Biologically compatible neural interface to safely couple nanocoated electrodes to the surface of the brain

ACS Nano

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 3887-3895

  Castagnola, Elisa ^a   Ansaldo, Alberto ^a   Maggiolini, Emma ^a   Angotzi, Gian Nicola ^a   Skrap, Miran ^b   Ricci, Davide ^a   Fadiga, Luciano ^a,c  

^a ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA   (Italy)

^b SANTA MARIA DELLA MISERICORDIA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

Author keywords

carbon nanotubes; conductive polymers; fibrin; hydrogel; micro electrocorticography (ECoG)

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL APPLICATION; CLINICAL PRACTICES; CONDUCTIVE POLYMER; ELECTRODE IMPEDANCE; FIBRIN; HIGH-DENSITY ARRAYS; MICRO-ELECTROCORTICOGRAPHY (ECOG); NANOSTRUCTURED ELECTRODE SURFACES;

BRAIN; CARBON NANOTUBES; COATINGS; MICROELECTRODES; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

HYDROGELS;

BIOMATERIAL;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTRODE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT; HUMAN; HYDROGEL; IMPEDANCE; NANOTECHNOLOGY; RAT; SAFETY; SURFACE PROPERTY;

ANIMALS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; BRAIN; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ELECTRODES; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMANS; HYDROGELS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; RATS; SAFETY; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 84878266308     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn305164c     Document Type: Article

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