Cytotoxicity of implantable microelectrode arrays produced by laser micromachining

Biomaterials

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 886-893

  Green, Rylie A ^a   Ordonez, Juan S ^b   Schuettler, Martin ^b   Poole Warren, Laura A ^a   Lovell, Nigel H ^a   Suaning, Gregg J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cytotoxicity; High density array; Laser micromachining; Microelectrodes; Neuroprostheses

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; COMPOSITE ELECTRODE; DIRECT CONTACT; HIGH-DENSITY; HIGH-DENSITY ARRAYS; IMPLANT MATERIALS; IMPLANTABLE DEVICES; IMPLANTABLE MICROELECTRODE ARRAYS; LASER MICRO-MACHINING; MICROELECTRODE ARRAY; NEUROPROSTHESES; POLYDIMETHYLSILOXANE PDMS;

ASSAYS; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CELL GROWTH; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; COMPOSITE MICROMECHANICS; CYTOTOXICITY; GROWTH (MATERIALS); GROWTH KINETICS; HIGH POWER LASERS; LASERS; MATERIALS PROPERTIES; MICROCHANNELS; MICROELECTRODES; MICROMACHINING; PLATINUM; SILICONES; SURFACE DEFECTS;

X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

DIMETICONE; OXIDE; PLATINUM; SILICON;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BIOTECHNOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; CELL ASSAY; CELL GROWTH; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; FOIL; GROWTH INHIBITION; IMPLANT; IN VITRO STUDY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LASER; LASER MICROMACHINING; MATERIAL COATING; MICROELECTRODE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

ANIMALS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; CELL LINE; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLS; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FIBROBLASTS; LASERS; MICE; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MICROELECTRODES;

EID: 70749129860     PISSN: 01429612     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2009.09.099     Document Type: Article

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