• DocumentCode
    3734936
  • Title

    Nanomachined tapered optical fibers for in vivo optogenetics

  • Author

    Ferruccio Pisanello;Leonardo Sileo;Marco Pisanello;Andrea Della Patria;Massimo De Vittorio;Marco Pisanello;Ian A. Oldenburg;Bernardo L. Sabatini;John A. Assad

  • Author_Institution
    Center for Biomolecular Nanotecnologies, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, 73010, Arnesano, Italy
  • fYear
    2015
  • fDate
    7/1/2015 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    1528
  • Lastpage
    1531
  • Abstract
    The advent of new methods to optically trigger neural activity has increased the demand for new techniques to deliver light into the brain. However, currently available technologies are limited by the overall invasiveness of optical neural implants. In this work we present a new and minimally invasive technology based on tapered, metal-coated and nanostructured optical fibers, allowing for the customization of light delivery geometries in the living mammalian brain.
  • Keywords
    "Optical fibers","Optical imaging","Optical fiber devices","In vivo","Biomedical optical imaging","Neurons"
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Nanotechnology (IEEE-NANO) , 2015 IEEE 15th International Conference on
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/NANO.2015.7388935
  • Filename
    7388935
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=3734936