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Curving neural nanobioelectronics

Three-dimensional nanowire transistors with curvilinear tips record intracellular signals from neurons.

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Fig. 1: Curvature matters in nanobioelectronics.

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Fang, Y., Tian, B. Curving neural nanobioelectronics. Nat. Nanotechnol. 14, 733–735 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41565-019-0503-1

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