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Wireless neuromodulation with porous silicon

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Wireless optoelectronic devices are fabricated by controlling the porosity of p-type silicon, enabling in vivo efficient, non-genetic optoelectronic modulation of peripheral nerve activity.

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Fig. 1: Wireless porous silicon heterojunction-based neuromodulation.
Fig. 2: Nanotechnology-based neuromodulation principles.

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  1. The BioRobotics Institute and Department of AI and Robotics, Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Pisa, Italy

    Silvestro Micera & Eugenio Redolfi Riva

  2. Bertarelli Foundation, Translational Neuroengineering, Center for Neuroprosthetics and Institute of Bioengineering, School of Bioengineering, ePFL, Lausanne, Switzerland

    Silvestro Micera

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Micera, S., Redolfi Riva, E. Wireless neuromodulation with porous silicon. Nat. Mater. 21, 614–616 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41563-022-01257-7

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