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A Method for Systematic Electrochemical and Electrophysiological Evaluation of Neural Recording Electrodes
Published on: March 3, 2014
Tuning electrode impedance for the electrical recording of biopotentials
M A Fontes1, M de Beeck, C Van Hoof
1Division of Neurophysiology, Catholic University of Leuven, Herestraat 49 - bus 1021, 3000, Belgium.
Abstract:
Tuning the electrode impedance through the DC biasing of iridium oxide is presented. Impedance reduction of up to two orders of magnitude was reproducibly observed in 20 microm diameter microelectrodes at a biasing of 1V.

