Creating low-impedance tetrodes by electroplating with additives

Sensors and Actuators, A: Physical

Volumn 156, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 388-393

  Ferguson, John E ^a   Boldt, Chris ^a   Redish, A David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotubes; Electroplating; Extracellular recording; Impedance; Tetrodes

Indexed keywords

ELECTROPLATING PROCESS; EXTRACELLULAR RECORDING; FREELY MOVING; IMPEDANCE; LARGE SURFACE AREA; LOW IMPEDANCE; MICRO WIRE; MULTIPLE NEURONS; NEURAL RECORDINGS;

CARBON NANOTUBES; ELECTROPLATING; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN); POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; POLYETHYLENE OXIDES; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

TETRODES;

EID: 71649097629     PISSN: 09244247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sna.2009.10.001     Document Type: Article

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