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Surface Modification and Neural Tissue Culture of Thin Film Electrode Materials

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 February 2011

Sachin Thanawala ,
Saida. P. Khan ,
Olena Palyvoda ,
Daniel. G. Georgiev ,
Ibrahim A. AlHomoudi ,
Golam Newaz  and
Gregory Auner
Sachin Thanawala
Affiliation:
Department of Biomedical Engineering.
Saida. P. Khan
Affiliation:
Department of Chemical Engineering
Olena Palyvoda
Affiliation:
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering.
Daniel. G. Georgiev
Affiliation:
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering.
Ibrahim A. AlHomoudi
Affiliation:
Department of Mechanical Engineering Wayne State University, Detroit, MI-48202.
Golam Newaz
Affiliation:
Department of Mechanical Engineering Wayne State University, Detroit, MI-48202.
Gregory Auner
Affiliation:
Department of Biomedical Engineering. Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering.
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Abstract

Good interfaces between electrodes and neural tissue are very important in chronic in vivo stimulation/recording. In order to study the effect of electrode materials and surface structure on neural interfaces, we cultured neurons on thin films of electrode materials that are expected to be biocompatible, such as platinum, and iridium oxide.

We used both flat film surfaces and laser micro-structured ones. The laser micro-structuring consisted of creating regular arrays of micro-bumps with height of about 1μm and diameter of 2-3 microns. We have found conditions for fabrication of such micro-bumps on platinum and iridium thin films on borosilicate glass substrate (Pyrex 7740) by mask-projection irradiation with single nano-second pulses from a KrF excimer laser (λ=248nm). Laser micro-structured iridium films were coated with IrO2 by pulsed DC reactive sputtering to obtain micro-structured IrO2 films. Two types of iridium oxide films were studied: amorphous (reactively sputtered at room substrate temperature) and polycrystalline (reactively sputtered at 300°C).

Cortical neurons isolated from rat embryo brain were cultured onto these thin film surfaces. Cells were more than 98% viable as determined by trypan blue exclusion tests. Poly-D-Lysine coated surfaces were used as positive controls for cell. Regular optical and fluorescent microscopy techniques were used to image the cells after they were cultured. To differentiate between live and dead cells a viability test with fluorescein diacetate (FDA) and propidium iodide was carried out. Also, immunocytochemistry analysis of neuron cells was performed using antibody for neuron-specific enolase (NSE) staining. A qualitative and quantitative comparison was carried out between the different types of modified electrode surfaces to study the neuronal growth in order to explore the feasibility of micro-bumps as stimulating/recording neural interfaces. These results are intended for use in optimization of future electrical stimulation/recording experiments that we plan to carry out.

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Research Article
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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 872: Symposium J – Micro- and Nanosystems—Materials and Devices , 2005 , J18.8
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2005

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