ANSALDO A.

Single walled carbon nanotubes functionalized with an aromatic diamine have been successfully used to prepare bucky gel layers by mixing with an imidazolium based ionic liquid, allowing to build bimorph actuators that significantly outperform those prepared by using the pristine or oxidized carbon nanotubes. The carbon nanotube gravimetric...

Implantable electrodes are one of the most common tools in electrophysiology research, both for acute recording of intracortical signals and for chronical experiments. A stable low-impedance electrode to tissue interface is fundamental to obtain reliable, long term recordings of the central nervous system activity. Commonly used metal...

Bucky gels are considered novel electro active polymers based on carbon nanotubes (CNTs). They are used to make electrochemical actuators that operate with a solid polymer electrolyte and so can work in air at low voltage (2-4 V) for long time with a maximum strain of approximately 1% and operating frequencies of a few tens of Hertz. It is...