Publications
2025
Sesti V., Magni A., Moschetta M., Florindi C., Pfeffer M.E., DiFrancesco M.L., Guizzardi M., Folpini G., Sala L., Ritacca A.G., Campanelli B., Moretti P., Paterno G.M., Maragliano L., Tommasini M., Lodola F., Colombo E., Benfenati F., Bertarelli C., Lanzani G.
Membrane-targeted push-pull azobenzenes for the optical modulation of membrane potential
Light: Science and Applications, vol. 14, (no. 1)
2025
Blanco-Formoso M., Galluzzi F., Vacca F., Gianiorio T., Piergentili I., Cook A.B., Welzen P.L.W., van Hest J.C.M., Di Marco S., Tantussi F., Benfenati F., Colombo E., De Angelis F.
Spiropyran-based glutamate nanovalve for neuronal stimulation
Materials Horizons
2024
Merolla A., Michetti C., Moschetta M., Vacca F., Ciano L., Emionite L., Astigiano S., Romei A., Horenkamp S., Berglund K., Gross R.E., Cesca F., Colombo E., Benfenati F.
A pH-sensitive closed-loop nanomachine to control hyperexcitability at the single neuron level
Nature Communications, vol. 15, (no. 1)
2024
Pfeffer M.E., DiFrancesco M.L., Marchesi A., Galluzzi F., Moschetta M., Rossini A., Francia S., Franz C.M., Fok Y., Valotteau C., Paterno G.M., Redondo Morata L., Vacca F., Mattiello S., Magni A., Maragliano L., Beverina L., Mattioli G., Lanzani G., Baldelli P., Colombo E., Benfenati F.
Nanoactuator for Neuronal Optoporation
ACS Nano, vol. 18, (no. 19), pp. 12427-12452
2024
Lanzani G., Chiaravalli G., Colombo E., Manfredi G., Di Marco S., Vurro V., Benfenati F.
Nanotechnology for vision restoration
Nature Reviews Bioengineering
2024
Vacca F., Galluzzi F., Blanco-Formoso M., Gianiorio T., De Fazio A., Tantussi F., Sturmer S., Haq W., Zrenner E., Chaffiol A., Joffrois C., Picaud S., Benfenati F., De Angelis F., Colombo E.
Solid-State Nanopores for Spatially Resolved Chemical Neuromodulation
Nano Letters, vol. 24, (no. 48), pp. 15215-15225
2023
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, vol. 15, (no. 10), pp. 13472-13483
2023
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, vol. 8, (no. 6)
2023
Cupini S., Di Marco S., Boselli L., Cavalli A., Tarricone G., Mastronardi V., Castagnola V., Colombo E., Pompa P.P., Benfenati F.
Platinum Nanozymes Counteract Photoreceptor Degeneration and Retina Inflammation in a Light-Damage Model of Age-Related Macular Degeneration
ACS Nano, vol. 17, (no. 22), pp. 22800-22820
2023
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, vol. 144, pp. 77-86
2023
Chiaravalli G., Ravasenga T., Colombo E., Jasnoor N., Francia S., Di Marco S., Sacco R., Pertile G., Benfenati F., Lanzani G.
The light-dependent pseudo-capacitive charging of conjugated polymer nanoparticles coupled with the depolarization of the neuronal membrane
Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, vol. 26, (no. 1), pp. 47-56
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)
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)