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• Article | 26 May 2022

  Porosity-based heterojunctions enable leadless optoelectronic modulation of tissues

  Fabrication of semiconductor heterojunctions typically involves a complex process and often leads to bioincompatibility. Here, the authors propose a porous heterojunction in p-type silicon via simple stain etching at ambient conditions, and apply it in optically induced biomodulation.

  • Aleksander Prominski
  • , Jiuyun Shi
  •  & Menahem Y. Rotenberg

• Article | 27 June 2016

  Heterogeneous silicon mesostructures for lipid-supported bioelectric interfaces

  A biocompatible and biodegradable mesostructured form of silicon is used to make lipid-bilayer-supported bioelectric interfaces that can optically modulate the electrophysiology of single dorsal root ganglia neurons.

  • Yuanwen Jiang
  • , João L. Carvalho-de-Souza
  •  & Bozhi Tian

• Article | 05 October 2015

  Three-dimensional macroporous nanoelectronic networks as minimally invasive brain probes

  An ultra-flexible cylindrical mesh embedding multiple electrodes bending away from the device is used to probe rodents’ neural activity in vivo. This geometry improves the neuron–probe contact and reduces tissue response in chronic applications.

  • Chong Xie
  • , Jia Liu
  •  & Charles M. Lieber

• Research Highlights | 22 August 2013

  Sniffing out cancer

  • Alison Stoddart

• Research Highlights | 22 May 2013

  Optogenetics goes wireless

  • Luigi Martiradonna

• Article | 26 August 2012

  Macroporous nanowire nanoelectronic scaffolds for synthetic tissues

  Three-dimensional bioactive scaffolds can support tissue growth for studies in cellular biophysics and regenerative medicine. Such scaffolds have now been integrated with semiconductor nanowires to probe their porous interior, allowing for real-time monitoring of signals such as the response of neural and cardiac tissue models to drugs.

  • Bozhi Tian
  • , Jia Liu
  •  & Charles M. Lieber