Photovoltaic retinal prosthesis with high pixel density

Nature Photonics

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 391-397

  Mathieson, Keith ^a,c   Loudin, James ^a   Goetz, Georges ^a,b   Huie, Philip ^a   Wang, Lele ^b   Kamins, Theodore I ^b   Galambos, Ludwig ^b   Smith, Richard ^c   Harris, James S ^b   Sher, Alexander ^c   Palanker, Daniel ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Stanford University   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SANTA CRUZ   (United States)

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EID: 84861704548     PISSN: 17494885     EISSN: 17494893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphoton.2012.104     Document Type: Article

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