Publications
2022
Barsotti J., Perotto S., Candini A., Colombo E., Camargo F.V.A., Di Marco S., Zangoli M., Sardar S., Barker A.J., D'Andrea C., Cerullo G., Rozen S., Benfenati F., Di Maria F., Lanzani G.
Core-Shell Architecture in Poly(3-hexylthiophene) Nanoparticles: Tuning of the Photophysical Properties for Enhanced Neuronal Photostimulation
ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces
2022
Francia S., Shmal D., Di Marco S., Chiaravalli G., Maya-Vetencourt J.F., Mantero G., Michetti C., Cupini S., Manfredi G., DiFrancesco M.L., Rocchi A., Perotto S., Attanasio M., Sacco R., Bisti S., Mete M., Pertile G., Lanzani G., Colombo E., Benfenati F.
Light-induced charge generation in polymeric nanoparticles restores vision in advanced-stage retinitis pigmentosa rats
Nature Communications, vol. 13, (no. 1)
2022
Francia S., Di Marco S., DiFrancesco M.L., Ferrari D.V., Shmal D., Cavalli A., Pertile G., Attanasio M., Maya-Vetencourt J.F., Manfredi G., Lanzani G., Benfenati F., Colombo E.
P3ht-Graphene Device for the Restoration of Visual Properties in a Rat Model of Retinitis Pigmentosa
Advanced Materials Technologies
2022
Movio M.I., de Lima-Vasconcellos T.H., dos Santos G.B., Echeverry M.B., Colombo E., Mattos L.S., Resende R.R., Kihara A.H.
Retinal organoids from human-induced pluripotent stem cells: From studying retinal dystrophies to early diagnosis of Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease
Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology
2021
Gaspar S., Ravasenga T., Munteanu R.-E., David S., Benfenati F., Colombo E.
Electrochemically synthesized poly(3-hexylthiophene) nanowires as photosensitive neuronal interfaces
Materials, vol. 14, (no. 16)
2020
DiFrancesco M.L., Colombo E., Papaleo E.D., Maya Vetencourt J.F., Manfredi G., Lanzani G., Benfenati F.
A hybrid P3HT-Graphene interface for efficient photostimulation of neurons
Carbon, vol. 162, pp. 308-317
2020
Paterno G.M., Colombo E., Vurro V., Lodola F., Cimo S., Sesti V., Molotokaite E., Bramini M., Ganzer L., Fazzi D., D'Andrea C., Benfenati F., Bertarelli C., Lanzani G.
Membrane Environment Enables Ultrafast Isomerization of Amphiphilic Azobenzene
Advanced Science, vol. 7, (no. 8)
2020
Colombo E., Di Marco S., Castagnola V., Difrancesco M.L., Maya-Vetencourt J.F., Manfredi G., Lanzani G., Benfenati F.
Modulation of neuronal firing: What role can nanotechnology play?
Nanomedicine, vol. 15, (no. 30), pp. 2895-2900
2020
DiFrancesco M.L., Lodola F., Colombo E., Maragliano L., Bramini M., Paterno G.M., Baldelli P., Serra M.D., Lunelli L., Marchioretto M., Grasselli G., Cimo S., Colella L., Fazzi D., Ortica F., Vurro V., Eleftheriou C.G., Shmal D., Maya-Vetencourt J.F., Bertarelli C., Lanzani G., Benfenati F.
Neuronal firing modulation by a membrane-targeted photoswitch
Nature Nanotechnology, vol. 15, (no. 4), pp. 296-306
2020
Maya-Vetencourt J.F., Manfredi G., Mete M., Colombo E., Bramini M., Di Marco S., Shmal D., Mantero G., Dipalo M., Rocchi A., DiFrancesco M.L., Papaleo E.D., Russo A., Barsotti J., Eleftheriou C., Di Maria F., Cossu V., Piazza F., Emionite L., Ticconi F., Marini C., Sambuceti G., Pertile G., Lanzani G., Benfenati F.
Subretinally injected semiconducting polymer nanoparticles rescue vision in a rat model of retinal dystrophy
Nature Nanotechnology, vol. 15, (no. 8), pp. 698-708
2019
Rocchi A., Moretti D., Lignani G., Colombo E., Scholz-Starke J., Baldelli P., Tkatch T., Benfenati F.
Neurite-Enriched MicroRNA-218 Stimulates Translation of the GluA2 Subunit and Increases Excitatory Synaptic Strength
Molecular Neurobiology, vol. 56, (no. 8), pp. 5701-5714
2019
Manfredi G., Colombo E., Barsotti J., Benfenati F., Lanzani G.
Photochemistry of Organic Retinal Prostheses
Annual Review of Physical Chemistry, vol. 70, pp. 99-121
2018
Bramini M., Alberini G., Colombo E., Chiacchiaretta M., DiFrancesco M.L., Maya-Vetencourt J.F., Maragliano L., Benfenati F., Cesca F.
Interfacing graphene-based materials with neural cells
Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience, vol. 12
2017
Maya-Vetencourt J.F., Ghezzi D., Antognazza M.R., Colombo E., Mete M., Feyen P., Desii A., Buschiazzo A., Di Paolo M., Di Marco S., Ticconi F., Emionite L., Shmal D., Marini C., Donelli I., Freddi G., MacCarone R., Bisti S., Sambuceti G., Pertile G., Lanzani G., Benfenati F.
A fully organic retinal prosthesis restores vision in a rat model of degenerative blindness
Nature Materials, vol. 16, (no. 6), pp. 681-689
2017
Vétencourt J.F., Colombo E., Eleftheriou C., DiFrancesco M., Desli A., Zangoli M., DiMaria F., Barbarella G., Pertile G., Lanzani G., Benfenati F.
High-resolution photostimulation strategies with polymeric nano-particles to rescue photoreceptor degeneration
European Retina Meeting
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