Improving electrochemical performance of flexible thin film electrodes with micropillar array structures

Measurement Science and Technology

Volumn 23, Issue 12, 2012, Pages

  Myllymaa, Sami ^a   Pirinen, Sami ^a   Myllymaa, Katja ^a,b   Suvanto, Mika ^a   Pakkanen, Tapani A ^a   Pakkanen, Tuula T ^a   Lappalainen, Reijo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

bioelectricity; electrical impedance spectroscopy; electrode; micropatterning; PDMS

Indexed keywords

BIOELECTRIC PHENOMENA; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; COATINGS; COPPER; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE MEASUREMENT; ELECTRODES; ELECTROLYTES; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EQUIVALENT CIRCUITS; MICROCHANNELS; POLYDIMETHYLSILOXANE; PULSE WIDTH MODULATION; REDUCTION; SILICONES; SILVER; SPECTROSCOPY; SUBSTRATES; THIN FILMS;

ELECTRICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ELECTROCHEMICAL CHARACTERISTICS; ELECTROCHEMICAL PERFORMANCE; ELECTRODE-ELECTROLYTE INTERFACES; EQUIVALENT CIRCUIT MODEL; MICRO PATTERNING; MONITORING APPLICATIONS; POLYDIMETHYLSILOXANE PDMS;

ELECTROCHEMICAL ELECTRODES;

EID: 84870316427     PISSN: 09570233     EISSN: 13616501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-0233/23/12/125701     Document Type: Article

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