Vertically aligned carbon nanofibers: Interconnecting solid state electronics with biosystems

Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 5038-5046

  Cassell, Alan M ^a   Li, Jun ^b   Nguyen Vu, Thuy Duong Barbara ^a   Koehne, Jessica E ^a   Chen, Hua ^a   Andrews, Russell ^a   Meyyappan, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biocompatibility; Carbon nanofiber; Dopamine; Electrochemical methods; Implantable electrode; Neural interface; Neurotransmitter; Nucleic acid detection; PC12 cells; Polypyrrole; Vertically aligned

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE; ELECTROCHEMICAL METHODS; IMPLANTABLE ELECTRODE; NEURAL INTERFACE; NEUROTRANSMITTER; NUCLEIC ACID DETECTION; PC12 CELLS; VERTICALLY ALIGNED;

BIOCOMPATIBILITY; BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS; BIOMOLECULES; BRAIN; CELL MEMBRANES; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; ELECTROCHEMICAL ELECTRODES; ELECTROCHEMICAL SENSORS; ELECTRON TUBES; FLUOROPHORES; INTELLIGENT MATERIALS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NEURAL NETWORKS; NUCLEIC ACIDS; POLYPYRROLES; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

CARBON NANOFIBERS;

CARBON; NANOFIBER; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL STRAIN; CHEMISTRY; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRODE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; RAT;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CARBON; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRODES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NANOFIBERS; OLIGONUCLEOTIDES; PC12 CELLS; RATS;

EID: 70350374342     PISSN: 15334880     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1166/jnn.2009.GR06     Document Type: Article

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