-of-view of at least 5000 μm2. Hence, micro-beads lens array shows promising applications in the rapid imaging of large quantity of biomolecules and internal cell structures with wide field-of-view capability.","PeriodicalId":187049,"journal":{"name":"2015 9th IEEE International Conference on Nano/Molecular Medicine & Engineering (NANOMED)","volume":"5 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127885105","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"SWCNTs modified nanoneedle biosensor for rapid detection of DNA","authors":"Darius Saadat-Moghaddam, Jong-Hoon Kim","doi":"10.1109/NANOMED.2015.7492505","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/NANOMED.2015.7492505","url":null,"abstract":"The increasing availability of genetic information demands more simple and rapid methodology for nucleic acid testing. To this end, cumbersome procedural steps with long amplification time (>1 hour) for polymerase chain reaction (PCR) have been a major challenge for rapid identification of genetic information. This paper addresses the challenge of rapidly identifying genetic information. Unlike other amplification-based detection methods, a nanostructured needle modified with single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) is capable of rapidly concentrating and detecting small amounts of DNA, due to a concentration and reaction step controlled by an electric field. The nanoneedle can detect DNA at the concentration of 100 attomolar (aM) in a given sample volume (e.g. 5 μL). Since the nanoneedle device does not require nucleic acid amplification, it is significantly faster and simpler than PCR approaches.","PeriodicalId":187049,"journal":{"name":"2015 9th IEEE International Conference on Nano/Molecular Medicine & Engineering (NANOMED)","volume":"11 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126380723","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Dissociation of brain tissue into viable single neurons in a microfluidic device","authors":"Linan Jiang, R. Kraft, L. Restifo, Y. Zohar","doi":"10.1109/NANOMED.2015.7492500","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/NANOMED.2015.7492500","url":null,"abstract":"A microfluidic technology-based tissue-dissociation device has for the first time been designed, fabricated and characterized for the purpose of primary neuronal cell culture. The system has been utilized for controlled dissociation, under an oscillatory flow field, of freshly explanted, enzyme-treated Drosophila larval central nervous system (CNS) into individual, viable neurons capable of robust outgrowth during in vitro culture. Device dimensions, constriction height and width, and operating conditions, flow-rate amplitude and frequency, have been determined based on video microscopy as well as quantitative analyses of the subsequent neuron-culture results.","PeriodicalId":187049,"journal":{"name":"2015 9th IEEE International Conference on Nano/Molecular Medicine & Engineering (NANOMED)","volume":"80 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132310828","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Wenguang Yang, Haibo Yu, Yuechao Wang, Wenxue Wang, Lianqing Liu
{"title":"Tumor cellular behaviors regulated by controlled microenvionment","authors":"Wenguang Yang, Haibo Yu, Yuechao Wang, Wenxue Wang, Lianqing Liu","doi":"10.1109/NANOMED.2015.7492503","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/NANOMED.2015.7492503","url":null,"abstract":"Recognizing the microenvironmental cues that affect cellular morphology and mechanical properties will contribute to our general understanding of tumor cells, as well as provide approaches to develop effective anti-cancer therapies. Constructing the designated physical microenvironment in which the tumor cells exist is important for cancer cell studies. Although numerous studies have examined how the local interactions between tumor cells and their surrounding microenvironment can regulate cellular behavior, the methods required are very complex and time-consuming. In this manuscript, we describe a light-addressable method to pattern poly-(ethylene) glycol diacrylate (PEGDA) for constructing the surrounding microenvironment of cancer cells, enabling investigation of the effect of the external environment on cancer cell behavior including cell morphology, proliferation, and migration. This is the first method that can be used to simultaneously study all of these behaviors. Using programmable UV exposure, polymerization of the PEGDA solution was induced to create arbitrary shapes with high biocompatibility, and the resistance to cell attachment enabled the PEGDA-coat film to hinder cell adhesion, while the cells grew in the blank area. Moreover, cancer cell morphology, proliferation, and migration were regulated by the controlled microenvironment as determined by our method.","PeriodicalId":187049,"journal":{"name":"2015 9th IEEE International Conference on Nano/Molecular Medicine & Engineering (NANOMED)","volume":"131 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121310433","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Colorimetric detection of botulinum neurotoxin activity using gold nanoparticles","authors":"Shan Chen, Lok Ting Chu, Ting-Hsuan Chen","doi":"10.1109/NANOMED.2015.7492504","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/NANOMED.2015.7492504","url":null,"abstract":"We report a sensitive colorimetric detection of botulinum neurotoxin (BoNT) activity using gold nanoparticles (AuNPs). First, the SNAPtide modified with biotin and cysteine in its two ends, would be cleaved into two short peptides by BoNT activity. The unreacted and cleaved peptides with biotin would be removed by magnetic separation, leaving only cleaved peptides with cysteine end. Next, AuNPs were added to bind with the cleaved peptides via thiol group of cysteine. These AuNPs functionalized with peptides would aggregate and cause a color change by addition of Cu2+. By this method, the detection limit of BoNTs reached to 1 ng/ml (6.67 pM), which is so far the most sensitive colorimetric detection of BoNT activity, providing a simple and instrumentation free approach suitable for resource-poor settings.","PeriodicalId":187049,"journal":{"name":"2015 9th IEEE International Conference on Nano/Molecular Medicine & Engineering (NANOMED)","volume":"31 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128929454","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
L. Nash, Kendal P. Ezell, S. M. Hasan, D. Maitland
{"title":"Characterization of plasma deposited hydrocarbon diffusion barriers for embolic foam devices","authors":"L. Nash, Kendal P. Ezell, S. M. Hasan, D. Maitland","doi":"10.1109/NANOMED.2015.7492495","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/NANOMED.2015.7492495","url":null,"abstract":"Shape memory polymer (SMP) containing medical implants that are delivered through catheters require controlled expansion times to prevent the device from binding in the delivery catheter. Delayed expansion can be accomplished using body temperature and moisture plasticization from the aqueous environment of the blood. Although bulk material approaches are effective at delaying the expansion rate, they often compromise the ultimate expansion volume, or necessitate temperatures above body temperature for actuation. These factors motivate material refinement beyond bulk chemistry changes to achieve nonlinear passive actuation profiles. In this work, plasma deposited hydrocarbon diffusion barriers enable a second degree of material expansion control, facilitating extended catheter delivery times for endovascular medical devices. Hydrocarbon plasma films polymerized from mixtures of acetylene, ethylene and propylene were deposited on silicon wafers and characterized using ellipsometry, static water contact angles, and x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. Selected plasma processes were applied to polyurethane SMP foams and material performance was characterized using differential scanning calorimetry and unconstrained foam expansion in 37 °C water. These plasma films were found to increase surface hydrophobicity and delay the moisture plasticization rate of shape memory polymer embolic foams without altering bulk thermo-mechanical properties.","PeriodicalId":187049,"journal":{"name":"2015 9th IEEE International Conference on Nano/Molecular Medicine & Engineering (NANOMED)","volume":"44 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115101679","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}