Interfacing with the Brain: How Nanotechnology Can Contribute
Abstrak
Interfacing artificial devices with the human brain is the central goal of neurotechnology. Yet, our imaginations are often limited by currently available paradigms and technologies. Suggestions for brain–machine interfaces have changed over time, along with the available technology. Mechanical levers and cable winches were used to move parts of the brain during the mechanical age. Sophisticated electronic wiring and remote control have arisen during the electronic age, ultimately leading to plug-and-play computer interfaces. Nonetheless, our brains are so complex that these visions, until recently, largely remained unreachable dreams. The general problem, thus far, is that most of our technology is mechanically and/or electrically engineered, whereas the brain is a living, dynamic entity. As a result, these worlds are difficult to interface with one another. Nanotechnology, which encompasses engineered solid-state objects and integrated circuits, excels at small length scales of single to a few hundred nanometers and, thus, matches the sizes of biomolecules, biomolecular assemblies, and parts of cells. Consequently, we envision nanomaterials and nanotools as opportunities to interface with the brain in alternative ways. Here, we review the existing literature on the use of nanotechnology in brain–machine interfaces and look forward in discussing perspectives and limitations based on the authors’ expertise across a range of complementary disciplines—from neuroscience, engineering, physics, and chemistry to biology and medicine, computer science and mathematics, and social science and jurisprudence. We focus on nanotechnology but also include information from related fields when useful and complementary.
Topik & Kata Kunci
Penulis (97)
Abdullah A. A. Ahmed
N. Alegret
Bethany Almeida
Ramón A. Alvarez-Puebla
A. Andrews
L. Ballerini
Juan J. Barrios‐Capuchino
Charline Becker
R. Blick
S. Bonakdar
Indranath Chakraborty
Xiaodong Chen
Jinwoo Cheon
Gerwin Chilla
André Luiz Coelho Conceição
J. Delehanty
M. Dulle
Alexander L. Efros
Matthias Epple
Mark Fedyk
N. Feliu
Miao Feng
R. Fernández-Chacón
Irene Fernandez-Cuesta
Niels Fertig
S. Förster
J. A. Garrido
Michael George
A. Guse
Norbert Hampp
Jann Harberts
Jili Han
H. Heekeren
Ulrich G. Hofmann
Malte Holzapfel
Hessam Hosseinkazemi
Yalan Huang
Patrick Huber
T. Hyeon
Sven Ingebrandt
Marcello Ienca
Armin Iske
Yanan Kang
G. Kasieczka
Dae‐Hyeong Kim
K. Kostarelos
Jae-Hyun Lee
Kaixiang Lin
Sijin Liu
Xin Liu
Yang Liu
Christian Lohr
V. Mailänder
Laura Maffongelli
S. Megahed
A. Mews
Marina Mutas
Leroy Nack
Nako Nakatsuka
T. Oertner
Andreas Offenhäusser
Martin Oheim
Ben Otange
Ferdinand Otto
Enrico Patrono
Bo Peng
Alessandra Picchiotti
F. Pierini
M. Pötter-Nerger
Maria Pozzi
Arnd Pralle
Maurizio Prato
Bing Qi
Pedro Ramos-Cabrer
Ute Resch Genger
Norbert Ritter
Marten Rittner
Sathi Roy
F. Santoro
Nicolas W. Schuck
Florian Schulz
E. Şeker
Marvin Skiba
Martin Sosniok
Holger Stephan
Ruixia Wang
Ting Wang
K. D. Wegner
Paul S. Weiss
Ming Xu
Chenxi Yang
S. Zargarian
Yuan Zeng
Yaofeng Zhou
Dingcheng Zhu
R. Zierold
Wolgang J Parak
Akses Cepat
- Tahun Terbit
- 2025
- Bahasa
- en
- Total Sitasi
- 39×
- Sumber Database
- Semantic Scholar
- DOI
- 10.1021/acsnano.4c10525
- Akses
- Open Access ✓