Fig 1.
Two different nanorods functionalized with different receptors.
Neurotransmitters selectively bind to the associated nanorods. Figure is drawn by E.F.
Fig 2.
The proposed concept of optical real time imaging of neural activities using functionalized resonant nano-structures.
Figure is drawn by A.S.
Fig 3.
Example TEM images of the studies GNPs: NR6 (left), and NS5 (right) as introduced in Table 1.
Table 1.
The studied GNPs (from Nanopartz Inc.).
Table 2.
List of the studied Neurotransmitters and receptors.
Fig 4.
The standard results set for NS5 and NS6 nanospheres using a) Antidop as the receptor and Dop as the neurotransmitter, and b) Antigab as the receptor and Gab as the neurotransmitter.
The numbers in parenthesizes report the peak wavelength of each curve in units of nm.
Fig 5.
The standard results set for NR3 using Antidop as the receptor and Dop as the neurotransmitter.
The numbers in parenthesizes report the peak wavelengths of each curve in units of nm.
Fig 6.
a) Absorption spectra of NR5 and NR6 before and after functionalizing with the receptors, and b) using the mixture of the functionalized GNPs to detect both Dop and Gab.
The numbers in parenthesizes report the peak wavelengths of each curve in units of nm.
Fig 7.
a) The standard results set for QSA-450 using Antigab as the receptor and Gab as the neurotransmitter.
The pump wavelength was 300nm and the numbers in parenthesizes report the peak wavelength of each curve in units of nm.
Fig 8.
a) Emission spectra of the mixture of QSA-450 and QSA-540 functionalized with Antigab and Antidop, respectively.
Dop and Gab are added to the mixture separately. The pump wavelength was 300nm and the numbers in parenthesizes report the peak wavelengths of each curve in units of nm.