A flexible parylene microelectrodes array modified by sputtered iridium oxide film (SIROF) for electrical recording and stimulation has been successfully fabricated.
The SIROF markedly reduces the impedance and increases the charge storage capacity (CSC) of the microelectrode.
The averaged thermal noise amplitude for SIROF recording sites is 3.83 ± 1.02 μV which is only 10.4% of the Au recording sites as 36.87 ± 21.39 μV.
The maximum SNR of SIROF microelectrode and bare gold microelectrode could reach 29.27 dB and 0.47 dB, respectively.
The preliminary animal experiments validated the feasibility of SIROF microelectrode in electrical stimulation based on the three-axis force responses and torque responses.