A tissue-engineered neural interface with photothermal functionality
Adriana Teixeira do Nascimento, Alexandre Xavier Mendes, James M. Begeng, Serena Duchi, Paul R. Stoddart, Anita Quigley, Robert M. I. Kapsa, Michael R. Ibbotson, Saimon Moraes Silva, Simon E. Moulton
Abstract
photothermal stimulation of explanted rat retinal tissue. The outcomes achieved with this study encourage further investigation into optical and electrical costimulation parameters for a range of biomedical applications.
Topics & Concepts
Materials sciencePhotothermal therapyNeuromodulationPiezoresistive effectBrain implantBiomedical engineeringGrapheneNanotechnologyPhotothermal effectStimulationOptoelectronicsNeuroscienceMedicineBiologyNeuroscience and Neural EngineeringPhotoreceptor and optogenetics researchAdvanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials