title: Stretchable polymeric multielectrode array for conformal neural interfacing.
abstract: A highly stretchable neural interface of concurrent robust electrical and mechanical properties is developed with a conducting polymer film as the sole conductor for both the electrodes and the leads. This neural interface offers the benefits of conducting polymer electrodes in a demanding stretchable format, including low electrode impedance and high chargeinjection capacity, due to the large electroactive surface area of the electrode.
authors.affiliation: David H. Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 02139, USA.
authors.forename: Liang
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Guo
authors.forename: Mingming
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ma
authors.forename: Ning
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Langer
authors.forename: Daniel G
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: Anderson
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D019086:Bridged Bicyclo Compounds, Heterocyclic / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000737:chemistry; D055119:Elastic Modulus; D020724:Elastomers; D004553:Electric Conductivity; D017097:Electric Impedance; D004558:Electric Stimulation / Q000295:instrumentation; D004566:Electrodes; D004594:Electrophysiology / Q000295:instrumentation; D016014:Linear Models; D008422:Materials Testing; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000502:physiology; D009474:Neurons / Q000502:physiology*; D018583:Pliability; D011108:Polymers / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000737:chemistry; D011758:Pyrroles / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000737:chemistry; D051381:Rats; D011917:Rats, Inbred Lew; D012584:Sciatic Nerve / Q000502:physiology; D013718:Tensile Strength
chemical_list: D019086:Bridged Bicyclo Compounds, Heterocyclic; D020724:Elastomers; D011108:Polymers; D011758:Pyrroles; C121383:poly(3,4-ethylene dioxythiophene); C067635:polypyrrole
keywords: conducting polymers; conformal; neural interfaces; polypyrrole; stretchable multielectrode arrays