Superior Electrochemical Performance of Carbon Nanotubes Directly Grown on Sharp Microelectrodes

被引：59

作者：

Ansaldo, Alberto ^{[1
]}

Castagnola, Elise ^{[1
,2
]}

Maggiolini, Emma ^{[1
]}

Fadiga, Luciano ^{[1
,3
]}

Ricci, Davide ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Italian Inst Technol, Robot Brain & Cognit Sci Dept, Genoa, Italy

[2] Univ Genoa, Dept Informat Syst, Genoa, Italy

[3] Univ Ferrara, Sect Human Physiol, I-44100 Ferrara, Italy

来源：

ACS NANO | 2011年 / 5卷 / 03期

关键词：

carbon nanotubes; chemical vapor deposition; electroplating; nanostructured composites; microelectrodes; electrochemical stability; neural recording; neural stimulation; ELECTRICAL-STIMULATION; NEURAL STIMULATION; ELECTRODES; POLY(3,4-ETHYLENEDIOXYTHIOPHENE); RECORDINGS; IMPEDANCE; FILMS;

D O I：

10.1021/nn103445d

中图分类号：

O6 [化学];

学科分类号：

0703 ;

摘要：

We report for the first, time how coatings made by directly growing carbon nanotubes (CNTs) on the tip of neural microelectrodes outperform others made by electrodeposited CNT composites. Not only do they reduce microelectrode impedance but they also are able to inject high currents without degradation and are stable in time These results suggest that they are excellent candidates for chronic applications especially when both neural recording and stimulation have to be performed by the same microelectrode.

引用

页码：2206 / 2214

页数：9

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