Research on equipment of micro-pressure measure and control in loading experiment of plant cell mechanics

Lian Zhang; Chengbo Yu; Hongyan Tao; Xuejun Chen; Feng Zhai

doi:10.1117/12.664231

21 March 2006 Research on equipment of micro-pressure measure and control in loading experiment of plant cell mechanics

Lian Zhang, Chengbo Yu, Hongyan Tao, Xuejun Chen, Feng Zhai

Proceedings Volume 6040, ICMIT 2005: Mechatronics, MEMS, and Smart Materials; 60401P (2006) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.664231
Event: ICMIT 2005: Merchatronics, MEMS, and Smart Materials, 2005, Chongqing, China

Abstract

The equipment is developed to measure and control micro-pressure in loading experiment of plant cell mechanics. The motivation for the development of this equipment was to maintain a stationary micro-pressure on the agar of culturing cells to keep cytoactive in biology experiments. A singlechip controls the stepping motor of this equipment to drive loading equipment in the system, in order to load between 50mN and 250mN under a constant voltage. The accuracy is estimated to be ±0.4 mN. The structure and control system of this equipment is introduced and described in detail. The experimental results show that the equipment is capable of maintaining a constant, stationary micropressure in cell culturing application and is worth of extending and applying.

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Lian Zhang, Chengbo Yu, Hongyan Tao, Xuejun Chen, and Feng Zhai "Research on equipment of micro-pressure measure and control in loading experiment of plant cell mechanics", Proc. SPIE 6040, ICMIT 2005: Mechatronics, MEMS, and Smart Materials, 60401P (21 March 2006); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.664231

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