Versatile and inexpensive Hall-Effect force sensor for mechanical characterization of soft biological materials.

Abstract:

:Mismatch of hierarchical structure and mechanical properties between tissue-engineered implants and native tissue may result in signal cues that negatively impact repair and remodeling. With bottom-up tissue engineering approaches, designing tissue components with proper microscale mechanical properties is crucial to achieve necessary macroscale properties in the final implant. However, characterizing microscale mechanical properties is challenging, and current methods do not provide the versatility and sensitivity required to measure these fragile, soft biological materials. Here, we developed a novel, highly sensitive Hall-Effect based force sensor that is capable of measuring mechanical properties of biological materials over wide force ranges (μN to N), allowing its use at all steps in layer-by-layer fabrication of engineered tissues. The force sensor design can be easily customized to measure specific force ranges, while remaining easy to fabricate using inexpensive, commercial materials. Although we used the force sensor to characterize mechanics of single-layer cell sheets and silk fibers, the design can be easily adapted for different applications spanning larger force ranges (>N). This platform is thus a novel, versatile, and practical tool for mechanically characterizing biological and biomimetic materials.

journal_name

J Biomech

journal_title

Journal of biomechanics

authors

Backman DE,LeSavage BL,Wong JY

doi

10.1016/j.jbiomech.2016.11.065

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2017-01-25 00:00:00

pages

118-122

eissn

0021-9290

issn

1873-2380

pii

S0021-9290(16)31244-1

journal_volume

51

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