Contacts: Luca Berdondini, Axel Blau, (Team leaders);Alessandro Maccione (Post Doc); Sergio Martinoia (Senior collaborator).
Neuro-electronic interfaces enable to listen and talk to neurons based on bio-electrochemical methods. Our goal is to realize and validate neuromorphic hybrids to access both chemical and electrical neuronal signals from synaptic levels up to population levels.
The main methodologies include thin-film technology, micro-electrode arrays (MEAs), field-effect-transistor arrays (FETs), CMOS integrated systems, nanotechnology and bio-chemistry. Moreover, this R&D line includes the development of hardware and software tools for taking advantage of innovative neuronal interfaces designs. The developed technologies and concepts are directly applied in vitro for screening neuronal dynamics and are evaluated for in vivo applications.
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Example of a polymeric
microelectrode arrays (polyMEAs) |
engineered neuronal network grown on a
high-resolution electrode array (CMOS-MEAs)
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