Fabrication and characterization of 3D micro- and nanoelectrodes for neuron recordings

Sensors (Switzerland)

Volumn 10, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 10339-10355

  Dimaki, Maria ^a   Vazquez, Patricia ^a   Olsen, Mark Holm ^a   Sasso, Luigi ^a   Rodriguez Trujillo, Romen ^a   Vedarethinam, Indumathi ^a   Svendsen, Winnie E ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

3D electrodes; Fabrication; Neuron differentiation on chip

Indexed keywords

ASPECT RATIO; CHARACTERIZATION; FABRICATION; MICROELECTRODES; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

3-D ELECTRODES; ELECTROCHEMICAL CHARACTERIZATIONS; FABRICATION AND CHARACTERIZATIONS; HIGH ASPECT RATIO; MICRO- AND NANOELECTRODES; NANO-ELECTRODES; NEURON RECORDINGS; ON CHIPS;

ELECTROCHEMICAL ELECTRODES;

EID: 84871083898     PISSN: 14248220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s101110339     Document Type: Article

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