Recent progress in functionalized plastic 3D printing in creation of metallized architectures

ATK Perera, K Song, S Umezu, H Sato - Materials & Design, 2023 - Elsevier
Metallized surfaces, structures are of demand by many industries, however, with the demand
for materials with improved properties, cost effectiveness polymers have gained exponential …

A review of focused ion beam applications in optical fibers

K Sloyan, H Melkonyan, H Apostoleris… - …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
Focused ion beam (FIB) technology has become a promising technique in micro-and nano-
prototy** due to several advantages over its counterparts such as direct (maskless) …

Tapered fibertrodes for optoelectrical neural interfacing in small brain volumes with reduced artefacts

B Spagnolo, A Balena, RT Peixoto, M Pisanello… - Nature materials, 2022 - nature.com
Deciphering the neural patterns underlying brain functions is essential to understanding
how neurons are organized into networks. This deciphering has been greatly facilitated by …

Depth-resolved fiber photometry with a single tapered optical fiber implant

F Pisano, M Pisanello, SJ Lee, J Lee, E Maglie… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Fiber photometry is increasingly utilized to monitor fluorescent sensors of neural activity in
the brain. However, most implementations are based on flat-cleaved optical fibers that can …

Neurophotonic tools for microscopic measurements and manipulation: status report

AS Abdelfattah, S Ahuja, T Akkin, SR Allu… - …, 2022 - spiedigitallibrary.org
Neurophotonics was launched in 2014 coinciding with the launch of the BRAIN Initiative
focused on development of technologies for advancement of neuroscience. For the last …

The three-dimensional signal collection field for fiber photometry in brain tissue

M Pisanello, F Pisano, M Hyun, E Maglie… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Fiber photometry is used to monitor signals from fluorescent indicators in genetically-defined
neural populations in behaving animals. Recently, fiber photometry has rapidly expanded …

Lab-in-a-fiber sensors: A review

S Pissadakis - Microelectronic Engineering, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract Lab-in-a-Fiber (LIF), a counterpart of Lab-on-a-chip, however, deployed within the
cylindrical optical fiber geometry, emerges as a promising approach into the development of …

Emerging applications of optical fiber-based devices for brain research

R Nazempour, B Zhang, Z Ye, L Yin, X Lv… - Advanced Fiber …, 2022 - Springer
Research in neuroscience and neuroengineering has attracted tremendous interest in the
past decades. However, the complexity of the brain tissue, in terms of its structural, chemical …

Fabrication of nonplanar tapered fibers to integrate optical and electrical signals for neural interfaces in vivo

A Balena, M Bianco, MS Andriani, C Montinaro… - Nature …, 2025 - nature.com
Implantable multifunctional probes have transformed neuroscience research, offering
access to multifaceted brain activity that was previously unattainable. Typically …

Tapered fibers combined with a multi-electrode array for optogenetics in mouse medial prefrontal cortex

L Sileo, SH Bitzenhofer, B Spagnolo… - Frontiers in …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Optogenetics offers many advantages in terms of cell-type specificity, allowing to investigate
functional connectivity between different brain areas at high spatial and neural population …