A novel diamond microprobe for neuro-chemical and -electrical recording in neural prosthesis

Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 511-521

  Chan, Ho Yin ^a   Aslam, Dean M ^a,b   Wiler, James A ^c   Casey, Brendan ^d  

^a Michigan State University   (United States)

^b NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Diamond microelectromechanical systems (MEMS); Electrodes; Etching; Materials; Neural probe; polycrystalline diamond (poly C); Probes; Silicon; Substrates; Surface treatment

Indexed keywords

AUDITORY CORTEX; BORON-DOPED; CONCENTRATION OF; ELECTRICAL DETECTION; ELECTRICAL RECORDING; ELECTRODE CAPACITANCE; ELECTRODE MATERIAL; ELECTRODE SITES; GUINEA PIGS; IN-VIVO; MICRO-PROBE; NEURAL PROBE; NEURAL PROSTHESIS; POLYCRYSTALLINE; POLYCRYSTALLINE DIAMOND (POLY-C); POSITIVE ELECTRODES; RECORDED SIGNALS; STABLE SURFACES; SUPPORTING MATERIAL; TOTAL VALUES; WATER POTENTIAL; YOUNG'S MODULUS;

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BORON; COMPOSITE MICROMECHANICS; DIAMONDS; ELECTRIC NETWORK ANALYSIS; ELECTROCHEMICAL ELECTRODES; ETCHING; MECHATRONICS; MEMS; MICROELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES; POLYCRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; PROBES; PROSTHETICS;

SURFACES;

EID: 67549114998     PISSN: 10577157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JMEMS.2009.2015493     Document Type: Article

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