Open AccessCarbon Nanotubes: Vertically Aligned Carbon Nanotubes as Platform for Biomimetically Inspired Mechanical Sensing, Bioactive Surfaces, and Electrical Cell Interfacing (Adv. Biosys. 11/2017)
Author(s) -
Schneider Jörg J.
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
advanced biosystems
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.153
H-Index - 18
ISSN - 2366-7478
DOI - 10.1002/adbi.201770088
Subject(s) - carbon nanotube , nanotechnology , materials science , biocompatibility , interfacing , usable , electrical conductor , composite material , computer science , computer hardware , world wide web , metallurgy
Vertically aligned carbon nanotubes mimic hairy‐like structures with brush‐type morphology. They are usable as tactile pressure and flow sensors displaying a high sensitivity and replicability. Biocompatibility and electrical conductivity qualify them as scaffolds for cell culturing and contacting. In article number 1700101 , Jörg J. Schneider highlights the field and sets the recent findings in perspective to the current state of the art.