Excimer laser deinsulation of Parylene-C on iridium for use in an activated iridium oxide film-coated Utah electrode array

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 215, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 78-87

  Yoo, Je Min ^a,b   Negi, Sandeep ^b   Tathireddy, Prashant ^b   Solzbacher, Florian ^b   Song, Jong In ^a   Rieth, Loren W ^b  

^a Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST)   (South Korea)

^b University of Utah   (United States)

Author keywords

Excimer laser; Iridium oxide; Laser deinsulation; Parylene; Photoablation; UEA

Indexed keywords

IRIDIUM; IRIDIUM OXIDE; METAL OXIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CYCLIC POTENTIOMETRY; ELECTROCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ELECTRODE; EXCIMER LASER; FILM COATING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SURFACE PROPERTY; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; IRIDIUM; MICROELECTRODES; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; NEURONS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; POLYMERS; XYLENES;

EID: 84875599548     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: 1872678X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2013.02.010     Document Type: Article

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