TEGylated Double-Walled Carbon Nanotubes as Platforms to Engineer Neuronal Networks.

ABSTRACT: In the past two decades, important results have been obtained on the application of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) as components of smart interfaces promoting neuronal growth and differentiation. Different forms of CNTs have been employed as scaffolds, including raw CNTs and functionalized CNTs, characterized by a different number of walls, mainly single-walled CNTs (SWCNTs) or multiwalled CNTs (MWCNTs). However, double-walled carbon nanotubes (DWCNTs), which present interesting electronic and transport properties, have barely been studied in the field. Apart from the electrical conductivity, the morphology, shape, porosity, and corresponding mechanical properties of the scaffold material are important parameters when dealing with neuronal cells. Thus, the presence of open porous and interconnect

SUBMITTER: Barrejon M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9837783 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature