Vertical nanowire array-based biosensors: device design strategies and biomedical applications

X Li, J Mo, J Fang, D Xu, C Yang, M Zhang… - Journal of Materials …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Biosensors have been extensively studied in the areas of biology, electronics, chemistry,
biotechnology, medicine, and various engineering fields. The interdisciplinarity creates an …

Toward brain-on-a-chip: Human induced pluripotent stem cell-derived guided neuronal networks in tailor-made 3D nanoprinted microscaffolds

J Harberts, C Fendler, J Teuber, M Siegmund, A Silva… - ACS …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Brain-on-a-chip (BoC) concepts should consider three-dimensional (3D) scaffolds to mimic
the 3D nature of the human brain not accessible by conventional planar cell culturing …

Microscaffolds by Direct Laser Writing for Neurite Guidance Leading to Tailor‐Made Neuronal Networks

C Fendler, C Denker, J Harberts, P Bayat… - Advanced …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
While modern day integrated electronic circuits are essentially designed in a 2D fashion, the
brain can be regarded as a 3D circuit. The thus enhanced connectivity enables much more …

Label-free, non-contact determination of resting membrane potential using dielectrophoresis

MP Hughes, KSP Clarke, R Hoque, OV Griffiths… - Scientific reports, 2024 - nature.com
Measurement of cellular resting membrane potential (RMP) is important in understanding
ion channels and their role in regulation of cell function across a wide range of cell types …

Interfacing human induced pluripotent stem cell-derived neurons with designed nanowire arrays as a future platform for medical applications

J Harberts, U Haferkamp, S Haugg, C Fendler… - Biomaterials …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Nanostructured substrates such as nanowire arrays form a powerful tool for building next-
generation medical devices. So far, human pluripotent stem cell-derived neurons—a …

Culturing human iPSC-derived neural progenitor cells on nanowire arrays: mapping the impact of nanowire length and array pitch on proliferation, viability, and …

J Harberts, K Bours, M Siegmund, C Hedrich, M Glatza… - Nanoscale, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Nanowire arrays used as cell culture substrates build a potent tool for advanced biological
applications such as cargo delivery and biosensing. The unique topography of nanowire …

Neurite guidance and neuro-caging on steps and grooves in 2.5 dimensions

C Fendler, J Harberts, L Rafeldt, G Loers… - Nanoscale …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Directed guidance of neurites is a pre-requisite for tailor-made designs of interfaces
between cells and semiconducting components. Grayscale lithography, reactive ion etching …

Robust neuronal differentiation of human iPSC-derived neural progenitor cells cultured on densely-spaced spiky silicon nanowire arrays

J Harberts, M Siegmund, M Schnelle, T Zhang, Y Lei… - Scientific Reports, 2021 - nature.com
Nanostructured cell culture substrates featuring nanowire (NW) arrays have been applied to
a variety of basic cell lines and rodent neurons to investigate cellular behavior or to stimulate …

A temperature-controlled patch clamp platform demonstrated on jurkat T lymphocytes and human induced pluripotent stem cell-derived neurons

J Harberts, M Kusch, J O'Sullivan, R Zierold, RH Blick - Bioengineering, 2020 - mdpi.com
Though patch clamping at room temperature is a widely disseminated standard procedure in
the electrophysiological community, it does not represent the biological system in mammals …

Generation of Human iPSC‐Derived Neurons on Nanowire Arrays Featuring Varying Lengths, Pitches, and Diameters

J Harberts, M Siegmund, C Hedrich… - Advanced Materials …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Nanowire (NW) arrays interfaced with biological cells have been demonstrated to be potent
tools for advanced applications such as sensing, stimulation, or drug delivery. Many …