Semiconducting Polymer Nanobioconjugates for Targeted Photothermal Activation of Neurons

• Main Authors: Lyu, Yan, Xie, Chen, Chechetka, Svetlana A., Miyako, Eijiro, Pu, Kanyi
• Other Authors: School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2017
• Subjects: Semiconducting polymers; Activation of neurons
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/80277; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/42130
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Optogenetics provides powerful means for precise control of neuronal activity; however, the requirement of transgenesis and the incapability to extend the neuron excitation window into the deep-tissue-penetrating near-infrared (NIR) region partially limit its application. We herein report a potentia...