Huang S, Xiao R, Lin S, Wu Z, Lin C, Jang G, Hong E, Gupta S, Lu F, Chen B, Liu X, Sahasrabudhe A, Zhang Z, He Z, Crosby AJ, Sumaria K, Liu T, Wang Q*, Rao S*. Anisotropic hydrogel microelectrodes for intraspinal neural recordings in vivo. Nature Communications. 2025;16(1):1127
Huang S, Liu X, Lin S, Glynn C, Felix K, Sahasrabudhe A, Maley C, Xu J, Chen W, Hong E, Crosby A, Wang Q* and Rao S*. Control of Polymers' Amorphous-crystalline Transition for Hydrogel Bioelectronics Miniaturization and Multifunctional Integration. Nature Communications, doi: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-2864872/v1.
Hong E, Tian F, Glynn C, Tsekov S, Huang S, Zhou S, He Z, Rao S*, Wang Q*. Biologically Driven In Vivo Occlusion Design Provides a Reliable Experimental Glaucoma Model. bioRxiv. 2024:2024.01.18.576306. doi: 10.1101/2024.01.18.576306.
Matuwana D, Hong E, Huang S, Xu X, Jang G, Xiao R, Rao S*, Wang Q*. Near-infrared activated liposomes for neuroprotection in glaucoma. Journal of Materials Chemistry B. 2024;12(42):10902-14.
Liu X*, Rao S*, Chen W, Felix K, Ni J, Sahasrabudhe A, Lin S, Wang Q, Liu Y, He Z, Xu J, Huang S, Hong E, Yau T, Anikeeva P*, Zhao X*. Fatigue-resistant hydrogel optical fibers enable peripheral nerve optogenetics during locomotion. Nature Methods. 2023;20(11):1802-9
Rao, S. and Liu, X. Hydrogel fibers that enable optogenetic pain inhibition during locomotion. Nature Methods, 20, pp.1641-1642.
Huang S, Villafranca SU, Mehta I, Yosfan O, Hong E, Wang A, Wu N, Wang Q*, Rao S*. A nanoscale inorganic coating strategy for stabilizing hydrogel neural probes in vivo.. Journal of Materials Chemistry B. 2023;11(32):7629-40.
Hong E, Glynn C, Wang Q*, Rao S*. Non-Invasive Electroretinogram Recording with Simultaneous Optogenetics to Dissect Retinal Ganglion Cells Electrophysiological Dynamics. Biosensors. 2022;13(1):42.
Rao S*, Qiu J. Material Engineering Platform for Next Generation of Neurobiological Interfaces. Accounts of Materials Research. 2021;2(5):311-4.
Rao S, Chen R, LaRocca AA, Christiansen MG, Senko AW, Shi CH, Chiang P-H, Varnavides G, Xue J, Zhou Y. Remotely controlled chemomagnetic modulation of targeted neural circuits. Nature nanotechnology. 2019;14(10):967-73.
Sun X, Bernstein MJ, Meng M, Rao S, Sørensen AT, Yao L, Zhang X, Anikeeva PO, Lin Y. Functionally Distinct Neuronal Ensembles within the Memory Engram. Cell. 2020;181(2):410-23. e17.
Lu C, Park S, Richner TJ, Derry A, Brown I, Hou C, Rao S, Kang J, Moritz CT, Fink Y. Flexible and stretchable nanowire-coated fibers for optoelectronic probing of spinal cord circuits. 2017;3(3):e1600955.Science advances 3, e1600955.
Park J, Jin K, Sahasrabudhe A, Chiang P-H, Maalouf JH, Koehler F, Rosenfeld D, Rao S, Tanaka T, Khudiyev T. In situ electrochemical generation of nitric oxide for neuronal modulation.. Nature nanotechnology. 2020;15(8):690-7.
Moon J, Christiansen MG, Rao S, Marcus C, Bono DC, Rosenfeld D, Gregurec D, Varnavides G, Chiang PH, Park S. Magnetothermal Multiplexing for Selective Remote Control of Cell Signaling.. 2020;30(36):2000577.
Rao S, Lu S, Guo Z, Li Y, Chen D, Xiang Y. A Light‐Powered Bio‐Capacitor with Nanochannel Modulation. Advanced Materials. 2014;26(33):5846-50.
Rao S, Guo Z, Liang D, Chen D, Li Y, Xiang Y. 3D Proton Transfer Augments Bio‐Photocurrent Generation. Advanced Materials. 2015;27(16):2668-73.
Rao S, Si KJ, Yap LW, Xiang Y, Cheng W. Free-Standing Bilayered Nanoparticle Superlattice Nanosheets with Asymmetric Ionic Transport Behaviors. ACS nano. 2015;9(11):11218-24.
Rao S, Guo Z, Liang D, Chen D, Wei Y, Xiang Y. A proteorhodopsin-based biohybrid light-powering pH sensor. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 2013;15(38):15821-4.
Rao S, Xiu R, Si J, Lu S, Yang M, Xiang Y. In situ synthesis of nanocomposite membranes: Comprehensive improvement strategy for direct methanol fuel cells. ChemSusChem. 2014;7(3):822-8 In situ synthesis of Nanocomposite Membranes: Comprehensive Improvement Strategy for Direct Methanol Fuel Cells. ChemSusChem 7, 822-828.
Guo Z, Liang D, Rao S, Xiang Y. Heterogeneous bacteriorhodopsin/gold nanoparticle stacks as a photovoltaic system. Nano Energy. 2015;11:654-61.
Xu X, Wang H, Lu S, Guo Z, Rao S, Xiu R, Xiang Y. A novel phosphoric acid doped poly (ethersulphone)-poly (vinyl pyrrolidone) blend membrane for high-temperature proton exchange membrane fuel cells. Journal of Power Sources. 2015;286:458-63
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