About the Authors

Laura Marchetti

Affiliations NEST, Scuola Normale Superiore and Istituto Nanoscienze – CNR, Pisa, Italy, BioSNS Laboratory, Scuola Normale Superiore and Istituto di Neuroscienze - CNR, Pisa, Italy

Teresa De Nadai

Affiliation BioSNS Laboratory, Scuola Normale Superiore and Istituto di Neuroscienze - CNR, Pisa, Italy

Fulvio Bonsignore

Affiliation NEST, Scuola Normale Superiore and Istituto Nanoscienze – CNR, Pisa, Italy

Mariantonietta Calvello

Affiliation BioSNS Laboratory, Scuola Normale Superiore and Istituto di Neuroscienze - CNR, Pisa, Italy

Giovanni Signore

Affiliation IIT@NEST, Center for Nanotechnology Innovation, Pisa, Italy

Alessandro Viegi

Affiliation BioSNS Laboratory, Scuola Normale Superiore and Istituto di Neuroscienze - CNR, Pisa, Italy

Fabio Beltram

Affiliations NEST, Scuola Normale Superiore and Istituto Nanoscienze – CNR, Pisa, Italy, IIT@NEST, Center for Nanotechnology Innovation, Pisa, Italy

Stefano Luin

s.luin@sns.it (SL); antonino.cattaneo@sns.it (AC)

Affiliation NEST, Scuola Normale Superiore and Istituto Nanoscienze – CNR, Pisa, Italy

Antonino Cattaneo

s.luin@sns.it (SL); antonino.cattaneo@sns.it (AC)

Affiliation BioSNS Laboratory, Scuola Normale Superiore and Istituto di Neuroscienze - CNR, Pisa, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LM TDN F. Beltram F. Bonsignore SL AC. Performed the experiments: LM TDN F. Bonsignore SL. Analyzed the data: LM TDN F. Beltram F. Bonsignore SL AC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MC GS AV. Wrote the paper: LM TDN F. Beltram F. Bonsignore SL AC.