High aspect ratio gold nanopillars on microelectrodes for neural interfaces

Growth and structural discrimination of cortical neurons on randomly oriented and vertically aligned dense carbon nanotube networks

“…The substrates with CNT islands were sterilized under UV-light [25]. Cell culture medium was prepared according to the following protocol: L-glutamine (2 mM) and 2% NSF-1 were added to the PNBM basal medium.…”

Fabrication of high aspect ratio (> 100:1) nanopillar array based on thiol-ene

“…The most common techniques are nanosphere lithography (NSL) [15][16][17][18] and block copolymer lithography [19,20]. Nanospheres or nanopaticles were introduced onto the substrate to create different nanostructures by self-assembly [21,22]. However, long-range order was still not achieved due to domain formation.…”

High-density 3D pyramid-shaped microelectrode arrays for brain-machine interface applications

“…Results of impedance measurements has been shown in Table 2.5 for different naopillars height [12]. SEM images of processed microelectrode arrays are shown in Figure 2.19.…”

“…Impedance of the poly-silicon electrode before and after CNTs deposition [11]….…35 Table 2.5. Measured impedance of electrodes with diameter of 40 µm as a function of gold nanopillar height [12]…………………………………………………………………………….36 Table 3. 2.…”

“…Over the past few years, an increasing number of studies have focused on MEAs that will interface to neurons of the visual cortex [12,42] or to neurons of the retina [37,82]. Neural interface devices are implanted chronically onto the visual cortex of a blind patient to electrical stimulation to restore the vision.…”