Gallium phosphide nanowire arrays and their possible application in cellular force investigations
Författare
Summary, in English
The authors report the fabrication of gallium phosphide nanowire arrays that can be used for cellular force measurements. The nanowire positions are defined using electron beam lithography and the nanowires are grown using metal organic vapor phase epitaxy. By varying the nanowire diameter, length, and spacing from substrate to substrate, they can expect to probe cell forces over several orders of magnitude, depending on the chosen substrate. The small diameter of the nanowires allows them to densely pack the array and to achieve unprecedented spatial resolution for future cell force-array applications.
Avdelning/ar
Publiceringsår
2009
Språk
Engelska
Sidor
3092-3094
Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie
Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology B
Volym
27
Issue
6
Dokumenttyp
Artikel i tidskrift
Förlag
American Institute of Physics (AIP)
Ämne
- Zoology
- Condensed Matter Physics
Nyckelord
- nanowires
- nanolithography
- nanofabrication
- nanobiotechnology
- MOCVD
- III-V semiconductors
- gallium compounds
- cellular biophysics
- electron beam lithography
- semiconductor growth
- vapour phase
- epitaxial growth
Status
Published
ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt
- ISSN: 1520-8567