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2025

  • Acoustic printing of conductive polymers

    E. Trepka, K. Brinson Jr, L. Cooper, S. Thompson, M. G. Malinao, N. J. Rommelfanger, P. Fordyce, G. Hong

    Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 2025, 122, e2509652122 (link)

  • Radioplasmonic absorption in a biological tissue phantom

    N. J. Rommelfanger, M. G. Malinao, K. Brinson Jr, A. M. Bancroft, G. Hong

    Phys. Rev. Appl. 2025, 24, 034060 (link)

  • Precision at Deep Brain: Noninvasive Temporal Interference Stimulation

    S. Xu, H. Cui, X. Xiao, F. Manshaii, G. Hong, J. Chen

    ACS Nano 2025, 19, 39589–39614 (link)

  • Color-neutral and reversible tissue transparency enables longitudinal deep-tissue imaging in live mice

    C. H. C. Keck, E. L. Schmidt, R. H. Roth, B. M. Floyd, A. P. Tsai, H. B. Garcia, M. Cui, X. Chen, C. Wang, A. Park, S. Zhao, P. A. Liao, K. M. Casey, W. Reineking, S. Cai, L.-Y. Zhang, Q. Yang, L. Yuan, A. Baghdasaryan, E. R. Lopez, L. Cooper, H. Cui, D. Esquivel, K. Brinson, X. Chen, T. Wyss-Coray, T. P. Coleman, M. L. Brongersma, C. R. Bertozzi, G. X. Wang, J. B. Ding, G. Hong

    Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 2025, 122, e2504264122 (link)

  • Achieving transient and reversible optical transparency in live mice with tartrazine

    C. H. C. Keck, E. L. Schmidt, S. Zhao, Z. Liu, L.-Y. Zhang, M. Cui, X. Chen, C. Wang, H. Cui, M. L. Brongersma, G. Hong

    Nature Protocols 2025, DOI: 10.1038/s41596-025-01187-z (link)

  • Chronic recording of brain activity in awake toads

    D. A. Shaykevich, G. A. Woods, L. A. O’Connell, G. Hong

    J. Neurosci. Methods 2025, 419, 110449 (link)

  • Thermal Processing Creates Water-Stable PEDOT:PSS Films for Bioelectronics

    S. Doshi, M. O. A. Forner, P. Wang, S. El Hadwe, A. T. Jin, G. Dijk, K. Brinson, J. Lim, A. Dominguez‐Alfaro, C. Y. J. Lim, A. Salleo, D. G. Barone, G. Hong, M. L. Brongersma, N. A. Melosh, G. G. Malliaras, S. T. Keene

    Adv. Mater. 2025, 37, 2415827 (link)

  • Aging-dependent evolving electrochemical potentials of biomolecular condensates regulate their physicochemical activities

    W. Yu, X. Guo, Y. Xia, Y. Ma, Z. Tong, L. Yang, X. Song, R. N. Zare, G. Hong, Y. Dai

    Nature Chemistry2025,17, 756-766 (link)

  • Enhanced penetration depth in optical coherence tomography and photoacoustic microscopy in vivo enabled by absorbing dye molecules

    D. A. Miller, Y. Xu, R. Highland, V. T. Nguyen, W. J. Brown, G. Hong, J. Yao, A. Wax

    Optica 2025, 12, 24-30 (link)

  • Direct-Print 3D Electrodes for Large-Scale, High-Density, and Customizable Neural Interfaces

    P. Wang, E. G. Wu, H. Uluşan, E. T. Zhao, A. J. Phillips, A. Kling, M. R. Hays, P. K. Vasireddy, S. Madugula, R. Vilkhu, A. Hierlemann, G. Hong, E. J. Chichilnisky, N. A. Melosh

    Adv. Sci. 2025, 12, 2408602 (link)

2024

  • An optical flow battery enabled by trap-engineered nanophosphors

    X. Wu, F. Yang, Z. Ou, G. Hong

    Med-X 2024, 2, 21 (link)

  • Achieving optical transparency in live animals with absorbing molecules

    Z. Ou, Y.-S. Duh, N. J. Rommelfanger, C. H. C. Keck, S. Jiang, K. Brinson Jr, S. Zhao, E. L. Schmidt, X. Wu, F. Yang, B. Cai, H. Cui, W. Qi, S. Wu, A. Tantry, R. Roth, J. Ding, X. Chen, J. A. Kaltschmidt, M. L. Brongersma, G. Hong

    Science 2024, 385, eadm6869 (link)

  • Mechanoluminescence and Mechanical Quenching of Afterglow Luminescent Particles for Wearable Photonic Display

    S. J. Kim, F. Yang, H. S. Jung, G. Hong, S. K. Hahn

    Adv. Funct. Mater. 2024, 34, 2314861 (link)

  • Force-Based Neuromodulation

    L. Cooper, M. G. Malinao, G. Hong

    Acc. Chem. Res. 2024, 57, 1384–1397 (link)

  • Near-infrared II fluorescence imaging

    E. L. Schmidt, Z. Ou, E. Ximendes, H. Cui, C. H. C. Keck, D. Jaque, G. Hong

    Nature Reviews Methods Primers 2024, 4, 23 (link)

  • Bioinspired nanotransducers for neuromodulation

    F. Yang, X. Wu, S. Cai, G. Hong

    Nano Res. 2024, 17, 618-632 (link)

2023

  • Activation of mechanoluminescent nanotransducers by focused ultrasound enables light delivery to deep-seated tissue in vivo

    S. Jiang, X. Wu, F. Yang, N. J. Rommelfanger, G. Hong

    Nature Protocols 2023, 18, 3787-3820 (link)

  • Wireless deep-brain neuromodulation using photovoltaics in the second near-infrared spectrum

    H. Cui, S. Zhao, G. Hong

    Device 2023, 1, 100113 (link)

  • Laminin-coated electronic scaffolds with vascular topography for tracking and promoting the migration of brain cells after injury

    X. Yang, Y. Qi, C. Wang, T. J. Zwang, N. J. Rommelfanger, G. Hong, Charles M. Lieber

    Nature Biomedical Engineering 2023, 7, 1282–1292. (link)

  • An optimized bioluminescent substrate for non-invasive imaging in the brain

    Y. Su, J. R. Walker, M. P. Hall, M. A. Klein, X. Wu, L. P. Encell, K. M. Casey, L. X. Liu, G. Hong, M. Z. Lin, T. A. Kirkland

    Nature Chemical Biology 2023, 19, 731-739 (link)

  • Systemically Delivered, Deep-Tissue Nanoscopic Light Sources

    X. Wu, F. Yang, S. Cai, G. Hong

    Prog. Electromag. Res. 2023, 177, 33-42 (link)

  • Nanotransducer-Enabled Deep-Brain Neuromodulation with NIR-II LightClick to copy article link

    X. Wu, F. Yang, S. Cai, K. Pu, G. Hong

    ACS Nano 2023, 17, 7941–7952 (link)

  • Protocol for wireless deep brain stimulation in freely behaving mice with infrared light

    X. Wu, G. Hong

    STAR Protocols 2023, 4, 101757 (link)

  • Advanced light delivery materials and systems for photomedicines

    S.-J. Kim, G. Lee, G. Hong, S. H. Yun, K. Hahn

    Adv. Drug Deliv. Rev. 2023, 194, 114729 (link)

  • Principles and applications of sono-optogenetics

    F. Yang, S.-J. Kim, X. Wu, H. Cui, S. K. Hahn, G. Hong

    Adv. Drug Deliv. Rev. 2023, 194, 114711 (link)

  • Ultrasound-Triggered In Situ Photon Emission for Noninvasive Optogenetics

    W. Wang, X. Wu, K. W. K. Tang, I. Pyatnitskiy, R. Taniguchi, P. Lin, R. Zhou, S. L. C. Capocyan, G. Hong, H. Wang

    J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2023, 145, 1097-1107 (link)

  • Ultrasound-activated luminescence with color tunability enabled by mechanoluminescent colloids and perovskite quantum dots

    F. Yang, H. Cui, X. Wu, S.-J. Kim, G. Hong

    Nanoscale 2023, 15, 1629-1636 (link)

2022

  • Controlled afterglow luminescent particles for photochemical tissue bonding

    S.-J. Kim, M. Choi, G. Hong, S. K. Hahn

    Light Sci. App. 2022, 11, 314 (link)

  • Palette of Rechargeable Mechanoluminescent Fluids Produced by a Biomineral-Inspired Suppressed Dissolution Approach

    F. Yang, X. Wu, H. Cui, S. Jiang, Z. Ou, S. Cai, G. Hong

    J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2022, 144, 18406-18418 (link)

  • Shedding light on neurons: optical approaches for neuromodulation

    S. Jiang, X. Wu, N. J. Rommelfanger, Z. Ou, G. Hong

    Natl. Sci. Rev. 2022, 9, nwac007 (link)

  • A biomineral-inspired approach of synthesizing colloidal persistent phosphors as a multicolor, intravital light source

    F. Yang, X. Wu, H. Cui, Z. Ou, S. Jiang, S. Cai, Q. Zhou, B. G. Wong, H. Huang, G. Hong

    Science Advances 2022, 8, abo6743 (link)

  • Cooling the pain: A miniaturized, flexible cooling device can be used for precise analgesia

    S. Jiang, G. Hong

    Science 2022, 377, 28-29 (link)

  • Pristine carbon nanotubes are efficient absorbers at radio frequencies

    N. J. Rommelfanger, K. Brinson, J. E. Bailey, A. M. Bancroft, Z. Ou, G. Hong

    Nanotechnology 2022, 33, 345102 (link)

  • Scalable Three-Dimensional Recording Electrodes for Probing Biological Tissues

    J.M. Lee, D. Lin, G. Hong, K.H. Kim, H.G. Park, C.M. Lieber

    Nano Lett. 2022, 22, 4552-4559 (link)

  • Tether-free photothermal deep-brain stimulation in freely behaving mice via wide-field illumination in the near-infrared-II window

    X. Wu, Y. Jiang, N. J. Rommelfanger, F. Yang, Q. Zhou, J. Liu, W. Ren, S. Cai, A. Shin, K. S. Ong, K. Pu, G. Hong

    Nature Biomedical Engineering 2022, 6, 754-770 (link)

2021

  • Learning from the brain’s architecture: bioinspired strategies towards implantable neural interfaces

    N. J. Rommelfanger, C. H. C. Keck, Y. Chen, G. Hong

    Curr. Opin. Biotechnol. 2021, 72, 8-12 (link)

  • Sub-10-nm graphene nanoribbons with atomically smooth edges from squashed carbon nanotubes

    C. Chen, Y. Lin, W. Zhou, M. Gong, Z. He, F. Shi, X. Li, J. Z. Wu, K. T. Lam, J. N. Wang, F. Yang, Q. Zeng, J. Guo, W. Gao, J.-M. Zuo, J. Liu, G. Hong, A. L Antaris, M.-C. Lin, W. L. Mao, H. Dai

    Nature Electronics 2021, 4, 653-663 (link)

  • On the feasibility of wireless radio frequency ablation using nanowire antennas

    N. J. Rommelfanger, G. Hong

    APL Materials 2021, 9, 071103 (link)

  • Nanotransducers for wireless neuromodulation

    X. Li, H. Xiong, N. J. Rommelfanger, X. Xu, J. Youn, P. A. Slesinger, G. Hong, Z. Qin

    Matter 2021, 4, 1484-1510 (link)

  • Differential heating of metal nanostructures by radio frequencies

    N. J. Rommelfanger, Z. Ou, C. H. C. Keck, G. Hong

    Phys. Rev. Appl. 2021, 15, 054007 (link)

  • Bioinspired nanoantennas for opsin sensitization in optogenetic applications

    C. H. C. Keck, N. J. Rommelfanger, Z. Ou, G. Hong

    Multifunctional Materials 2021, 4, 024002 (link)

  • All-Tissue-like Multifunctional Optoelectronic Mesh for Deep-Brain Modulation and Mapping

    J. M. Lee, D. Lin, H.-R. Kim, Y.-W. Pyo, G. Hong, C. M Lieber, H.-G. Park

    Nano Lett. 2021, 21, 3184-3190 (link)

  • How is flexible electronics advancing neuroscience research?

    Y. Chen, N. J. Rommelfanger, A. I. Mahdi, X. Wu, S. T. Keene, A. Obaid, A. Salleo, H. Wang, G. Hong

    Biomaterials 2021, 268, 120559 (link)

2020

  • An “All-in-One” Catheter: Surgery of the Future

    Y. Chen, R. Yin, G. Hong

    Matter 2020, 3, 1829-1831 (link)

  • Conjugated Polymers Enable a Liquid Retinal Prosthesis

    N. J. Rommelfanger, G. Hong

    Trends Chem. 2020, 2, 961-964 (link)

  • Bioinspired Materials for In Vivo Bioelectronic Neural Interfaces

    G. A. Woods, N. J. Rommelfanger, G. Hong

    Matter 2020, 3, 1087-1113 (link)

  • Seeing the Sound: An ultrasound-mediated deep-tissue light source for noninvasive optogenetics

    G. Hong

    Science 2020, 369, 638 (link)

  • Near Infrared-Emitting Nanoparticles for Biomedical Applications

    A. Benayas, E. Hemmer, G. Hong, D. Jaque

    Springer International Publishing 2020 (link)

2019

  • Sono-optogenetics facilitated by a circulation-delivered rechargeable light source for minimally invasive optogenetics

    X. Wu, X. Zhu, P. Chong, J. Liu, L. N. Andre, K. S. Ong, K. Brinson Jr., A. I. Mahdi, J. Li, L. E. Fenno, H. Wang, G. Hong

    Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 2019, 116, 26332-26342 (link)

  • Novel electrode technologies for neural recordings

    G. Hong, C. M. Lieber

    Nature Reviews Neuroscience 2019, 20, 330-345 (link)

  • Single-Cell Profiles of Retinal Ganglion Cells Differing in Resilience to Injury Reveal Neuroprotective Genes

    N. M. Tran, K. Shekhar, I. E. Whitney, A. Jacobi, I. Benhar, G. Hong, W. Yan, X. Adiconis, M. E. Arnold, J. M. Lee, J. Z. Levin, D. Lin, C. Wang, C. M. Lieber, A. Regev, Z. He, J. R. Sanes

    Neuron 2019, 104, 1039-1055 (link)

  • Atomic‐precision gold clusters for NIR‐II imaging

    H. Liu, G. Hong, Z. Luo, J. Chen, J. Chang, M. Gong, H. He, J. Yang, X. Yuan, L. Li, X. Mu, J. Wang, W. Mi, J. Luo, J. Xie, X.-D. Zhang

    Adv. Mater. 2019, 31, 1901015. (link)

  • Nanoenabled Direct Contact Interfacing of Syringe-Injectable Mesh Electronics

    J. M. Lee, G. Hong, D. Lin, T. G. Schuhmann Jr., A. T. Sullivan, R. D. Viveros, H.-G. Park, C. M. Lieber

    Nano Letters 2019, 19, 5818-5826 (link)

  • Light-sheet microscopy in the near-infrared II window

    F. Wang, H. Wan, Z. Ma, Y. Zhong, Q. Sun, Y. Tian, L. Qu, H. Du, M. Zhang, L. Li, H. Ma, J. Luo, Y. Liang, W. J. Li, G. Hong, L. Liu, H. Dai

    Nature Methods 2019, 16, 545-552 (link)

  • Advanced One- and Two-Dimensional Mesh Designs for Injectable Electronics

    R. D. Viveros, T. Zhou, G. Hong, T.-M. Fu, H.-Y. G. Lin, C. M. Lieber

    Nano Letters 2019, 19, 4180-4187 (link)

  • Bioinspired neuron-like electronics

    X. Yang, T. Zhou, T. J. Zwang, G. Hong, Y. Zhao, R. D. Viveros, T.-M. Fu, T. Gao, C. M. Lieber

    Nature Materials 2019, 18, 510-517 (link)

Selected publications before 2019

  • A method for single-neuron chronic recording from the retina in awake mice

    G. Hong, T.-M. Fu, M. Qiao, R. D. Viveros, X. Yang, T. Zhou, J. M. Lee, H.-G. Park, J. R. Sanes, C. M. Lieber

    Science 2018, 360, 1447-1451 (link)

  • Near-infrared fluorophores for biomedical imaging

    G. Hong, A. L. Antaris, H. Dai

    Nature Biomedical Engineering 2017, 1, 0010 (link)

  • Stable long-term chronic brain mapping at the single-neuron level

    T.-M. Fu, G. Hong, T. Zhou, T. G. Schuhmann, R. D. Viveros, C. M. Lieber

    Nature Methods 2016, 13, 875-882 (link)

  • Carbon Nanomaterials for Biological Imaging and Nanomedicinal Therapy

    G. Hong, S. Diao, A. L. Antaris, H. Dai

    Chemical Reviews 2015, 115, 10816-10906 (link)

  • Through-skull fluorescence imaging of the brain in a new near-infrared window

    G. Hong, S. Diao, J. Chang, A. L. Antaris, C. Chen, B. Zhang, S. Zhao, D. N. Atochin, P. L. Huang, K. I. Andreasson, C. J. Kuo, H. Dai

    Nature Photonics 2014, 8, 723-730 (link)

  • Multi-Functional In Vivo Vascular Imaging Using Near-Infrared II Fluorescence

    G. Hong, J. C. Lee, J. T. Robinson, U. Raaz, L. Xie, N. F. Huang, J. P. Cooke, H. Dai

    Nature Medicine 2012, 18, 1841-1846 (link)