Fabrication of three dimensional patterns of wide dimensional range using microbes and their applications.

ABSTRACT: Inspired by the wound healing property of certain trees, we report a novel microbes based additive process for producing three dimensional patterns, which has a potential of engineering applications in a variety of fields. Imposing a two dimensional pattern of microbes on a gel media and allowing them to grow in the third dimension is known from its use in biological studies. Instead, we have introduced an intermediate porous substrate between the gel media and the microbial growth, which enables three dimensional patterns in specific forms that can be lifted off and used in engineering applications. In order to demonstrate the applicability of this idea in a diverse set of areas, two applications are selected. In one, using this method of microbial growth, we have fabricated microlenses f

SUBMITTER: Mehta S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4613880 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature