Improving the performance of poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) for brain-machine interface applications

Acta Biomaterialia

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 2446-2454

  Mandal, Himadri S ^a   Knaack, Gretchen L ^b   Charkhkar, Hamid ^a   McHail, Daniel G ^b   Kastee, Jemika S ^a   Dumas, Theodore C ^b   Peixoto, Nathalia ^a   Rubinson, Judith F ^c   Pancrazio, Joseph J ^a  

^a Krasnow Institute for Advanced Study   (United States)

^b GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Action potential; Carbon nanotube; Electrochemical impedance; Neural probe; PEDOT

Indexed keywords

CONDUCTING POLYMERS; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); MAMMALS; MICROELECTRODES; PLASTIC COATINGS; POLYMERIC IMPLANTS; PROBES; STABILITY; YARN;

ACTION-POTENTIALS; COUNTER ANIONS; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE; ETHYLENEDIOXYTHIOPHENES; INTERFACE APPLICATIONS; MICROWIRE; NEURAL PROBES; PERFORMANCE; POLY(3,4-ETHYLENEDIOXYTHIOPHENE); TETRAFLUOROBORATES;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

BENZOTHIOPHENE DERIVATIVE; CARBON NANOTUBE; PHOSPHATE BUFFERED SALINE; POLY(3,4 ETHYLENEDIOXYTHIOPHENE); POLYSTYRENESULFONIC ACID; TETRAFLUOROBORATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; FUSED HETEROCYCLIC RINGS; POLY(3,4-ETHYLENE DIOXYTHIOPHENE); POLYMER;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BRAIN COMPUTER INTERFACE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONDUCTANCE; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MICROELECTRODE; MOLECULAR STABILITY; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE; CHEMISTRY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

BICYCLO COMPOUNDS, HETEROCYCLIC; BRAIN-COMPUTER INTERFACES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; POLYMERS;

EID: 84899627501     PISSN: 17427061     EISSN: 18787568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actbio.2014.02.029     Document Type: Article

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