Novel neural interface for implant electrodes: Improving electroactivity of polypyrrole through MWNT incorporation

Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1625-1629

  Green, R A ^a   Williams, C M ^a   Lovell, N H ^a   Poole Warren, L A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COATINGS; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN); POLYSTYRENES;

BIOMEDICAL ELECTRODE COATINGS; POLYSTYRENE SULFONATE (PSS);

POLYPYRROLES;

MULTI WALLED NANOTUBE; POLYMER; POLYPYRROLE; POLYSTYRENESULFONIC ACID;

ANIMAL CELL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRICITY; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRODE; FIBROBLAST; IMPLANT; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANIMALS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; BIOSENSING TECHNIQUES; CELL PROLIFERATION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRODES; MICE; NANOTUBES, CARBON; OXYGEN; POLYMERS; POLYSTYRENES; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; PYRROLES; SULFONIC ACIDS; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 40849092533     PISSN: 09574530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10856-008-3376-7     Document Type: Conference Paper

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