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Injectable electronics unfold to monitor brain activity

08-Jun-2015

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Macroporous mesh can be rolled up and injected with a syringe.

Unfurls up to 30 times the width of the needle.

Tests in mice had no immune response and monitored brain activity.

The study was published in the Nature Nanotechnology journal.

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Bozhi Tian

Associate Professor at the University of Chicago.

Charles Lieber

American chemist and pioneer in the field of nanoscience and nanotechnology and author.

Nature Nanotechnology

A journal providing information from all aspects of nanoscale science and technology.

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Brain Interface