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Topographically Conductive Butterfly Wing Substrates for Directed Spiral Ganglion Neuron Growth (Small 38/2021)
Author(s) -
Wei Hao,
Chen Zhuoyue,
Hu Yangnan,
Cao Wei,
Ma XiaoFeng,
Zhang Chen,
Gao Xia,
Qian Xiaoyun,
Zhao Yuanjin,
Chai Renjie
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
small
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.785
H-Index - 236
eISSN - 1613-6829
pISSN - 1613-6810
DOI - 10.1002/smll.202170200
Subject(s) - materials science , carbon nanotube , electrical conductor , substrate (aquarium) , nanotechnology , conductivity , adhesion , graphene , spiral (railway) , wing , anisotropy , composite material , chemistry , optics , physics , biology , ecology , thermodynamics , mathematical analysis , mathematics
Topographically Conductive Materials In article number 2102062, Xiaoyun Qian, Yuanjin Zhao, Renjie Chai, and co‐authors construct a composite conductive topological substrate by integrating super‐aligned carbon nanotube sheets (SA‐CNTs) and methacrylated gelatin (GelMA) hydrogel on Morpho Menelaus butterfly wings. This integrated substrate possesses the anisotropic topology of wing surface and the high conductivity of CNTs, and exhibits great potential to promote the adhesion, growth, orientation, and synapse development of spiral ganglion neurons.