Conductive polymer "molecular wires" increase electrical conductance across artificial cell membranes

Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology - Proceedings

Volumn 26 VI, Issue , 2004, Pages 4330-4333

  Widge, Alik S ^a   Jeffries El, Malika ^b   Matsuoka, Yoky ^a  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomedical electrodes; Biomedical transducers; Biomembranes; Brain machine interface; Molecular electronics; Nanotechnology; Neural prosthesis

Indexed keywords

BIOSENSORS; CELL MEMBRANES; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; LIPIDS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NEUROLOGY; PROSTHETICS; TISSUE;

BIOMEDICAL ELECTRODES; BIOMEDICAL TRANSDUCERS; BIOMEMBRANES; BRAIN-MACHINE INTERFACE; MOLECULAR ELECTRONICS;

ORGANIC POLYMERS;

EID: 11144322011     PISSN: 05891019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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