Highly Stretchable Metal-Polymer Conductor Electrode Array for Electrophysiology.
Adv Healthc Mater
; 10(4): e2000641, 2021 02.
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Narrowing the mechanical mismatch between biological tissues (typically soft) and neural interfaces (hard) is essential for maintaining signal quality for the electrical recording of neural activity. However, only a few materials can satisfy all requirements for such electronics, which need to be both biocompatible and sufficiently soft. Here, a highly stretchable electrode array (SEA) is introduced, based on the liquid metal-polymer conductor (MPC), achieving high mechanical flexibility and good cytocompatability for neural interfaces. By utilizing the MPC, the SEA exhibits high stretchability (≈100%) and excellent cycling stability (>400 cycles). The cytocompatability of the SEA can allow for long-term culturing of primary neurons and enable signal recording of primary hippocampal neurons. In the future, the SEA could serve as a reliable and robust platform for diagnostics in neuronal tissues and greatly advance brain-machine interfaces.
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Polímeros
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Fenómenos Electrofisiológicos
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Adv Healthc Mater
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2021
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