@article {2896,
	title = {A bioreactor with an electro-responsive elastomeric membrane for mimicking intestinal peristalsis},
	journal = {Bioinspiration \& Biomimetics},
	volume = {12},
	year = {2016},
	abstract = {<p>This study describes an actuated bioreactor which mimics the pulsatile contractile motion of the intestinal barrier using electro-responsive elastomers as smart materials that undergo deformation upon electrical stimulation. The device consists of an annular dielectric elastomer actuator working as a radial artificial muscle able to rhythmically contract and relax a central cell culture well. The bioreactor maintained up to 4 h of actuation at a frequency of 0.15 Hz and a strain of 8\%{\textendash}10\%, to those of the cyclic contraction and relaxation of the small intestine. In vitro tests demonstrated that the device was biocompatible and cell-adhesive for Caco-2 cells, which formed a confluent monolayer following 21 days of culture in the central well. In addition, cellular adhesion and cohesion were maintained after 4 h of continuous cyclic strain. These preliminary results encourage further investigations on the use of dielectric elastomer actuation as a versatile technology that might overcome the limitations of commercially available pneumatic driving systems to obtain bioreactors that can cyclically deform cell cultures in a biomimetic fashion.</p>
},
	url = {http://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-3190/12/1/016001/pdf},
	author = {D. Cei and J. Costa and G. Gori and G. Frediani and C. Domenici and F. Carpi and A. Ahluwalia}
}
@article {2834,
	title = {Polymeric microporous nanofilms as smart platforms for in vitro assessment of nanoparticle translocation and Caco-2 cell culture},
	journal = { IEEE Transactions on NanoBioscience },
	year = {2016},
	keywords = {Bioengineering},
	doi = { 10.1109/TNB.2016.2603191},
	url = {http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/7552480/},
	author = {L. Ricotti and G. Gori and D. Cei and J. Costa and G. Signore and A. Ahluwalia}
}
@article {2220,
	title = {In vitro development of engineered muscle using a scaffold based on the pressure-activated microsyringe (PAM) technique},
	journal = {Journal of tissue engineering and regenerative medicine},
	year = {2014},
	author = {D. Cei and Malena, A. and C. De Maria and Loro, E. and Sandri, F. and Moro, G. and Bettio, S. and Vergani, L. and G. Vozzi}
}
@conference {1529,
	title = {Engineered Skeletal Muscle using Pam Scaffold},
	booktitle = {Congress of the European Society of Biomechanics, ESB 2010},
	year = {2010},
	keywords = {Bioengineering},
	author = {D. Cei and E. Loro and A. Malena and C. De Maria and L. Vergani and G. Vozzi}
}
@conference {1536,
	title = {Pam Scaffold For Tissue Engineering Of Skeletal Muscle},
	booktitle = {Congresso Nazionale di Bioingegneria 2010},
	year = {2010},
	keywords = {Bioengineering},
	author = {D. Cei and E. Loro and A. Malena and L. Vergani and G. Vozzi}
}
