PUBLICATIONS

2025

Direct laser writing of electronically conductive microstructures within soft hydrogel substrates

L. Lucherini; V. Navello; O. Akouissi; S. P. Lacour; E. Amstad 

Materials Today Bio. 2025. Vol. 34, p. 102140. DOI : 10.1016/j.mtbio.2025.102140.

Protocol for fabricating a reusable plate-well insert with a 3D-printed mounter and hydrogel scaffolds for 3D cell culture and functional assays

S. Saghir; J. Hlinkova; A. Samara; G. Schiavone 

STAR Protocols. 2025. Vol. 6, num. 3, p. 104014. DOI : 10.1016/j.xpro.2025.104014.

A Neuronal Architecture Underlying Autonomic Dysreflexia

J. E. Soriano; R. Hudelle; L. Mahe; M. Gautier; A. Y. Y. Teo et al. 

NATURE. 2025. DOI : 10.1038/s41586-025-09487-w.

Optogenetic modulation of peripheral nociceptive neurons with biocompatible optoelectronic implants

P. C. S. Chung; V. Paggi; M. Pertin; G. Kirschmann; E. A. Konnova et al. 

Bioengineering & Translational Medicine. 2025. DOI : 10.1002/btm2.70034.

Device for in vitro electrophysiological analyses of biological entities

O. Akouissi; E. Martinelli; S. Lacour; L. R. Liebi; I. Furfaro 

WO2025108561.

2025.

Soft microelectrode arrays for 3D in vitro brain models

E. Martinelli / S. Lacour (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2025. 

High-resolution prosthetic hearing with a soft auditory brainstem implant in macaques

A. Trouillet; E. Revol; F. V. Coen; F. Fallegger; A. Chanthany et al. 

Nature biomedical engineering. 2025. DOI : 10.1038/s41551-025-01378-9.

Skin-like drift-free biosensors with stretchable diode-connected organic field-effect transistors

C. Zhao; J. Park; D. MaulĂ ; Y. Yuan; D. Zhong et al. 

Nature Electronics. 2025. DOI : 10.1038/s41928-025-01465-4.

2024

A soft, scalable and adaptable multi-contact cuff electrode for targeted peripheral nerve modulation

V. Paggi; F. Fallegger; L. Serex; O. Rizzo; K. Galan et al. 

Bioelectronic Medicine. 2024. Vol. 10, num. 1, p. 6. DOI : 10.1186/s42234-023-00137-y.

The e-Flower: A hydrogel-actuated 3D MEA for brain reserved; exclusive licensee American spheroid electrophysiology Association for the Advancement of

E. Martinelli; O. Akouissi; L. Liebi; I. Furfaro; D. MaulĂ  et al. 

Science advances. 2024. Vol. 10, num. 42. DOI : 10.1126/sciadv.adp8054.

Hermetic, Hybrid Multilayer, Sub-5”m-Thick Encapsulations Prepared with Vapor-Phase Infiltration of Metal Oxides in Conformal Polymers for Flexible Bioelectronics

M. Mariello; M. von Allmen; K. Wu; M. Van Gompel; S. Lacour et al. 

Advanced Functional Materials. 2024. Vol. 34, num. 41, p. 2403973. DOI : 10.1002/adfm.202403973.

Cardiovascular Response to Intraneural Right Vagus Nerve Stimulation in Adult Minipig

F. Agnesi; C. Zinno; I. Strauss; A. Dushpanova; V. Casieri et al. 

NEUROMODULATION. 2024. Vol. 27, num. 7, p. 1187 – 1195. DOI : 10.1016/j.neurom.2023.03.002.

Wireless, battery-free, and real-time monitoring of water permeation across thinfilm encapsulation

M. Mariello; J. D. Rosenthal; F. Cecchetti; M. Gao; A. Skrivervik et al. 

Nature Communications. 2024. Vol. 15, num. 1. DOI : 10.1038/s41467-024-51247-3.

A Multi-channel Stimulator with an Active Electrode Array Implant for Vagal-cardiac Neuromodulation Studies

F. Liu; M. Habibollahi; Y. Wu; N. Neshatvar; J. Zhang et al. 

BIOELECTRONIC MEDICINE. 2024. Vol. 10, num. 1. DOI : 10.1186/s42234-024-00148-3.

Towards Mimicking Brain Mechanical Loads: Stretchable Microelectrode Arrays for Brain Spheroid Electrophysiology

E. Martinelli; S. P. Lacour; L. Kolly; T. E. Kaissi; J. T. Bar et al. 

2024. Conference on Bioelectronic Interfaces: Materials, Devices and Applications (CYBIOEL24), Limassol, Cyprus, 2024-10-22 – 2024-10-25. DOI : 10.29363/nanoge.cybioel.2024.023.

Optical Monitoring of Water Side Permeation in Thin Film Encapsulation

K. Wu; M. Mariello; Y. Leterrier; S. P. Lacour 

Advanced Materials. 2024. DOI : 10.1002/adma.202310201.

Unraveling behavior and cortical signals to guide the development of soft neuroprostheses for auditory restoration and spreading depolarization

E. C. M. Revol / S. Lacour (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2024. 

System-level integration towards hybrid flexible implantable neuroelectronic interfaces

Y. Vyza / S. Lacour (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2024. 

Magnesium Optrodes for Real-Time Optical Monitoring of Water Transport in Ultrathin Encapsulations for Bioelectronics

M. Mariello; D. Kavungal; A. Gallagher; M. B. Cleusix; M. N. Roueche et al. 

Advanced Functional Materials. 2024. Vol. Early view, p. 2412995. DOI : 10.1002/adfm.202412995.

Flexible and stretchable thin-film encapsulation for chronic implantable bioelectronics

K. Wu / S. Lacour (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2024. 

Development and evaluation of a near-infrared photovoltaic implant for wireless neural stimulation

D. I. Medagoda / S. Lacour; D. Ghezzi (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2024. 

2023

Liquid Metal-Based Sensor Skin Enabling Haptic Perception of Softness

S. P. Lacour; H. Chen; I. Furfaro; E. F. Lavado 

Advanced Functional Materials. 2023. Vol. 2308698. DOI : 10.1002/adfm.202308698.

Decoding bladder state from pudendal intraneural signals in pigs

S. Micera; Giannotti A; Lo Vecchio S; Musco S.; Pollina L. et al. 

APL Bioengineering. 2023. Vol. 7, num. 4, p. 046101. DOI : 10.1063/5.0156484.

Unraveling the Electrochemical Electrode Coupling in Integrated Organic Electrochemical Transistors

A. Weissbach; M. Cucchi; H. Tseng; K. Leo; H. Kleemann 

Advanced Functional Materials. 2023. DOI : 10.1002/adfm.202302205.

Subdural Soft Electrocorticography (ECoG) Array Implantation and Long-Term Cortical Recording in Minipigs

F. Fallegger; A. Trouillet; S. P. Lacour 

Jove-Journal Of Visualized Experiments. 2023. num. 193. DOI : 10.3791/64997.

Revealing the complexity of ultra-soft hydrogel re-swelling inside the brain

M. Shur; O. Akouissi; O. Rizzo; D. J. Colin; J. M. Kolinski et al. 

Biomaterials. 2023. Vol. 294, p. 122024. DOI : 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2023.122024.

In Liquido Computation with Electrochemical Transistors and Mixed Conductors for Intelligent Bioelectronics

M. Cucchi; D. Parker; E. Stavrinidou; P. Gkoupidenis; H. Kleemann 

Advanced Materials. 2023. DOI : 10.1002/adma.202209516.

Soft bioelectronic technologies for selective and multimodal peripheral nerve interfaces

V. M. Paggi / S. Lacour (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2023. 

Engineering Hydrogel-coated Neural Interfaces for Chronic Deep Brain Recording

N. S. A. Alwahab / S. Lacour (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2023. 

2022

Hands-on reservoir computing: a tutorial for practical implementation

M. Cucchi; S. Abreu; G. Ciccone; D. Brunner; H. Kleemann 

Neuromorphic Computing And Engineering. 2022. Vol. 2, num. 3, p. 032002. DOI : 10.1088/2634-4386/ac7db7.