Work

Muscle‐Cell‐Based “Living Diodes”

Year: 2017

Type: article

Abstract: A new type of diode that is made entirely of electrically excitable muscle cells and nonexcitable fibroblast cells is designed, fabricated, and characterized. These two cell types in a rectangular pattern allow the signal initiated on the excitable side to pass to the nonexcitable side, and not in the opposite direction.

Source: Advanced Biosystems

DOI: 10.1002/adbi.201600035

Authors: Uryan Isik Can, Neerajha Nagarajan, Dervis Can Vural, Pinar Zorlutuna

Institution: University of Notre Dame

Language: English

Topic: Neuroscience and Neural Engineering

Subfield: Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience

Field: Neuroscience

Domain: Life Sciences

Open Access status: green

Funders: National Science Foundation, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame Integrated Imaging Facility, University of Notre Dame, Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems

Awards: Fundamental Investigations of Muscle Cell Interactions for Engineering 'Living Diodes', G7051327894