Toward intelligent synthetic neural circuits: Directing and accelerating neuron cell growth by self-rolled-up silicon nitride microtube array

ACS Nano

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 11108-11117

  Froeter, Paul ^a   Huang, Yu ^c,e   Cangellaris, Olivia V ^a   Huang, Wen ^a   Dent, Erik W ^d   Gillette, Martha U ^a,b   Williams, Justin C ^c   Li, Xiuling ^a  

^a University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e HOUSTON METHODIST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Axon guidance; Neural culture; Neural electrode interface; Pathfinding; Silicon nitride nanomembrane

Indexed keywords

CELL MEMBRANES; CELL PROLIFERATION; GROWTH RATE; NANOSTRUCTURES; NEURONS; NITRIDES; SILICON NITRIDE; TIMING CIRCUITS;

AXON GUIDANCES; ELECTRODE INTERFACE; NANOMEMBRANES; NEURAL CULTURES; PATHFINDING;

SUBSTRATES;

SILICON DERIVATIVE; SILICON NITRIDE;

ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; CELL DIVISION; CYTOLOGY; FLUORESCENCE; NERVE CELL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

CELL DIVISION; FLUORESCENCE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; NEURAL NETWORKS (COMPUTER); NEURONS; SILICON COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84912544720     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn504876y     Document Type: Article

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