2012 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Development and evaluation of Carbon-nanotube-bundle electrodes for neural interface
Project/Area Number |
22700472
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Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
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Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
Research Field |
Biomedical engineering/Biological material science
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Research Institution | Osaka University (2011-2012) Kumamoto University (2010) |
Principal Investigator |
HAYASHIDA Yuki 大阪大学, 大学院・工学研究科, 准教授 (10381005)
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Project Period (FY) |
2010 – 2012
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Keywords | 生体材料 / 生物・生体工学 / ナノチューブ / 神経工学 / 神経用途電極 / 神経補綴 / 神経生理学 |
Research Abstract |
Flexible, needle-shaped electrodes with the tip diameters of nano/micro-meter sizes were fabricated by assembling the bundles of carbon nanotubes (CNT), and their capabilities as neural electrodes were evaluated in physiological experiments with preparations of biological neurons and brain tissues. The experimental results demonstrated that the CNT-bundle electrodes we developed are useful as neuron-penetrating intracellular and brain-penetrating extracellular, stimulating/recording electrodes. These electrodes are unprecedented in the world, and may offer a new possibility for neural interface.
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Research Products
(9 results)