A comparison of polymer substrates for photolithographic processing of flexible bioelectronics

Biomedical Microdevices

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 925-939

  Simon, Dustin ^a   Ware, Taylor ^a   Marcotte, Ryan ^a   Lund, Benjamin R ^b   Smith, Dennis W ^b   Di Prima, Matthew ^a,c   Rennaker, Robert L ^b   Voit, Walter ^a,b  

^a The University of Texas at Dallas   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^c CENTER FOR DEVICES AND RADIOLOGICAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Flexible electronics; Neural interfaces; Smart polymers

Indexed keywords

BIOCOMPATIBILITY; DYNAMIC MECHANICAL ANALYSIS; GLASS; GLASS SUBSTRATES; GLASS TRANSITION; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); PHYSIOLOGY; PROCESSING; SHAPE MEMORY EFFECT; SILICONES; SWELLING; TEMPERATURE; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; THIN FILMS; TISSUE;

BIOLOGICAL PROCESS; IN-VIVO; NEURAL INTERFACES; PHOTOLITHOGRAPHIC PROCESS; POLYMER SUBSTRATE; SENSING DEVICES; SHAPE MEMORY POLYMERS; SMART POLYMERS; THIN FILM ELECTRONICS; THIOL/ENE;

FLEXIBLE ELECTRONICS;

ACRYLIC ACID; CHROMIUM; DIMETICONE; GOLD; PLOLYETHYLENE NAPHTHALATE; POLYCARBONATE; POLYETHYLENE; POLYIMIDE; THIOL DERIVATIVE; THIOLENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIOELECTRONICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ELECTRONICS; GLASS TRANSITION TEMPERATURE; IN VITRO STUDY; MECHANICAL ANALYSIS; MEDICAL DEVICE; NONHUMAN; PHOTOLITHOGRAPHIC PROCESSING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SWELLING STUDY; THERMOGRAVIMETRY;

RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

ABSORPTION; ACRYLATES; ANIMALS; AUDITORY CORTEX; BRAIN-COMPUTER INTERFACES; CHROMIUM; ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; ELECTRODES; GOLD; MECHANICAL PROCESSES; POLYMERS; RATS; SULFHYDRYL COMPOUNDS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84890558820     PISSN: 13872176     EISSN: 15728781     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10544-013-9782-8     Document Type: Article

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