Silicon carbide: a versatile material for biosensor applications

A Oliveros, A Guiseppi-Elie, SE Saddow - Biomedical microdevices, 2013 - Springer
Silicon carbide (SiC) has been around for more than 100 years as an industrial material and
has found wide and varied applications because of its unique electrical and thermal …

Intracortical recording interfaces: current challenges to chronic recording function

B Gunasekera, T Saxena, R Bellamkonda… - ACS chemical …, 2015 - ACS Publications
Brain Computer Interfaces (BCIs) offer significant hope to tetraplegic and paraplegic
individuals. This technology relies on extracting and translating motor intent to facilitate …

Neuroengineering tools/applications for bidirectional interfaces, brain–computer interfaces, and neuroprosthetic implants–a review of recent progress

RM Rothschild - Frontiers in neuroengineering, 2010 - frontiersin.org
The main focus of this review is to provide a holistic amalgamated overview of the most
recent human in vivo techniques for implementing brain–computer interfaces (BCIs) …

Atomic force microscopy and its contribution to understanding the development of the nervous system

K Franze - Current opinion in genetics & development, 2011 - Elsevier
While our understanding of the influence of biochemical signaling on cell functioning is
increasing rapidly, the consequences of mechanical signaling are currently poorly …

Single-crystal silicon carbide: A biocompatible and hemocompatible semiconductor for advanced biomedical applications

SE Saddow, CL Frewin, C Coletti… - Materials Science …, 2011 - Trans Tech Publ
Crystalline silicon carbide (SiC) and silicon (Si) biocompatibility was evaluated in vitro by
directly culturing three skin and connective tissue cell lines, two immortalized neural cell …

Structured polymer brushes on silicon carbide

M Steenackers, ID Sharp, K Larsson… - Chemistry of …, 2010 - ACS Publications
A straightforward method is presented for the preparation of homogeneous as well as
structured polymer brushes on SiC substrates. The self-initiated photografting and …

Preparation of small silicon carbide quantum dots by wet chemical etching

D Beke, Z Szekrényes, I Balogh, Z Czigány… - Journal of Materials …, 2013 - cambridge.org
Fabrication of nanosized silicon carbide (SiC) crystals is a crucial step in many biomedical
applications. Here we report an effective fabrication method of SiC nanocrystals based on …

Organic functionalization of 3C-SiC surfaces

SJ Schoell, M Sachsenhauser, A Oliveros… - … Applied Materials & …, 2013 - ACS Publications
We demonstrate the functionalization of n-type (100) and (111) 3C-SiC surfaces with
organosilanes. Self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) of amino-propyldiethoxymethylsilane …

Luminescence properties of SiC/SiO2 core–shell nanowires with different radial structure

F Fabbri, F Rossi, G Attolini, G Salviati, B Dierre… - Materials Letters, 2012 - Elsevier
The luminescence properties of SiC/SiO2 core/shell nanowires with different core to shell
thickness ratio are analysed by SEM-Cathodoluminescence spectroscopy. The different …

Toward label-free biosensing with silicon carbide: A review

O Cooper, B Wang, CL Brown, J Tiralongo… - IEEE Access, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Recent innovation in microelectrical-mechanical systems (MEMSs) and plasmonics-based
technologies has opened up perspectives for label-free sensing of biological and chemical …