Solid state technology
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Science & Technology, Technology, Physical Sciences, Engineering, Electrical & Electronic, Physics, Applied, Physics, Condensed Matter, Engineering, Physics, 0204 Condensed Matter Physics, 0206 Quantum Physics, Applied Physics, 5104 Condensed matter physics, 5108 Quantum physics
Abstract:
A microcontact printing was developed that allows alignment and combination of different chemical patterns on a chip surface, which can be used to control the position of the neuron on top of the transducers. The aligned microcontact printing technique was used to deposit a pattern made from two different guidance cues. Researchers at IMEC have also developed an enzyme-based field-effect transistors (ENFET) for detection of glutamate to be integrated in a neuroelectronic system. Response curves showed highly sensitive detection of glutamate with detection limits in the tenths of micromoles range and good selectivity.