The chemical properties of carbon nanotubes can be systematically varied by attaching different functional groups. Such functionalized carbon nanotubes can be used to control the outgrowth and branching pattern of neuronal processes. We also discuss electrical interactions between neurons and carbon nanotubes. The electrical properties of nanotubes can provide a mechanism to monitor or stimulate neurons through the scaffold itself. The ease of which carbon nanotubes can be patterned makes them attractive for studying the organization of neural networks and has the potential to develop new devices for neural prosthesis.
Interactions between cultured neurons and carbon nanotubes: A nanoneuroscience vignette / Sucapane, A.; Cellot, G.; Prato, M.; Giugliano, M.; Parpura, V.; Ballerini, L.. - In: JOURNAL OF NANONEUROSCIENCE. - ISSN 1939-0637. - 1:1(2009), pp. 10-16. [10.1166/JNS.2009.002]
Interactions between cultured neurons and carbon nanotubes: A nanoneuroscience vignette
Giugliano, M.;
2009
Abstract
The chemical properties of carbon nanotubes can be systematically varied by attaching different functional groups. Such functionalized carbon nanotubes can be used to control the outgrowth and branching pattern of neuronal processes. We also discuss electrical interactions between neurons and carbon nanotubes. The electrical properties of nanotubes can provide a mechanism to monitor or stimulate neurons through the scaffold itself. The ease of which carbon nanotubes can be patterned makes them attractive for studying the organization of neural networks and has the potential to develop new devices for neural prosthesis.
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