Abstract

In recent years we have witnessed how nanotechnology have developed from being a more research oriented technology towards a more mature technology capable to cope with industrial needs. Especially, this has followed as a consequence of an increased worldwide funding being directed towards nano-enabled applications. Our research efforts in Lund at the Nanometer Structure Consortium, being based on fundamental material science understanding, have also a strong application and engineering orientation. A key enabling technology is processing and fabrication of nanostructures and nanostructured surfaces. In this talk I will briefly discuss various techniques for fabrication of nanostructures, primarily emerging technologies such as nanoimprint lithography and nanowire fabrication and combinations thereof. Especially, I will present how epitaxially grown nanowires can be employed for studies of neuronal outgrowth, cellular response and cellular survival [1-4].

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