Timothy Leong1, Christina Randall2, Noy Bassik1, and David H. Gracias1. (1) Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, 125 Maryland Hall, 3400 N Charles Street, Baltimore, MD 21218, (2) Department of Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21218
We describe a new class of biomedical microdevices based on self-assembling 3D polyhedra. The polyhedra are fabricated from lithographically structured 2D templates and fold on a thermal trigger. We have utilized the polyhedra as containers for on-demand remote controlled delivery to live cells and in tissue. We will also describe experiments in cell encapsulation and imaging.
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