INK-JET PRINTED STRETCHABLE SENSORS FOR CELL MONITORING UNDER MECHANICAL STIMULI: A FEASIBILITY STUDY SARAH TONELLO * , MICHELA BORGHETTI † , NICOLA F. LOPOMO ‡ , MAURO SERPELLONI § and EMILIO SARDINI ¶ Department of Information Engineering, University of Brescia Via Branze 38, 25123 Brescia, Italy * s.tonello@unibs.it † michela.borghetti@gmail.com ‡ nicola.lopomo@unibs.it § mauro.serpelloni@unibs.it ¶ emilio.sardini@unibs.it MARIAGRAZIA MARZIANO || , MARIALAURA SERZANTI ** , DANIELA UBERTI †† and PATRIZIA DELL’ERA ‡‡ Department of Molecular and Translational Medicine University of Brescia Viale Europa 11, 25123 Brescia, Italy || m.marziano@unibs.it ** m.serzanti@studenti.unibs.it †† daniela.uberti@unibs.it ‡‡ patrizia.dellera@unibs.it NICOLETTA INVERARDI Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering University of Brescia Via Branze 38, 25123 Brescia, Italy n.inverardi003@unibs.it CHIARA GUALANDI §§ and MARIA LETIZIA FOCARETE ¶¶ Department of Chemistry \ G. Ciamician" and INSTM UdR of Bologna University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy §§ c.gualandi@unibo.it ¶¶ marialetizia.focarete@unibo.it Received 22 March 2018 Revised 5 December 2018 Accepted 9 April 2019 Published 30 August 2019 *Corresponding author. Journal of Mechanics in Medicine and Biology Vol. 19, No. 6 (2019) 1950049 (22 pages) ° c World Scientific Publishing Company DOI: 10.1142/S0219519419500490 1950049-1