Single-crystal cubic silicon carbide: An in vivo biocompatible semiconductor for brain machine interface devices

Proceedings of the Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBS

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 2957-2960

  Frewin, Christopher L ^a   Locke, Christopher ^a   Saddow, Stephen E ^a   Weeber, Edwin J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BI-DIRECTIONAL; BIOSENSING; BRAIN MACHINE INTERFACE; CLOSED-LOOP CONTROL; CUBIC SILICON CARBIDE; CUBIC SILICON CARBIDE (3C-SIC); IMMUNORESPONSE; IN-VITRO; IN-VIVO; MICROGLIA; NEURAL INTERFACES; PROTEIN-TYROSINE PHOSPHATASE; SI SUBSTRATES; SINGLE CRYSTAL SILICON; SINGLE-CRYSTALLINE; WIDE-BAND-GAP SEMICONDUCTOR;

AMINO ACIDS; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; CLOSED LOOP CONTROL SYSTEMS; EPITAXIAL GROWTH; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; SENSORY FEEDBACK; SILICON CARBIDE; SILICON WAFERS; SINGLE CRYSTALS;

SEMICONDUCTING SILICON COMPOUNDS;

BIOMATERIAL; INORGANIC COMPOUND; SILICON CARBIDE; SILICON DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; MAN MACHINE INTERACTION; SEMICONDUCTOR;

BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; CARBON COMPOUNDS, INORGANIC; MAN-MACHINE SYSTEMS; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; SEMICONDUCTORS; SILICON COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84862610235     PISSN: 1557170X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IEMBS.2011.6090582     Document Type: Conference Paper

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