Table 1.
Technical parameters regarding the various nichoid layouts and upscaling processes. A = three elementary nichoids, B = 367 elementary nichoids, C = continuously-packed nichoids (CPN), D = fractionated supermatrix of nichoids (FSN).
| Parameters | A | B | C | D |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total machining time | 1.5 h | 3 h | 17 h | 12 h |
| Power–scan speed (mW–mm∙s−1) | 15 1–0.01 | 12 2–1.5 | 12 2–1 | 13 2–3 |
| Elementary nichoid writing time | 30 min | 30 s | 18 s | 7 s |
| Surface of cell culture (mm2) | 0.24 | 28.27 | 28.27 | 50.26 |
| % of surface covered by the nichoids | 10% | 10% | 100% | 88% |
| Number of nichoids | 3 | 367 | 3500 | 5450 |
| Estimated nichoid-cultured cells/sample | 60 | 8000 | 7 × 104 | 10.9 × 104 |
1 Ti:Sapphire laser. 2 Yb:KYW laser.