Nitrogen-vacancy centers in diamond for nanoscale magnetic resonance imaging applications

• Alberto Boretti,
• Lorenzo Rosa,
• Jonathan Blackledge and
• Stefania Castelletto

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2019, 10, 2128–2151, doi:10.3762/bjnano.10.207

• network parameter comparisons. This physiological study motivated the culture of neuronal networks onto a specific glass coverslip with embedded gold microwave resonator for ODMR sensing coated with polydimethylsiloxane using the same culturing procedure as for the physiological study. The ND suspension

Scaling law to determine peak forces in tapping-mode AFM experiments on finite elastic soft matter systems

• Horacio V. Guzman

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2017, 8, 968–974, doi:10.3762/bjnano.8.98

• operating conditions to image soft matter with high spatial resolution in tapping-mode AFM. Keywords: AFM in liquid; AFM theory; bidimensional elastic models; multivariate regression; neuronal networks; operational AFM parameters; parametrical equation; peak forces; soft matter; Introduction Amplitude

Carbon-based smart nanomaterials in biomedicine and neuroengineering

• Antonina M. Monaco and
• Michele Giugliano

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2014, 5, 1849–1863, doi:10.3762/bjnano.5.196

• adhesion. Since then, several studies [106] have revealed that CNTs are able to guide neuronal adhesion and to impact neuronal networks. Microelectrode arrays (MEAs – extracellular recording and stimulation of neuronal activity): MEAs are devices consisting of metallic microelectrodes (i.e., made of Au, Pt

• of consisting of a continuous rough surface, i.e., the CNTs film, which was demonstrated to improve cell adhesion. Patch-clamp electrophysiology: One of the first studies reporting on the electrical activity of in vitro neuronal networks coupled to MWCNT-substrates was that of Lovat and co-workers

• or nanoscale roughness (Figure 3c). Moreover, in the same work, mathematical modelling and electrophysiology were used to probe a contingent connection between the effects observed at single-neuron level and those detected at the level of neuronal networks, leading to the speculation that the tight

Nanocavity crossbar arrays for parallel electrochemical sensing on a chip

• Enno Kätelhön,
• Dirk Mayer,
• Marko Banzet,
• Andreas Offenhäusser and
• Bernhard Wolfrum

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2014, 5, 1137–1143, doi:10.3762/bjnano.5.124

• , will be advantageous for electrochemical imaging methods and electrochemical biological assays. Particularly, one may expect that the detection or mapping of neutrotransmitter secretion (such as the redox-active molecule dopamine [13]) in neuronal networks will be one of the most interesting