Gallium phosphide nanowires as a substrate for cultured neurons
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Summary, in English
Dissociated sensory neurons were cultured on epitaxial gallium phosphide (GaP) nanowires grown vertically from a gallium phosphide surface. Substrates covered by 2.5 mu m long, 50 nm wide nanowires supported cell adhesion and axonal outgrowth. Cell survival was better on nanowire substrates than on planar control substrates. The cells interacted closely with the nanostructures, and cells penetrated by hundreds of wires were observed as well as wire bending due to forces exerted by the cells.
Avdelning/ar
Publiceringsår
2007
Språk
Engelska
Sidor
2960-2965
Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie
Nano Letters
Volym
7
Issue
10
Dokumenttyp
Artikel i tidskrift
Förlag
The American Chemical Society (ACS)
Ämne
- Nano Technology
Status
Published
ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt
- ISSN: 1530-6992