Application of polymer microstructures with controlled surface chemistries as a platform for creating and interfacing with synthetic neural networks

Proceedings of the International Joint Conference on Neural Networks

Volumn 5, Issue , 2005, Pages 3116-3120

  Mealing, Geoffrey ^a   Bani Yaghoub, Mahmud ^a   Tremblay, Roger ^a   Monette, Robert ^a   Mielke, John ^a   Voicu, Raluca ^a   Py, Christophe ^a   Barjovanu, Raluca ^a   Faid, Karim ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOASSAY; LITHOGRAPHY; NEURAL NETWORKS; OSCILLATIONS; POLYMERS; SCREENING;

CELL ATTACHMENT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DRUG DISCOVERY PROCESS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNOLOGY;

MICROSTRUCTURE;

EID: 33750124600     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IJCNN.2005.1556425     Document Type: Conference Paper

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