title: Growth and structural discrimination of cortical neurons on randomly oriented and vertically aligned dense carbon nanotube networks.
abstract: The growth of cortical neurons on three dimensional structures of spatially defined (structured) randomly oriented, as well as on vertically aligned, carbon nanotubes (CNT) is studied. Cortical neurons are attracted towards both types of CNT nano-architectures. For both, neurons form clusters in close vicinity to the CNT structures whereupon the randomly oriented CNTs are more closely colonised than the CNT pillars. Neurons develop communication paths via neurites on both nanoarchitectures. These neuron cells attach preferentially on the CNT sidewalls of the vertically aligned CNT architecture instead than onto the tips of the individual CNT pillars.
authors.affiliation: University of Applied Sciences Aschaffenburg, Department of Engineering, BioMEMS lab, Würzburger Strasse 45, 64743 Aschaffenburg, Germany.
authors.forename: Christoph
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Nick
authors.affiliation: Technische Universität Darmstadt, Fachbereich Chemie, Eduard-Zintl-Institut für Anorganische und Physikalische Chemie, Alarich-Weiss-Str. 12, 64287 Darmstadt Germany.
authors.forename: Sandeep
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yadav
authors.affiliation: Technische Universität Darmstadt, Fachbereich Chemie, Eduard-Zintl-Institut für Anorganische und Physikalische Chemie, Alarich-Weiss-Str. 12, 64287 Darmstadt Germany.
authors.forename: Ravi
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Joshi
authors.affiliation: University of Applied Sciences Aschaffenburg, Department of Engineering, BioMEMS lab, Würzburger Strasse 45, 64743 Aschaffenburg, Germany.
authors.forename: Christiane
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Thielemann
authors.affiliation: Technische Universität Darmstadt, Fachbereich Chemie, Eduard-Zintl-Institut für Anorganische und Physikalische Chemie, Alarich-Weiss-Str. 12, 64287 Darmstadt Germany.
authors.forename: Jörg J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Schneider
keywords: carbon nanotube; chemical vapour deposition; interface; neuron; scaffold