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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Nov 27.
Published in final edited form as: Microsyst Nanoeng. 2015 Jun 29;1(1):15010. doi: 10.1038/micronano.2015.10

Figure 1.

Figure 1

Steps for fabricating ECM-based intracortical neural microelectrodes. (a)–(c) Steps for fabricating the ultra-thin parylene/conductor core; (d) electrochemical deposition of nanoporous Pt on the recording sites; (e)–(f) magnetic-assisted micropatterning of the top Matrigel layer; (g) illustration of the ECM-NEs after laser ablation. (h) A representative ECM-NE device and an enlarged view of the electrode tip. (i)–(k) SEM images of the cross-sectional areas of ECM-NEs: (i) the full device; (j) collagen; and (k) Matrigel.