Considerations and recent advances in nanoscale interfaces with neuronal and cardiac networks

Nanoscale interfaces with biological tissue, principally made with nanowires (NWs), are envisioned as minimally destructive to the tissue and as scalable tools to directly transduce the electrochemical activity of a neuron at its finest resolution. This review lays the foundations for understanding...

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Published in:Applied Physics Reviews 2021-12, Vol.8 (4), p.041317-041317
Main Authors: Tchoe, Youngbin, Lee, Jihwan, Liu, Ren, Bourhis, Andrew M., Vatsyayan, Ritwik, Tonsfeldt, Karen J., Dayeh, Shadi A.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Action potential
Cardiac rhythmicity
Cell membranes
CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS
Electrophysiology
Electroporation
Nanoelectronics, Electrodes
Nanowires
Nerve cells
Neuron model
Physics
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Summary:Nanoscale interfaces with biological tissue, principally made with nanowires (NWs), are envisioned as minimally destructive to the tissue and as scalable tools to directly transduce the electrochemical activity of a neuron at its finest resolution. This review lays the foundations for understanding the material and device considerations required to interrogate neuronal activity at the nanoscale. We first discuss the electrochemical nanoelectrode-neuron interfaces and then present new results concerning the electrochemical impedance and charge injection capacities of millimeter, micrometer, and nanometer scale wires with Pt, PEDOT:PSS, Si, Ti, ITO, IrOx, Ag, and AgCl materials. Using established circuit models for NW-neuron interfaces, we discuss the impact of having multiple NWs interfacing with a single neuron on the amplitude and temporal characteristics of the recorded potentials. We review state of the art advances in nanoelectrode-neuron interfaces, the standard control experiments to investigate their electrophysiological behavior, and present recent high fidelity recordings of intracellular potentials obtained with ultrasharp NWs developed in our laboratory that naturally permeate neuronal cell bodies. Recordings from arrays and individually addressable electrically shorted NWs are presented, and the long-term stability of intracellular recording is discussed and put in the context of established techniques. Finally, a perspective on future research directions and applications is presented.
ISSN:1931-9401
1931-9401
DOI:10.1063/5.0052666