TY - JOUR AU - Ahmed, Abdullah A. A. AU - Alegret, Nuria AU - Almeida, Bethany AU - Alvarez-Puebla, Ramón AU - Andrews, Anne M. AU - Ballerini, Laura AU - Barrios-Capuchino, Juan J. AU - Becker, Charline AU - Blick, Robert H. AU - Bonakdar, Shahin AU - Chakraborty, Indranath AU - Chen, Xiaodong AU - Cheon, Jinwoo AU - Chilla, Gerwin AU - Coelho Conceicao, Andre Luiz AU - Delehanty, James AU - Dulle, Martin AU - Efros, Alexander L. AU - Epple, Matthias AU - Fedyk, Mark AU - Feliu, Neus AU - Feng, Miao AU - Fernández-Chacón, Rafael AU - Fernandez-Cuesta, Irene AU - Fertig, Niels AU - Förster, Stephan AU - Garrido, Jose A. AU - George, Michael AU - Guse, Andreas H. AU - Hampp, Norbert AU - Harberts, Jann AU - Han, Jili AU - Heekeren, Hauke R. AU - Hofmann, Ulrich G. AU - Holzapfel, Malte AU - Hosseinkazemi, Hessam AU - Huang, Yalan AU - Huber, Patrick AU - Hyeon, Taeghwan AU - Ingebrandt, Sven AU - Ienca, Marcello AU - Iske, Armin AU - Kang, Yanan AU - Kasieczka, Gregor AU - Kim, Dae-Hyeong AU - Kostarelos, Kostas AU - Lee, Jae-Hyun AU - Lin, Kai-Wei AU - Liu, Sijin AU - Liu, Xin AU - Liu, Yang AU - Lohr, Christian AU - Mailänder, Volker AU - Maffongelli, Laura AU - Megahed, Saad AU - Mews, Alf AU - Mutas, Marina AU - Nack, Leroy AU - Nakatsuka, Nako AU - Oertner, Thomas G. AU - Offenhäusser, Andreas AU - Oheim, Martin AU - Otange, Ben AU - Otto, Ferdinand AU - Patrono, Enrico AU - Peng, Bo AU - Picchiotti, Alessandra AU - Pierini, Filippo AU - Pötter-Nerger, Monika AU - Pozzi, Maria AU - Pralle, Arnd AU - Prato, Maurizio AU - Qi, Bing AU - Ramos-Cabrer, Pedro AU - Genger, Ute Resch AU - Ritter, Norbert AU - Rittner, Marten AU - Roy, Sathi AU - Santoro, Francesca AU - Schuck, Nicolas W. AU - Schulz, Florian AU - Şeker, Erkin AU - Skiba, Marvin AU - Sosniok, Martin AU - Stephan, Holger AU - Wang, Ruixia AU - Wang, Ting AU - Wegner, K. David AU - Weiss, Paul S. AU - Xu, Ming AU - Yang, Chenxi AU - Zargarian, Seyed Shahrooz AU - Zeng, Yuan AU - Zhou, Yaofeng AU - Zhu, Dingcheng AU - Zierold, Robert AU - Parak, Wolfgang J. TI - Interfacing with the Brain: How Nanotechnology Can Contribute JO - ACS nano VL - 19 IS - 11 SN - 1936-0851 CY - Washington, DC PB - Soc. M1 - PUBDB-2025-01098 SP - 10630 - 10717 PY - 2025 N1 - R.G. received financial support by the German Research Council (DFG, grant RE 1203/38-1. SIREN) AB - Interfacing artificial devices with the human brain is the central goal of neurotechnology. Yet, our imaginations are often limited by currently available paradigms and technologies. Suggestions for brain–machine interfaces have changed over time, along with the available technology. Mechanical levers and cable winches were used to move parts of the brain during the mechanical age. Sophisticated electronic wiring and remote control have arisen during the electronic age, ultimately leading to plug-and-play computer interfaces. Nonetheless, our brains are so complex that these visions, until recently, largely remained unreachable dreams. The general problem, thus far, is that most of our technology is mechanically and/or electrically engineered, whereas the brain is a living, dynamic entity. As a result, these worlds are difficult to interface with one another. Nanotechnology, which encompasses engineered solid-state objects and integrated circuits, excels at small length scales of single to a few hundred nanometers and, thus, matches the sizes of biomolecules, biomolecular assemblies, and parts of cells. Consequently, we envision nanomaterials and nanotools as opportunities to interface with the brain in alternative ways. Here, we review the existing literature on the use of nanotechnology in brain–machine interfaces and look forward in discussing perspectives and limitations based on the authors’ expertise across a range of complementary disciplines─from neuroscience, engineering, physics, and chemistry to biology and medicine, computer science and mathematics, and social science and jurisprudence. We focus on nanotechnology but also include information from related fields when useful and complementary. LB - PUB:(DE-HGF)16 C6 - pmid:40063703 UR - <Go to ISI:>//WOS:001446202200001 DO - DOI:10.1021/acsnano.4c10525 UR - https://bib-pubdb1.desy.de/record/625324 ER -