Faculty Publications - Michel Maharbiz

Selected Articles in journals or magazines

• J. Hsia, W. J. Holtz, D. C. Huang, M. Arcak, and M. Maharbiz, "A feedback quenched oscillator produces Turing patterning with one diffuser," PLoS Computational Biology, vol. 8, no. 1, pp. e1002331, Jan. 2012. [abstract]
• T. Kim, M. Pinelis, and M. Maharbiz, "Generating steep, sheer-free gradients of small molecules for cell culture," Biomedical Microdevices, 2008.
• M. Pinelis, L. Shamban, A. Jovic, and M. Maharbiz, "A high-yield method for generating mass-transfer gradients in elastomer microfluidics using impermeable capillaries," Biomedical Microdevices, vol. 10, no. 6, pp. 807-811, Dec. 2008.
• R. F. Ismagilov and M. Maharbiz, "Can we build synthetic, multicellular systems by controlling developmental signaling in space and time?," Current Opinion in Chemical Biology, vol. 11, no. 6, pp. 604-611, Dec. 2008.
• T. Bansal, M. Chang, and M. Maharbiz, "A class of low voltage, elastomer-metal 'wet' actuators for use in high-density microfluidics (Communication)," Lab on a Chip, vol. 7, no. 2, pp. 164-166, Feb. 2008.
• R. T. Borno, J. D. Steinmeyer, and M. Maharbiz, "Transpiration actuation: The design, fabrication and characterization of biomimetic microactuators driven by the surface tension of water," J. Micromechanics and Microengineering, vol. 16, no. 11, pp. 2375-2383, Nov. 2006.

Selected Articles in conference proceedings

• J. Hsia, W. Holtz, M. Maharbiz, and M. Arcak, "New architecture for patterning gene expression using zinc finger proteins and small RNAs," in Proceedings of the 51st IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, 2012, pp. 1633-1638.
• J. Hsia, W. Holtz, D. Huang, M. Arcak, and M. Maharbiz, "A quenched oscillator network for pattern formation in gene expression," in Proceedings of the 2011 American Control Conference, 2011, pp. 2284-2289.
• H. Sato, C. W. Berry, and M. Maharbiz, "Flight control of 10+ gram insects by implanted neural stimulators," in Hilton Head Workshop 2008: A Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems Workshop (hh '08) Technical Digest, San Diego, CA: Transducer Research Foundation, Inc., 2008, pp. 90-91.
• M. Chang and M. Maharbiz, "Electrostatically-actuated reconfigurable elastomer microfluidics," in Hilton Head Workshop 2008: A Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems Workshop (hh '08) Technical Digest, San Diego, CA: Transducer Research Foundation, Inc., 2008, pp. 122-125.
• H. Sato, C. W. Berry, B. E. Casey, G. Lavella, Y. Yao, J. M. VandenBrooks, and M. Maharbiz, "A cyborg beetle: Insect flight control through an implantable tetherless microsystem," in 21st IEEE Intl. Conf. on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS 2008) Technical Digest, Piscataway, NJ: IEEE Press, 2008, pp. 164-167.
• R. T. Borno, J. D. Steinmeyer, and M. Maharbiz, "Energy scavenging from transpiration: Electrostatic power generation using evaporation-induced bubble motion," in 11th Intl. Conf. on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences (MicroTAS 2007) Technical digest, 2007.
• M. Chang, T. Bansal, and M. Maharbiz, "Electrically-actuated PDMS microvalves and pumps for VLSI microfluidics," in 11th Intl. Conf. on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences (MicroTAS 2007) Technical Digest, 2007.