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Showing 1 to 2 of 2 for “"Diaphragm Inflation"”.
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Composite Diaphragm Inflation: A Method for Probing the Rheological Functions of Cell -Cell Anchoring Junctions and Cytoskeletal Networks Within a Living Normal Human Epidermal Keratinocyte Sheet
… referred to as the technique of composite diaphragm inflation (CDI). Sheets of living NHEKs were reconstituted in vitro on tensed but highly compliant, freestanding polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) elastomer membranes, 5.0 mm in diameter and 10.0 mum thick. NHEK-PDMS composite diaphragm (CD) …
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Electromechanical Characterization of the Static and Dynamic Response of Dielectric Elastomer Membranes
… was cycled between various predetermined inflation states, the largest of which was nearly hemispherical, which with an applied constant voltage of 3 kV corresponded to a maximum strain at the pole (center of membrane) of 28%. These experiments show that for higher voltages, the volume …