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SUBMITTER: Rajabi M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5147815 | biostudies-literature | 2016
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Rajabi Mina M Roxhed Niclas N Shafagh Reza Zandi RZ Haraldson Tommy T Fischer Andreas Christin AC Wijngaart Wouter van der WV Stemme Göran G Niklaus Frank F
PloS one 20161209 12
This paper demonstrates flexible and stretchable microneedle patches that combine soft and flexible base substrates with hard and sharp stainless steel microneedles. An elastomeric polymer base enables conformal contact between the microneedle patch and the complex topography and texture of the underlying skin, while robust and sharp stainless steel microneedles reliably pierce the outer layers of the skin. The flexible microneedle patches have been realized by magnetically assembling short stai ...[more]