Flexible nerve stimulation electrode with iridium oxide sputtered on liquid crystal polymer

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 6-14

  Wang, Kevin ^a   Liu, Chung Chiun ^b   Durand, Dominique M ^a  

^a Case Western Reserve University   (United States)

^b Case Western Reserve University   (United States)

Author keywords

Delamination; Electrochemical testing; Iridium oxide; Liquid crystal polymer (LCP); Oxygen reduction

Indexed keywords

BIOCOMPATIBLE SUBSTRATES; BIPHASIC; CATHODIC CHARGES; CHARGE IMBALANCES; CHARGE-INJECTION LIMITS; CURRENT ELECTRODES; CURRENT WAVEFORMS; ELECTROCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ELECTROCHEMICAL TESTING; ELECTRODE MATERIALS; FLEXIBLE SUBSTRATES; IRIDIUM OXIDE; LIQUID CRYSTAL POLYMER (LCP); NERVE STIMULATIONS; NOBLE METALS; OXYGEN REDUCTION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROGRAPH ANALYSIS; SPUTTERED IRIDIUM OXIDES; VARIOUS SUBSTRATES; WATER WINDOWS;

AUTOMOBILE SEATS; CHARGE INJECTION; DELAMINATION; ELECTROCHEMICAL ELECTRODES; ELECTROLYTIC REDUCTION; IRIDIUM; IRIDIUM COMPOUNDS; LIGHT SOURCES; LIQUID CRYSTAL POLYMERS; LIQUID CRYSTALS; LIQUIDS; METAL CLADDING; OXIDE FILMS; OXYGEN; PRECIOUS METALS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STEEL SHEET; WATER ABSORPTION; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER INJECTION; WINDOWS;

SUBSTRATES;

ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRODES; IRIDIUM; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; OXYGEN; POLYMERS; PROSTHESIS DESIGN;

EID: 60549105071     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TBME.2008.926691     Document Type: Article

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