Carbon nanotubes as electrical interfaces with neurons

Brain Protection in Schizophrenia, Mood and Cognitive Disorders

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 325-340

  Lee, William ^a   Parpura, Vladimir ^a  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

Author keywords

Biosafety; Carbon nanotubes; Electrodes; Interface; Neurons

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866336952     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-90-481-8553-5_11     Document Type: Chapter

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