Highly-compliant, microcable neuroelectrodes fabricated from thin-film gold and PDMS

Biomedical Microdevices

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 361-373

  McClain, Maxine A ^a   Clements, Isaac P ^b   Shafer, Richard H ^a   Bellamkonda, Ravi V ^b   LaPlaca, Michelle C ^b   Allen, Mark G ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain machine interface; DBS; Elastomer; Elastomeric; Microelectrode; Neural electrode; Neural prosthesis; Neuroelectrode; PDMS; Thin film gold

Indexed keywords

BRAIN MACHINE INTERFACE; DBS; ELASTOMERIC; NEURAL ELECTRODE; NEURAL PROSTHESIS; NEUROELECTRODE; PDMS; THIN-FILM GOLD;

ELASTIC MODULI; ELASTICITY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); MICROCHANNELS; MICROELECTRODES; SILICONES; TISSUE;

GOLD;

DIMETICONE; ELASTOMER; GOLD;

ARTICLE; ELECTRODE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ENCAPSULATION; GEOMETRY; MECHANICS; MICROELECTROMECHANICAL SYSTEM; PERIPHERAL NERVE; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TENSILE STRENGTH; TOPOGRAPHY; YOUNG MODULUS;

DIMETHYLPOLYSILOXANES; ELECTRODES; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESSES; GOLD; MATERIALS TESTING; MECHANICAL PROCESSES; MICROTECHNOLOGY; NERVOUS SYSTEM; PERIPHERAL NERVES; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 79958125705     PISSN: 13872176     EISSN: 15728781     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10544-010-9505-3     Document Type: Article

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