Artificial Liquid Retina (VIDEO) Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia - IIT This video is under embargo. Please login to access this video. Caption The new artificial liquid retina is biomimetic and consists of an aqueous component in which photoactive polymeric nanoparticles (whose size is of 350 nanometres, thus about 1/100 of the diameter of a hair) are suspended, going to replace the damaged photoreceptors. Credit IIT-Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia Usage Restrictions use with appropriate credits and caption License Licensed content Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing institutions or for the use of any information through the EurekAlert system.