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MC Maggie Zi-Ying Chow
SS Stephanie N. Sadrian
WK Wendy Keung
LG Lin Geng
LR Lihuan Ren
CK Chi-Wing Kong
AW Andy On-Tik Wong
JH Jean-Sebastien Hulot
CC Christopher S. Chen
KC Kevin D. Costa
RH Roger J. Hajjar
RL Ronald A. Li
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CMTs within the microfabricated molds were imaged using Prosillica GX camera (Allied Vision). Movement of the cantilevers was tracked using SpotTracker plugin in ImageJ (National Institute of Health). The spring constant of the cantilevers was calculated empirically and was used to transform deformation of the cantilevers into μN of force5. For CTS, the deflections of the posts were captured in real time with a high-speed camera (100 frames/s) and LabView software (National Instruments, USA). The twitch force (mN) was calculated by applying a beam-bending equation from elasticity theory26.

The datasets generated during and/or analyzed during the current study are available from the corresponding author on reasonable request.

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