Biomedical Engineering Reference
In-Depth Information
Carbon Nanotubes as Electrical Interfaces
to Neurons
Michele Giugliano , Luca Gambazzi , Laura Ballerini , Maurizio Prato ,
and Stephane Campidelli
Abbreviations
CNS
Central nervous system
C
m
Membrane capacitance
C
cnt
CNT equivalent capacitance
CNT
Carbon nanotube
C
sh
Amplifi er shunt capacitance
E
K
K
+
Nerst equilibrium potential
E
L
Nerst equilibrium potential of leak membrane currents
E
Na
N a
+
Nerst equilibrium potential
FET
Field-effect transistor
M. Giugliano
Laboratory of Neural Microcircuitry, Brain Mind Institute, École Polytechnique
Fédérale de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
Department of Biomedical Sciences , University of Antwerp , Belgium
L. Gambazzi
Laboratory of Neural Microcircuitry, Brain Mind Institute, École Polytechnique
Fédérale de Lausanne , Lausanne , Switzerland
L. Ballerini (
*
)
Life Science Department , B.R.A.I.N., University of Trieste ,
Trieste , Italy
e-mail: lballerini@units.it
M. Prato
Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences , University of Trieste,
Trieste , Italy
S. Campidelli
Laboratoire d'Electronique Moléculaire , CEA Saclay , Gif-sur-Yvette , France
