Carbon nanotube coating improves neuronal recordings.

By E. Keefer, B. Botterman, M. Romero, A. Rossi, G. Gross. Nature Nanotechnology, 2008

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Subfields: Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Cognitive Neuroscience

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Multi-electrode array technologies for neuroscience and cardiology. (2013, methodology): “54 ), in practice the recorded FPs are still in the range of hundreds of microvolts.”
Nanotechnological strategies for engineering complex tissues (2010, background): “For example, electrodes designed to stimulate neural tissue can be improved by coating them with nanostructures such as carbon nanotubes or other inorganic crystal”
Next-generation probes, particles, and proteins for neural interfacing (2017, background): “A similar approach has been takenwith carbon nanostructures [carbon nanotubes (CNTs) and graphene] (38, 39), as well as their composites, with similar results (40).”
Progress Towards Biocompatible Intracortical Microelectrodes for Neural Interfacing Applications (2014, methodology): “Confirming previous results [20, 21, 26], MWCNT–PPy coating strongly reduced the average impedance modulus at 1 kHz (the frequency most commonly used to characterize neural microelectrodes), from 354 ± 22 to 9.”
Automated long-term recording and analysis of neural activity in behaving animals (2016, methodology): “The wires were electroplated in a gold (5355, SIFCO) and 0.1% carbon nanotubes (Cheap Tubes dispersed MWNTs, 95wt% <8 nm) solution with 0.1% polyvinylpyrrolidone surfactant (PVP-40, Sigma-Aldrich) to lower electrode impedances to ∼100-150 kΩ (Ferguson et al., 2009; Keefer et al., 2008).”
Revealing neuronal function through microelectrode array recordings (2015, positive): “By modifying the surface, the electrode impedance can be decreased drastically and neuronal recording can be improved (Cui et al., 2001; Franks et al., 2005; Ludwig et al., 2006; Keefer et al., 2008; Viswam et al., 2014).”
Promises, facts and challenges for carbon nanotubes in imaging and therapeutics. (2009, background): “Moreover, there are other biomedical applications using carbon nanotube materials that are also being explored — mainly in the engineering of devices such as electrodes (for example, neurological tissue stimulation”
Properties and behavior of carbon nanomaterials when interfacing neuronal cells: How far have we come? (2019, positive): “Compared with bare metal electrodes, CNTs coated ones reduced the noise and improved the resolution of the detected spontaneous activity [93].”
Brain-Machine Interfaces: From Basic Science to Neuroprostheses and Neurorehabilitation. (2017, background): “(416) reported that coating of tungsten and stainless steel electrodes with carbon nanotubes improved the recordings by decreasing the microelectrode impedance and enhancing charge transfer.”