Superior electrochemical performance of carbon nanotubes directly grown on sharp microelectrodes

ACS Nano

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 2206-2214

  Ansaldo, Alberto ^a   Castagnola, Elisa ^a,b   Maggiolini, Emma ^a   Fadiga, Luciano ^a,c   Ricci, Davide ^a  

^a ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

Author keywords

carbon nanotubes; chemical vapor deposition; electrochemical stability; electroplating; microelectrodes; nanostructured composites; neural recording; neural stimulation

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL VAPOR; ELECTROCHEMICAL STABILITY; NANOSTRUCTURED COMPOSITES; NEURAL RECORDINGS; NEURAL STIMULATIONS;

CARBON NANOTUBES; CHEMICAL STABILITY; CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; MICROELECTRODES;

SURFACE DEFECTS;

CARBON NANOTUBE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CRYSTALLIZATION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; MATERIALS TESTING; METHODOLOGY; MICROELECTRODE; PARTICLE SIZE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

CRYSTALLIZATION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; MATERIALS TESTING; MICROELECTRODES; NANOTUBES, CARBON; PARTICLE SIZE;

EID: 79952980059     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn103445d     Document Type: Article

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