Organic electrode coatings for next-generation neural interfaces

Frontiers in Neuroengineering

Volumn 7, Issue MAY, 2014, Pages

  Aregueta Robles, Ulises A ^a   Woolley, Andrew J ^a,b   Poole Warren, Laura A ^a   Lovell, Nigel H ^a   Green, Rylie A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotubes; Coatings; Conductive polymers; Hydrogels; Living electrodes; Material properties

Indexed keywords

AGAROSE; ALGINIC ACID; CARBON NANOTUBE; COLLAGEN; FIBRINOGEN; HEPARIN; MACROGOL; POLY(ETHYL METHACRYLATE); POLYGLACTIN; POLYMER; POLYVINYL ALCOHOL;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; BIOMECHANICS; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; COMPUTER INTERFACE; CYTOTOXICITY; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; FUNCTIONAL ELECTRICAL STIMULATION; HYDROGEL; HYDROPHILICITY; IMPEDANCE; MATERIAL COATING; MICROELECTRODE; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OXYGENATION; POLYMERIZATION; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

EID: 84901617230     PISSN: 16626443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fneng.2014.00015     Document Type: Article

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