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Biocompatibility of nanostructured boron doped diamond for the attachment and proliferation of human neural stem cells

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Publication Date2015-10-15
JournalJournal of Neural Engineering
AuthorsAlice C. Taylor, Barbora Vagaskå, Robert Edgington, Clément Hébert, Patrizia Ferretti
InstitutionsCEA LIST, Commissariat à l’Énergie Atomique et aux Énergies Alternatives
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Diamond is an attractive material for supporting the attachment and development of cells as it can show exceptional biocompatibility. When boron is used as a dopant within diamond it becomes a p-type semiconductor, and at high concentrations the diamond becomes quasi-metallic, offering the prospect of a direct electrical device-cell interfacing system.