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- Title
Ultrasmall implantable composite microelectrodes with bioactive surfaces for chronic neural interfaces.
- Authors
Yoshida Kozai, Takashi D.; Langhals, Nicholas B.; Patel, Paras R.; Deng, Xiaopei; Zhang, Huanan; Smith, Karen L.; Lahann, Joerg; Kotov, Nicholas A.; Kipke, Daryl R.
- Abstract
Implantable neural microelectrodes that can record extracellular biopotentials from small, targeted groups of neurons are critical for neuroscience research and emerging clinical applications including brain-controlled prosthetic devices. The crucial material-dependent problem is developing microelectrodes that record neural activity from the same neurons for years with high fidelity and reliability. Here, we report the development of an integrated composite electrode consisting of a carbon-fibre core, a poly(p-xylylene)-based thin-film coating that acts as a dielectric barrier and that is functionalized to control intrinsic biological processes, and a poly(thiophene)-based recording pad. The resulting implants are an order of magnitude smaller than traditional recording electrodes, and more mechanically compliant with brain tissue. They were found to elicit much reduced chronic reactive tissue responses and enabled single-neuron recording in acute and early chronic experiments in rats. This technology, taking advantage of new composites, makes possible highly selective and stealthy neural interface devices towards realizing long-lasting implants.
- Subjects
MICROELECTRODES; BIOPOTENTIALS (Electrophysiology); NEURONS; NEUROSCIENCES; CLINICAL trials; CARBON fibers
- Publication
Nature Materials, 2012, Vol 11, Issue 12, p1065
- ISSN
1476-1122
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1038/nmat3468