title: A method for bevelling of microelectrodes by means of vibration.
abstract: A technique for the rapid bevelling of glass and metallic microelectrodes is described. The method utilizes end friction of the electrode tips on the fine-grained surface of a quartz plate vibrating at the mechanical resonance frequency of the system. A electromagnetic vibrator is supplied with alternating current at a frequency equal to the mechanical resonance frequency of the system (200-300 s-1).
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology of Cerebral Cortex and Subcortical Structures, Institute of Physiology, Academy of Sciences, Kiev, Ukraine.
authors.forename: V A
authors.initials: VA
authors.lastname: Maisky
authors.lastname: Fridlyansky VYa
mesh_terms: D055590:Electromagnetic Phenomena; D004867:Equipment Design; D013677:Medical Laboratory Science; D008839:Microelectrodes; D014732:Vibration