Abstract
The phenomena of neuron-to-electrode surface attachment NESA) via self-assembly of alkanethiol was investigated. The phenomena of hysteresis indicated cysteamine (CA) self-assembly monolayers (SAM) displays greater amphiphilic character than 11-amino-1-undecanethiol (11-AUT)-SAM. The tapping mode atomic force microscopy (AFM) also confirmed 6% increase and 22% decrease in surface roughness when compared to clean, unmodified and sputter-deposited gold. The results show that covalent immobilization of adhesion-promoting proteins enhanced NESA by tightly anchoring cells to electrode.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 7189-7200 |
| Number of pages | 12 |
| Journal | Langmuir |
| Volume | 20 |
| Issue number | 17 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Aug 17 2004 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Materials Science
- Condensed Matter Physics
- Surfaces and Interfaces
- Spectroscopy
- Electrochemistry