Manipulation of stem cells fates: the master and multifaceted roles of biophysical cues of biomaterials

X Wan, Z Liu, L Li - Advanced Functional Materials, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Owing to their self‐renewal and differentiation ability, stem cells are conducive for repairing
injured tissues, making them a promising source of seed cells for tissue engineering. The …

A review: electrode and packaging materials for neurophysiology recording implants

W Yang, Y Gong, W Li - Frontiers in Bioengineering and …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
To date, a wide variety of neural tissue implants have been developed for neurophysiology
recording from living tissues. An ideal neural implant should minimize the damage to the …

Nanowire-enabled bioelectronics

A Zhang, JH Lee, CM Lieber - Nano Today, 2021 - Elsevier
Bioelectronics explores the use of electronic devices for applications in signal transduction
at their interfaces with biological systems. The miniaturization of the bioelectronic systems …

Advanced theragnostics for the central nervous system (CNS) and neurological disorders using functional inorganic nanomaterials

B Conklin, BM Conley, Y Hou, M Chen… - Advanced Drug Delivery …, 2023 - Elsevier
Various types of inorganic nanomaterials are capable of diagnostic biomarker detection and
the therapeutic delivery of a disease or inflammatory modulating agent. Those multi …

Electroconductive and injectable hydrogels based on gelatin and PEDOT: PSS for a minimally invasive approach in nervous tissue regeneration

F Furlani, M Montanari, N Sangiorgi, E Saracino… - Biomaterials …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
This work describes the development of electroconductive hydrogels as injectable matrices
for neural tissue regeneration by exploiting a biocompatible conductive polymer–poly (3, 4 …

Revealing Low Amplitude Signals of Neuroendocrine Cells through Disordered Silicon Nanowires‐Based Microelectrode Array

F Maita, L Maiolo, I Lucarini… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Today, the key methodology to study in vitro or in vivo electrical activity in a population of
electrogenic cells, under physiological or pathological conditions, is by using microelectrode …

Graphene glial-interfaces: challenges and perspectives

R Fabbri, E Saracino, E Treossi, R Zamboni, V Palermo… - Nanoscale, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Graphene nanosheets are mechanically strong but flexible, electrically conductive and bio-
compatible. Thus, due to these unique properties, they are being intensively studied as …

Challenges and opportunities of advanced gliomodulation technologies for excitation-inhibition balance of brain networks

K Chen, KC Stieger, TDY Kozai - Current opinion in biotechnology, 2021 - Elsevier
Recent neuroscience studies have highlighted the critical role of glial cells in information
processing. This has increased the demand for technologies that selectively modulate glial …

Glial interfaces: advanced materials and devices to uncover the role of astroglial cells in brain function and dysfunction

L Maiolo, V Guarino, E Saracino… - Advanced …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Research over the past four decades has highlighted the importance of certain brain cells,
called glial cells, and has moved the neurocentric vision of structure, function, and pathology …

Interfacing neurons with nanostructured electrodes modulates synaptic circuit features

A Domínguez‐Bajo, BL Rodilla, I Calaresu… - Advanced …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Understanding neural physiopathology requires advances in nanotechnology‐based
interfaces, engineered to monitor the functional state of mammalian nervous cells. Such …