Poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene)/multiwall carbon nanotube composite coatings for improving the stability of microelectrodes in neural prostheses applications

Acta Biomaterialia

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 6439-6449

  Zhou, Haihan ^a   Cheng, Xuan ^a   Rao, Li ^a   Li, Tao ^a   Duan, Yanwen Y ^a  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotubes; Conducting polymers; Electrode neuron interface; Microelectrode arrays; Neural prostheses

Indexed keywords

BODY FLUIDS; COMPOSITE COATINGS; CONDUCTING POLYMERS; MICROELECTRODES; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN); PLASTIC COATINGS; POLYMERIC IMPLANTS; POLYMERIZATION; PROSTHETICS; RATS; SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING; STABILITY; YARN;

CARBON NANOTUBES COMPOSITES; CARBON NANOTUBES FILMS; COMPOSITES COATING; ELECTRODE-NEURON INTERFACE; ETHYLENEDIOXYTHIOPHENES; HIGH CHARGES; MICROELECTRODES ARRAYS; MWCNT'S; POLY(STYRENE SULFONATE); VISUAL PROSTHESIS;

NEURONS;

GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; MULTI WALLED NANOTUBE; NANOCOATING; PLATINUM; POLY(3,4 ETHYLENEDIOXYTHIOPHENE); POLYSTYRENESULFONIC ACID; THIOPHENE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CELL ADHESION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC FIELD; HISTOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICROELECTRODE; MOLECULAR STABILITY; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NEUROPROSTHESIS; NONHUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA CELL; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TISSUE REACTION;

RATTUS;

EID: 84879889424     PISSN: 17427061     EISSN: 18787568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actbio.2013.01.042     Document Type: Article

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