This paper presents a platform technology with experimental results that show the scientists and biologists a way to rapidly investigate and analyze the biological effects of localized extremely low frequency (ELF) electromagnetic field (EMF) on living cells. The proximity effect of the localized ELF-EMF on living cells is revealed using the bio-compatible microplatform on which an on-glass inductive coil array, the source of the localized ELF-EMF in micro scale, is designed, fabricated and operated with a field strength of 1.2 ± 0.1 mT at 60 Hz for cell culturing study. After a 72 h ELF-EMF exposure, HeLa (human cervical cancer) and PC-12 (rat pheochromocytoma) cells exhibit about 18.4% and 12.9% cell proliferation rate reduction, respectively. Furthermore, according to the presented dynamic model, the reduction of the proliferation can be attributed to the interference of signal transduction processes due to the tangential currents induced around the cells.

This study describes the replication of nano/micro-scale features using a Pd 40 Ni 40 P 20 bulk metallic glass (BMG) mold prepared using a femtosecond laser and nanoimprinting process. The use of the beam shaper feature of the femtosecond laser enabled the rapid fabrication of periodic nanostripes over an area of ∼5 × 4 mm 2 on the BMG mold following a single pulse of irradiation. The ablation pitch of the nanostructure irradiated with 100 mW of femtosecond laser power was determined to be 175.8 nm. The imprinting results demonstrate the applicability of Pd-based BMG in the replication of mold features ranging from 100 μm to 90 nm. Additionally, Pd-based BMG can itself be used as a mold to transfer features onto Au-based BMG and polydimethylsiloxane, where the results could be used to ascertain the workability of BMG for molding in a nano/micro-imprint process.