Ultra-nanocrystalline diamond electrodes: Optimization towards neural stimulation applications

Journal of Neural Engineering

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Garrett, David J ^a   Ganesan, Kumaravelu ^a   Stacey, Alastair ^a   Fox, Kate ^a   Meffin, Hamish ^a   Prawer, Steven ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOSTABILITY; CAPACITY VALUE; DOUBLE-LAYER CAPACITANCE; ELECTROCHEMICAL ACTIVATION; ELECTROCHEMICAL CHARACTERIZATIONS; GROWTH CONDITIONS; HERMETICITY; LIVING TISSUES; MICROELECTRODE FABRICATION; NEURAL STIMULATION APPLICATIONS; NEURAL STIMULATIONS; PHYSICAL STABILITY; ULTRA-NANOCRYSTALLINE DIAMOND;

BIOCOMPATIBILITY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; IRIDIUM; MICROELECTRODES; PLATINUM; TISSUE;

ELECTROCHEMICAL ELECTRODES;

DIAMOND; IRIDIUM; NANOCRYSTAL; PLATINUM; NANOMATERIAL;

ARTICLE; CYCLIC POTENTIOMETRY; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRODE; MICROTECHNOLOGY; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MICROELECTRODE; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NERVE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; DIAMOND; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; HUMANS; MICROELECTRODES; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NEURONS;

EID: 84857020173     PISSN: 17412560     EISSN: 17412552     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1741-2560/9/1/016002     Document Type: Article

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