Title :
Monitoring spontaneous electrical activity in cultured neural networks using vertically aligned nanotube arrays
Author :
Seger, R. Adam ; De Asis, Edward ; Wong, Wai-Kin ; Wong, Lei ; Hieb, Jeremy J. ; Yang, Cary ; Isaacson, Michael S.
Abstract :
We present the electrical monitoring of cultured living neural cells using vertically aligned carbon nanotubes (CNT) as an extracellular electrode material in a microelectrode array (MEA). The carbon nanotubes are grown using plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PECVD) resulting in 3-18 mum long nanotubes with diameters of 10-40 nm.
Keywords :
bioelectric phenomena; carbon nanotubes; nanobiotechnology; neural nets; plasma CVD; carbon nanotubes; cultured neural networks; extracellular electrode; microelectrode array; nanotube arrays; plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition; spontaneous electrical activity; Carbon nanotubes; Cells (biology); Electrodes; Extracellular; Microelectrodes; Monitoring; Neural networks; Organic materials; Plasma chemistry; Plasma materials processing; carbon nanotube; electrophysiology; microelectrode array; neural cells;
Conference_Titel :
IEEE/LEOS Summer Topical Meetings, 2008 Digest of the
Conference_Location :
Acapulco
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1925-8
Electronic_ISBN :
1099-4742
DOI :
10.1109/LEOSST.2008.4590493
