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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Mar 2.
Published in final edited form as: Comput Methods Appl Mech Eng. 2006 Feb 15;195(13-16):1722–1749. doi: 10.1016/j.cma.2005.05.049

Fig. 24.

Fig. 24

An elastic silicone membrane supported by a bed of silicone micro-needles: (a) bed of micro-needles, (b) the membrane supported by the micro-needle bed. The membrane will be coated with ECM ligands such that cells are attached and migrate in a similar manner as they do in vivo. The cellular traction forces posed on every FA will be quantitated by defining the topographic map of the membrane. Image: Courtesy of Juhee Hong, Junghoon Lee, School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Seoul National University.