Impedance spectroscopy and nanoindentation of conducting poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) coatings on microfabricated neural prosthetic devices

Journal of Materials Research

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1124-1132

  Yang, Junyan ^a,b   Martin, David C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMATERIALS; BRAIN; INDENTATION; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); PLASTIC COATINGS; PROSTHETICS; SPECTROSCOPY;

MICROFABRICATED NEURAL PROSTHETIC DEVICES; NANOINDENTATION; POLYETHYLENEDIOXYTHIOPHENE;

CONDUCTIVE PLASTICS;

EID: 33746569187     PISSN: 08842914     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1557/jmr.2006.0145     Document Type: Article

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