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The Culture of Mammalian Cells on Nanostructured Silicon
Author(s) -
Bayliss Sue C.,
Heald Robert,
Fletcher D. Ian,
Buckberry Lorraine D.
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
advanced materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 10.707
H-Index - 527
eISSN - 1521-4095
pISSN - 0935-9648
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1521-4095(199903)11:4<318::aid-adma318>3.0.co;2-z
Subject(s) - materials science , nanoporous , silicon , porous silicon , nanotechnology , crystallite , polycrystalline silicon , optoelectronics , layer (electronics) , thin film transistor , metallurgy
For biologically interfaced sensing applications , nanostructured porous silicon (PSi) is a very promising candidate, since mammalian cells can be cultured directly onto it. The development of cell culture systems for a PSi–cell interface is described, together with the development of a more “nature‐identical” simulated plasma (SP). The Figure shows an SEM image of crystallites that have formed on nanoporous Si exposed to SP for 25 days.