On-chip neural cell cultivation using agarose-microchamber array constructed by a photothermal etching method

Electrical Engineering in Japan (English translation of Denki Gakkai Ronbunshi)

Volumn 146, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 37-42

  Moriguchi, Hiroyuki ^a   Takahashi, Kazunori ^a   Sugio, Yoshihiro ^a   Wakamoto, Yuichi ^a   Inoue, Ippei ^a   Jimbo, Yasuhiko ^b   Yasuda, Kenji ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b NTT CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Agarose; Microchamber array; Nerve cell; Photothermal etching; Shape rearrangement during cultivation

Indexed keywords

ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ETCHING; LASER APPLICATIONS; PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTIONS; PHOTORESISTS;

AGAROSE MICROCHAMBER ARRAY; ON CHIP NEURAL CELL CULTIVATION; PHOTOTHERMAL ETCHING;

ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING;

EID: 0346780346     PISSN: 04247760     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eej.10215     Document Type: Article

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