---
title: "Artificial Retina Created Based On Semiconductor Nanorods And Carbon Nanotubes"
description: "An international team of researchers has combined semiconductor nanorods and carbon nanotubes to create a wireless, light-sensitive, flexible film that could potentially act in the place of a damaged retina"
date: "2014-11-17"
modified: "2015-08-13"
authors:
  - name: "Andrew Johnson"
    link: "https://futurism.com/authors/andrewjohnson"
url: "https://futurism.com/artificial-retina-created-based-semiconductor-nanorods-carbon-nanotubes"
categories:
  - "Future Materials"
  - "Nanotech"
  - "Science & Energy"
tags:
  - "medical"
---

# Artificial Retina Created Based On Semiconductor Nanorods And Carbon Nanotubes

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- The artificial retina was tested on a chick retina that does not respond to light and found out that the film absorbed light, creating neuronal activity
- Patients with age-related macular degeneration (AMD) could benefit from such a device