Melanie Stamp

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..

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..

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..

Improved wetting of gold active braze alloy on diamond for use in medical implants

K Edalati, M Stamp, K Ganesan, A Stacey, G Martin-Hardy, R Fontaine, S Prawer, DJ Garrett

Journal article  |  2020  |  Diamond and Related Materials

Medical implants containing active electronics must have a leak-proof encapsulation to be certified as safe for human use. Implant..

Hermetic fusion of diamond micro-components with silicon

Melanie EM Stamp, Alastair Stacey, Kate Fox, Steven Prawer, David J Garrett

Journal article  |  2020  |  DIAMOND AND RELATED MATERIALS

Implantable devices which interact with neuronal systems and last for the lifetime of the recipient are an emerging field in medic..

3D Diamond Electrode Array for High-Acuity Stimulation in Neural Tissue

MEM Stamp, W Tong, K Ganesan, S Prawer, MR Ibbotson, DJ Garrett

Journal article  |  2020  |  ACS Applied Bio Materials

Innovations in micro-and nanofabrication technologies enable the manufacture of multielectrode arrays for use in neuromodulation a..

Improved visual acuity using a retinal implant and an optimized stimulation strategy

Wei Tong, Melanie Stamp, Nicholas Apollo, Kumaravelu Ganesan, Hamish Meffin, Steven Prawer, David J Garrett, Michael R Ibbotson

Journal article  |  2020  |  Journal of Neural Engineering

Objective. Retinal prosthetic devices hold great promise for the treatment of retinal degenerative diseases such as retinitis pigm..

Hybrid diamond/ carbon fiber microelectrodes enable multimodal electrical/chemical neural interfacing

Maryam A Hejazi, Wei Tong, Alastair Stacey, Artemio Soto-Breceda, Michael R Ibbotson, Molis Yunzab, Matias I Maturana, Ali Almasi, Young Jun Jung, Shi Sun, Hamish Meffin, Jian Fang, Melanie EM Stamp, Kumaravelu Ganesan, Kate Fox, Aaqil Rifai, Athavan Nadarajah, Samira Falahatdoost, Steven Prawer, Nicholas V Apollo, et al.

Journal article  |  2020  |  Biomaterials

Implantable medical devices are now in regular use to treat or ameliorate medical conditions, including movement disorders, chroni..

The Effects of Phase Durations on the Spatial Responses of Retinal Ganglion Cells to Epi- and Sub-Retinal Electrical Stimulation

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

Conference Proceedings  |  2019  |  2019 41ST ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF THE IEEE ENGINEERING IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY SOCIETY (EMBC)

Retinal prostheses have the potential to restore vision to blind patients that have retinitis pigmentosa or similar hereditary deg..

Correlation of in vitro cell adhesion, local shear flow and cell density

AM Joetten, S Angermann, MEM Stamp, D Breyer, FG Strobl, A Wixforth, C Westerhausen

Journal article  |  2019  |  RSC ADVANCES

Investigating cell adhesion behavior on biocompatible surfaces under dynamic flow conditions is not only of scientific interest bu..