Title :
Nanoimprint - a tool for realizing nano-bio research
Author :
Carlberg, P. ; Johansson, F. ; Mårtensson, T. ; Bunk, R. ; Beck, M. ; Persson, F. ; Borgström, M. ; Nilsson, S.G. ; Heidari, B. ; Grazcyk, M. ; Maximov, I. ; Sarwe, E.-L. ; Ling, T.G.I. ; Månsson, A. ; Kanje, M. ; Seifert, W. ; Samuelson, L. ; Montelius,
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Solid State Phys., Lund Univ., Sweden
Abstract :
In this paper, we present a status report on how implementation of nanoimprint lithography has advanced our research. Contact guidance nerve growth experiments have so far primarily been done on micrometer-structured surfaces. We have made a stamp with 17 areas of different, submicron, line width and spacing covering a total 2.6 mm×0.45 mm. This has been imprinted, in PMMA, and consequently used in experiments to investigate how axonal outgrowth is affected by the nanopatterns. Protein interactions with nanostructured surfaces are also studied in a system exploring and controlling biomolecular motors, i.e., the muscle motor proteins actin and myosin.
Keywords :
biomedical materials; muscle; nanolithography; nanopatterning; nanostructured materials; neurophysiology; polymers; proteins; soft lithography; PMMA; biomolecular motors; muscle motor proteins actin; myosin; nanoimprint lithography; nanopatterns; nanostructured surfaces; nerve growth; protein interactions; Cells (biology); Control systems; Indium phosphide; Micromotors; Nanobioscience; Nanolithography; Nanowires; Physics; Proteins; Solid state circuits;
Conference_Titel :
Nanotechnology, 2004. 4th IEEE Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8536-5
DOI :
10.1109/NANO.2004.1392296
