On Tuesday February 27, 2001 Jimmy Xu of Brown University presented a talk entitled:
"Carbon Nanotubes - A New Tool Set for Interfacing with the Bio/Neuronal World"
as part of the Seminar Series
"What Physical Scientists Can Measure, What Biological Scientists Would Like to Measure."
Abstract:
Carbon nanotubes provide a combination of novel material properties and nanoscale
dimensions that may open up a broad range of new opportunities in biomolecular
and neuronal explorations. In this talk, I will introduce some of our own efforts
at Brown in developing new forms of carbon nanotubes, including Highly Ordered
Arrays, Y-junction, and Magnetized nanotubes. And, I will present some of the
findings from the on-going investigations of the basic Electro-Opto-Mechano
properties that are more pertinent to biologic applications. I will then highlight
the concepts behind some of the experiments we are conducting that deal with
biosystems at cellular and molecular level, including Biomimetic Acoustic Sensor,
Nanotube Electrophoresis, Neural Probes, the possibility of mimicking Cerebellar
Architecture with Y-junction arrays, and Collective behavior for computing functions.