Issue title: Proceedings of the tenth International
Symposium on Applied Electromagnetics and Mechanics ISEM-Tokyo
Article type: Research Article
Authors: Ito, Yuichiroa; b | Yagi, Tohruc; d | Ohnishi, Yasushie | Kiuchi, Kazutoshif; g | Uchikawa, Yoshikih
Affiliations: [a] Department of Computational Science and Engineering,
Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya
464-8603, Japan. Tel.: +81 52 789 2793; Fax: +81 52 789 3166; E-mail:
you@cmplx.cse.nagoya-u.ac.jp
| [b] The Institute of Physical and Chemical Research
(RIKEN), 2271-130 Anagahora, Shimoshidami, Moriyama-ku, Nagoya 463-0003,
Japan. Tel.: +81 52 736 5863; Fax: +81 52 736 5865; E-mail:
you@bmc.riken.go.jp
| [c] Department of Computational Science and Engineering,
Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya
464-8603, Japan. Tel.: +81 52 789 2793; Fax: +81 52 789 3166; E-mail:
yagi@cse.nagoya-u.ac.jp
| [d] The Institute of Physical and Chemical Research
(RIKEN), 2271-130 Anagahora, Shimoshidami, Moriyama-ku, Nagoya 463-0003,
Japan. Tel.: +81 52 736 5863; Fax: +81 52 736 5865; E-mail:
yagi@bmc.riken.go.jp
| [e] The Institute of Industrial Research, Aichi
Prefectural Government, Nishishinwari, Hitotsugi-cho, Kariya 448-0003, Japan.
Tel.: +81 566 24 8841; Fax: +81 566 22 8033; E-mail:
knk-ohnishi@aichi-iic.or.jp
| [f] Department of Biomolecular Science, School of
Engineering, Gifu University, Yanagido 1-1, Gifu 501-1193, Japan. Tel.: +81 58
293 2651; Fax: +81 58 230 1893; E-mail; kiuchi@biomol.gifu-u.ac.jp
| [g] The Institute of Physical and Chemical Research
(RIKEN), 2271-130 Anagahora, Shimoshidami, Moriyama-ku, Nagoya 463-0003,
Japan. Tel.: +81 52 736 5863; Fax: +81 52 736 5865; E-mail:
kiuchi@bmc.riken.go.jp
| [h] Department of Computational Science and Engineering,
Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya
464-8603, Japan. Tel.: +81 52 789 3165; Fax: +81 52 789 3166; E-mail:
uchikawa@cse.nagoya-u.ac.jp
Abstract: The purpose of this study is to develop an implantable
micro-electrode array, which is made of the conductive polymer, polypyrrole
(PPy). For that purpose, we tried to fabricate micro-patterns of PPy using the
photochemical reaction of oxidative polymerization agents. Moreover, the
conductivity of the micro-pattern was evaluated in terms of pattern width,
length and polymerization time. Experimental results showed that we could
fabricate the micro-patterns, which had a line width of
3 μm. This size was small enough for the purpose mentioned
above. In addition, the conductivities of the micro-patterns were proportional
to their width and length, and could be improved by suitable polymerization
time. These results showed that the micro-patterns seemed to be applicable to a
neural stimulating electrode.
DOI: 10.3233/JAE-2002-498
Journal: International Journal of Applied Electromagnetics and
Mechanics, vol. 14, no. 1-4, pp. 347-352, 2002
Published: 20 December 2002
