Skip to main content

Lund University Publications

LUND UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES

Gelatin/glycerol coating to preserve mechanically compliant nanowire electrodes from damage during brain implantation

Witteveen, Jolanda LU ; Suyatin, Dmitry LU orcid ; Gällentoft, Lina LU ; Schouenborg, Jens LU ; Danielsen, Nils LU and Prinz, Christelle LU (2010) In Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology B 28(6). p.6-16
Abstract
Chronically implanted neural implants are of clinical importance. However, currently used electrodes have several drawbacks. Some weeks after implantation in the brain, a glial scar forms around the electrode, causing decreased electrode functionality. Nanostructures, and in particular nanowires, are good candidates to overcome these drawbacks and reduce glial scar formation. Using a mechanically compliant substrate with protruding nanowires could further decrease the glial scar formation by reducing the mechanical mismatch between the tissue and the electrode. However, flexible substrates require strengthening upon brain implantation. One solution consists of embedding the implant in a gelatin-based matrix, which is resorbable. In the... (More)
Chronically implanted neural implants are of clinical importance. However, currently used electrodes have several drawbacks. Some weeks after implantation in the brain, a glial scar forms around the electrode, causing decreased electrode functionality. Nanostructures, and in particular nanowires, are good candidates to overcome these drawbacks and reduce glial scar formation. Using a mechanically compliant substrate with protruding nanowires could further decrease the glial scar formation by reducing the mechanical mismatch between the tissue and the electrode. However, flexible substrates require strengthening upon brain implantation. One solution consists of embedding the implant in a gelatin-based matrix, which is resorbable. In the case where nanostructures are present at the surface of the implant, it is crucial that the embedding matrix also preserves the nanostructures, which can be challenging considering the forces involved during the drying phase of gelatin. Here, the authors show that freestanding gallium phosphide nanowires coated with hafnium oxide (HfO2), titanium (Ti), and gold (Au) were preserved in a gelatin-glycerol embedding matrix with subsequent implantation in 1% agar, which is a model for brain implantation. (C) 2010 American Vacuum Society. [DOI: 10.1116/1.3498764] (Less)
Please use this url to cite or link to this publication:
author
; ; ; ; and
organization
publishing date
type
Contribution to journal
publication status
published
subject
in
Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology B
volume
28
issue
6
pages
6 - 16
publisher
American Institute of Physics (AIP)
external identifiers
  • wos:000285015200054
  • scopus:84905954948
ISSN
1520-8567
DOI
10.1116/1.3498764
project
Vävnadsreaktioner i nervsystemet efter elektrodimplantation
language
English
LU publication?
yes
id
d882be56-77f5-4e5e-9b8b-d27f646ea2fd (old id 1859786)
date added to LUP
2016-04-01 10:00:37
date last changed
2023-09-27 15:20:23
@article{d882be56-77f5-4e5e-9b8b-d27f646ea2fd,
  abstract     = {{Chronically implanted neural implants are of clinical importance. However, currently used electrodes have several drawbacks. Some weeks after implantation in the brain, a glial scar forms around the electrode, causing decreased electrode functionality. Nanostructures, and in particular nanowires, are good candidates to overcome these drawbacks and reduce glial scar formation. Using a mechanically compliant substrate with protruding nanowires could further decrease the glial scar formation by reducing the mechanical mismatch between the tissue and the electrode. However, flexible substrates require strengthening upon brain implantation. One solution consists of embedding the implant in a gelatin-based matrix, which is resorbable. In the case where nanostructures are present at the surface of the implant, it is crucial that the embedding matrix also preserves the nanostructures, which can be challenging considering the forces involved during the drying phase of gelatin. Here, the authors show that freestanding gallium phosphide nanowires coated with hafnium oxide (HfO2), titanium (Ti), and gold (Au) were preserved in a gelatin-glycerol embedding matrix with subsequent implantation in 1% agar, which is a model for brain implantation. (C) 2010 American Vacuum Society. [DOI: 10.1116/1.3498764]}},
  author       = {{Witteveen, Jolanda and Suyatin, Dmitry and Gällentoft, Lina and Schouenborg, Jens and Danielsen, Nils and Prinz, Christelle}},
  issn         = {{1520-8567}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{6}},
  pages        = {{6--16}},
  publisher    = {{American Institute of Physics (AIP)}},
  series       = {{Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology B}},
  title        = {{Gelatin/glycerol coating to preserve mechanically compliant nanowire electrodes from damage during brain implantation}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1116/1.3498764}},
  doi          = {{10.1116/1.3498764}},
  volume       = {{28}},
  year         = {{2010}},
}