Journal
ADVANCED MATERIALS TECHNOLOGIES
Volume 5, Issue 8, Pages -Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/admt.202000322
Keywords
electrophysiology; flexible microelectrodes; indium tin oxide; metal grids; transparent microelectrodes
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Funding
- George Washington University, Department of Biomedical Engineering start-up funds
- Leducq Foundation grant RHYTHM
- National Institutes of Health [3OT2OD023848, R01HL141470]
- American Heart Association Predoctoral Fellowship [19PRE34380781]
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Flexible and transparent microelectrodes and interconnects provide the unique capability for a wide range of emerging biological applications, including simultaneous optical and electrical interrogation of biological systems. For practical biointerfacing, it is important to further improve the optical, electrical, electrochemical, and mechanical properties of the transparent conductive materials. Here, high-performance microelectrodes and interconnects with high optical transmittance (59-81%), superior electrochemical impedance (5.4-18.4 omega cm(2)), and excellent sheet resistance (5.6-14.1 omega sq(-1)), using indium tin oxide (ITO) and metal grid (MG) hybrid structures are demonstrated. Notably, the hybrid structures retain the superior mechanical properties of flexible MG other than brittle ITO with no changes in sheet resistance even after 5000 bending cycles against a small radius at 5 mm. The capabilities of the ITO/MG microelectrodes and interconnects are highlighted by high-fidelity electrical recordings of transgenic mouse hearts during co-localized programmed optogenetic stimulation. In vivo histological analysis reveals that the ITO/MG structures are fully biocompatible. Those results demonstrate the great potential of ITO/MG interfaces for broad fundamental and translational physiological studies.
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