Electrostatic Interaction-Based High Tissue Adhesive, Stretchable Microelectrode Arrays for the Electrophysiological Interface

Autor: Gongwei Tian, Yan Liu, Mei Yu, Cuiyuan Liang, Dan Yang, Jianping Huang, Qinyi Zhao, Wei Zhang, Jianhui Chen, Yu Wang, Ping Xu, Zhiyuan Liu, Dianpeng Qi
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 14:4852-4861
ISSN: 1944-8252
1944-8244
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.1c18983
Popis: The drift or fall of stretchable neural microelectrodes from the surface of wet and dynamic tissues severely hampers the adoption of microelectrodes for electrophysiological signal monitoring. Endowing the stretchable electrodes with adhesive ability is an effective way to overcome these problems. Current adhesives form tough adhesion to tissues by covalent interaction, which decreases the biocompatibility of the adhesives. Here, we fabricate a strong electrostatic adhesive (noncovalent interaction), highly conformal, stretchable microelectrode arrays (MEAs) for the electrophysiological interface. This MEA was composed of polypyrrole (PPy) as the electrode material and hydrogel as the stretchable substrate [the cross-linked and copolymerized hydrogel of 2-acrylamido-2-methylpropane sulfonic acid (AMPS), gelatin, chitosan, 2-methoxyethyl acrylate, and acrylic acid is named PAGMA]. Strong and stable electrostatic adhesion (85 kPa) and high stretchability (100%) allow for the integration of PPy MEAs based on the PAGMA hydrogel substrate (PPy-PAGMA MEAs) on diverse wet dynamic tissues. Additionally, by adjusting the concentration of AMPS in PAGMA, the hydrogel (PAGMA-1) can produce tough adhesion to many inorganic and elastomer materials. Finally, the PPy-PAGMA MEAs were toughly and conformally adhered on the rat's subcutaneous muscle and beating heart, and the rat's electrophysiological signals were successfully recorded. The development of these adhesive MEAs offers a promising strategy to establish stable and compliant electrode-tissue interfaces.
Databáze: OpenAIRE