Highly stable carbon nanotube doped poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) for chronic neural stimulation

Biomaterials

Volumn 32, Issue 24, 2011, Pages 5551-5557

  Luo, Xiliang ^a   Weaver, Cassandra L ^a,b   Zhou, David D ^c   Greenberg, Robert ^c   Cui, Xinyan T ^a,b  

^a University of Pittsburgh   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c Second Sight Medical Products Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotubes; Chronic neural stimulation; Neural electrodes; PEDOT; Poly(3,4 ethylenedioxythiophene)

Indexed keywords

CHARGE-INJECTION LIMITS; CONDUCTING POLYMER COATINGS; ELECTRODE MATERIAL; HIGH STABILITY; IN-VITRO; NEURAL ELECTRODES; NEURAL STIMULATIONS; NEW MATERIAL; PEDOT; POLY(3,4-ETHYLENEDIOXYTHIOPHENE);

CARBON NANOTUBES; CONDUCTING POLYMERS; CONDUCTIVE FILMS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; MICROELECTRODES; ORGANIC CONDUCTORS; PLATINUM; POLYMER FILMS; SURFACE DEFECTS;

PLASTIC COATINGS;

MULTI WALLED NANOTUBE; NANOCOATING; NANOFILM; PLATINUM; POLY(3,4 ETHYLENEDIOXYTHIOPHENE); POLYMER; THIOPHENE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYCLIC POTENTIOMETRY; ELECTROCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMPEDANCE; IN VITRO STUDY; INJECTION; MICROELECTRODE; NANOFABRICATION; NERVE CELL GROWTH; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; BICYCLO COMPOUNDS, HETEROCYCLIC; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; CELLS, CULTURED; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRODES; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; NANOTUBES, CARBON; NEURONS; POLYMERS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 79957908521     PISSN: 01429612     EISSN: 18785905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2011.04.051     Document Type: Article

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