Wei Tong

Enhanced effective diffusion in sub-wavelength, axon-scale microchannels using surface acoustic waves

Danli Peng, Wei Tong, David J Collins, Michael R Ibbotson, Steven Prawer, Melanie EM Stamp

Journal article  |  2023  |  PHYSICS OF FLUIDS

Excitation using surface acoustic waves (SAW) has demonstrated efficacy in improving microscale particle/chemical transport due to..

Activity of Retinal Neurons Can Be Modulated by Tunable Near-Infrared Nanoparticle Sensors.

James M Begeng, Wei Tong, Blanca Del Rosal, Michael Ibbotson, Tatiana Kameneva, Paul R Stoddart

Journal article  |  2023  |  ACS Nano

The vision of patients rendered blind by photoreceptor degeneration can be partially restored by exogenous stimulation of survivin..

Preferential modulation of individual retinal ganglion cells by electrical stimulation

Molis Yunzab, Artemio Soto-Breceda, Matias Maturana, Stephanie Kirkby, Maximilian Slattery, Anton Newgreen, Hamish Meffin, Tatiana Kameneva, Anthony N Burkitt, Michael Ibbotson, Wei Tong

Journal article  |  2022  |  JOURNAL OF NEURAL ENGINEERING

Objective.Retinal prostheses have had limited success in vision restoration through electrical stimulation of surviving retinal ga..

Editorial: Nanomaterials for Communicating With the Brain

Wei Tong, Michael R Ibboston, Diego Ghezzi

Journal article  |  2022  |  FRONTIERS IN NEUROSCIENCE

Periodic Rayleigh streaming vortices and Eckart flow arising from traveling-wave-based diffractive acoustic fields

Kirill Kolesnik, Pouya Hashemzadeh, Danli Peng, Melanie EM Stamp, Wei Tong, Vijay Rajagopal, Morteza Miansari, David J Collins

Journal article  |  2021  |  PHYSICAL REVIEW E

Recent studies have demonstrated that periodic time-averaged acoustic fields can be produced from traveling surface acoustic waves..

Single-Step Fabrication Method toward 3D Printing Composite Diamond-Titanium Interfaces for Neural Applications

Nour Mani, Arman Ahnood, Danli Peng, Wei Tong, Marsilea Booth, Alan Jones, Billy Murdoch, Tran Nhiem, Shadi Houshyar, Kate Fox

Journal article  |  2021  |  ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES

Owing to several key attributes, diamond is an attractive candidate material for neural interfacing electrodes. The emergence of a..

Advances in Carbon-Based Microfiber Electrodes for Neural Interfacing

Maryam Hejazi, Wei Tong, Michael R Ibbotson, Steven Prawer, David J Garrett

Journal article  |  2021  |  FRONTIERS IN NEUROSCIENCE

Neural interfacing devices using penetrating microelectrode arrays have emerged as an important tool in both neuroscience research..

Mechanisms and Applications of Neuromodulation Using Surface Acoustic Waves-A Mini-Review

Danli Peng, Wei Tong, David J Collins, Michael R Ibbotson, Steven Prawer, Melanie Stamp

Journal article  |  2021  |  FRONTIERS IN NEUROSCIENCE

The study of neurons is fundamental for basic neuroscience research and treatment of neurological disorders. In recent years ultra..

Laminin coated diamond electrodes for neural stimulation

Md Kabir Uddin Sikder, Wei Tong, Hitesh Pingle, Peter Kingshott, Karina Needham, Mohit N Shivdasani, James B Fallon, Peter Seligman, Michael R Ibbotson, Steven Prawer, David J Garrett

Journal article  |  2021  |  MATERIALS SCIENCE & ENGINEERING C-MATERIALS FOR BIOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS

The performance of many implantable neural stimulation devices is degraded due to the loss of neurons around the electrodes by the..

High Fidelity Bidirectional Neural Interfacing with Carbon Fiber Microelectrodes Coated with Boron-Doped Carbon Nanowalls: An Acute Study

Maryam A Hejazi, Wei Tong, Alastair Stacey, Shi H Sun, Molis Yunzab, Ali Almasi, Young Jun Jung, Hamish Meffin, Kate Fox, Khatereh Edalati, Athavan Nadarajah, Steven Prawer, Michael R Ibbotson, David J Garrett

Journal article  |  2020  |  ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Implantable electrodes that can communicate with a small, selective group of neurons via both neural stimulation and recording are..