Soft lithography articles from across Nature Portfolio

Soft lithography refers to printing and moulding techniques to produce microstructures or nanostructures from elastomeric polymer such as polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS). The techniques are flexible and inexpensive.

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04 April 2022 | Open Access

Micro-replication platform for studying the structural effect of seed surfaces on wetting properties
- Seungwoo Shin
- , Su Hyun Choi
- & Young Tae Cho
Scientific Reports 12, 5607
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18 November 2020 | Open Access

Fibronectin-based nanomechanical biosensors to map 3D surface strains in live cells and tissue

The ability to measure strain in cells and tissues in vitro with minimal perturbation and at high spatial resolution has proven challenging. Here the authors develop a fluorescently-labelled fibronectin square lattice mesh that can be applied to the surface of cells and tissues to enable direct quantification and mapping of strain over time.
- Daniel J. Shiwarski
- , Joshua W. Tashman
- & Adam W. Feinberg
Nature Communications 11, 5883
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16 September 2020 | Open Access

Effect of design geometry, exposure energy, cytophilic molecules, cell type and load in fabrication of single-cell arrays using micro-contact printing
- Swapnil Vilas Bhujbal
- , Maren Dekov
- & Marit Sletmoen
Scientific Reports 10, 15213
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02 July 2018 | Open Access

Dependence and Homeostasis of Membrane Impedance on Cell Morphology in Cultured Hippocampal Neurons
- Ryosuke Matsumura
- , Hideaki Yamamoto
- & Ayumi Hirano-Iwata
Scientific Reports 8, 9905
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15 May 2018 | Open Access

Fabrication and characterization of a scalable surface textured with pico-liter oil drops for mechanistic studies of bacteria-oil interactions
- Maryam Jalali
- , Andrew R. White
- & Jian Sheng
Scientific Reports 8, 7612
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22 December 2017 | Open Access

Cell Assembly in Self-foldable Multi-layered Soft Micro-rolls
- Tetsuhiko F. Teshima
- , Hiroshi Nakashima
- & Shingo Tsukada
Scientific Reports 7, 17376

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Research Highlights | 18 November 2019

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- Christiana Varnava
Nature Electronics 2, 492
Research Highlights | 29 January 2015

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Electrochemical sensors monitor communication between bacterial aggregates.
- Michael Eisenstein
Nature Methods 12, 104
News & Views | 23 February 2014

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A commercially viable method for synthesizing magnetic nanoparticles could be developed by transferring clusters of genes from magnetic bacteria to foreign, more stable bacteria.
- Sarah Staniland
Nature Nanotechnology 9, 163-164
Research Highlights | 27 April 2012

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Nature Methods 9, 436

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Soft lithography articles from across Nature Portfolio

Latest Research and Reviews

Micro-replication platform for studying the structural effect of seed surfaces on wetting properties

Fibronectin-based nanomechanical biosensors to map 3D surface strains in live cells and tissue

Effect of design geometry, exposure energy, cytophilic molecules, cell type and load in fabrication of single-cell arrays using micro-contact printing

Dependence and Homeostasis of Membrane Impedance on Cell Morphology in Cultured Hippocampal Neurons

Fabrication and characterization of a scalable surface textured with pico-liter oil drops for mechanistic studies of bacteria-oil interactions

Cell Assembly in Self-foldable Multi-layered Soft Micro-rolls

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Sticky stamp switches on and off

Community organizers

An accommodating host

Nanocombinatorics for biology

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