Code and Sample Data for "Mesoscale Polymer Ribbon Arrays: High Aspect Ratio Surface Structures and their Digital Reconstruction"

Mesoscale polymer ribbon arrays are high aspect ratio
surface structures that exhibit unique three-dimensional morphologies in
aqueous environments. To better correlate the impact of processing and
aging on the morphology of these and similar high-aspect ratio surface
structures, we have developed a MATLAB code capable of extracting
quantitative morphological descriptors from 3D confocal microscopy data.
This code was used to produce the results outlined in “Mesoscale Polymer
Arrays: High Aspect Ratio Surface Structures and Their Digital
Reconstruction.” In addition to this code, we have included instructions
for data processing and four test datasets. This process first skeletonizes
.tif stacks obtained via confocal microscopy. It then builds a model of
individual ribbon positions in 3D space. Finally, it calculates key
quantitative morphological descriptors such as the radius of curvature and
end-to-end distance of these high aspect ratio structures.