Easy-to-Fabricate Conducting Polymer Microelectrode Arrays

摘要

The field of bioelectronics explores the interface of electronic devices with biomolecules and living tissues, with the aim of developing new tools for both diagnosis and therapy. In this context, neuroscience has played a pivotal role in driving the development of such devices, since most of the information processed and transmitted in any animal nervous system is of electrochemical origin.~([1]) Pacemakers and cochlear implants are becoming common reliable tools in clinics, replacing less effective pharmacotherapies,~([2,3]) while stimulation of nerves in specific regions of the brain has been successfully applied in the treatment of various pathologies.~([4,5]) For a further development of such in vivo devices and practices, however, a deeper understanding of the basis of signaling mechanisms is needed.