Introduction to Polydimethylsiloxane Substrates

As a mechanical stimulus, stiff and soft polydimethylsiloxane substrates were utilized, while as a chemical stimulus, EGFR blockade was considered.

We align CNC nematic liquid crystals doped with polyethylene glycol on periodically patterned polydimethylsiloxane substrates on large scale by shearing forces and prepare a 1/4 λ and a 1/2 λ CNC waveplates for 530 nm by bonding two slices of CNC nematic films with half-period displacement.

To address this, SCs were cultured on polydimethylsiloxane substrates of a variable Young's modulus coated with ECM proteins.

In this paper, we present protocols for the formation of SLB patches on glass and polydimethylsiloxane substrates via vesicle fusion, describe the interaction forces between the lipid membrane and the substrate, and discuss the force dependence on the buffer composition, membrane lipid species, the surface properties of the substrate.

Methods: Polydimethylsiloxane substrates, either mechanically uniform or presenting durotactic cues, were fabricated to assess GBM cell morphological and dynamical response with and without pharmacological inhibition of NNMII contractility, of its upstream regulator ROCK and actin polymerization.

In this paper, three different nanostructured coatings, based on diamondlike carbon (DLC), molybdenum disulfide (MoS2) and Tungsten disulfide (WS2), were deposited on polydimethylsiloxane substrates, an elastomer suitable for coating different kinds of urinary devices, and tested in terms of resistance to urinary encrustations.

At variance with previous methods, we propose a simple and rapid protein subtractive soft lithographic method to obtain microstructured polydimethylsiloxane substrates for studying stem cell adhesion and growth.

The sensor is fabricated using the soft lithography technique of polydimethylsiloxane substrates (PDMS) for the stretchable sensor body and inkjet printing technology for creating the conductive circuit by depositing the silver nanoparticles on top of the PDMS substrates.

Eventually, this study successfully analyzes residual strain, adhesive stress, and electrical properties of flexible gold coated on polydimethylsiloxane substrates with chromium, nickel, and titanium adhesion layers up to 0.