Flexible organic field effect transistors for biomedical microimplants using polyimide and parylene C as substrate and insulator layers

Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1555-1561

  Feili, Dara ^a   Schuettler, Martin ^b   Doerge, Thomas ^a   Kammer, Sascha ^a   Hoffmann, Klaus Peter ^a   Stieglitz, Thomas ^b  

^a FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCOMPATIBILITY; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; FUNCTIONAL ELECTRIC STIMULATION; MICROELECTRODES; NETWORKS (CIRCUITS); POLYIMIDES;

BIOMEDICAL MICRO IMPLANTS; BIOSTABILITY; ORGANIC FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTOR (OFET);

FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTORS;

EID: 33746288952     PISSN: 09601317     EISSN: 13616439     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0960-1317/16/8/016     Document Type: Article

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