Material and Tools

Tools

	Product name	Company/Provider	Product number	Comments
Tetrode fabrication	Arduino Tetrode Twister	Labmaker	---
Tetrode fabrication	Fince scissors tungsten carbide	Fine scientific tools	14568-09	use exclusively for tetrode cutting
Tetrode fabrication	Dumont Forceps	Fine scientific tools	91150-20 & 91197-00
Tetrode fabrication	Epoxy coated forceps	Fine scientific tools	911220-21
Electroplating	NanoZ with ADPT-nanoZ_NN-32 adapter	White matter LLC or Multichannel Systems	---	---
3D resin printer	Photon Anycubic	Anycubic	----
3D print UV postcuring	NailStar NS-01	TheBodySource on amazon	---	any nail polish lamp works, intead of an expensive 3D print curing UV lamp
Motorized drill/grinder/cutter	Professional drill/grinder IBS/E	Proxxon	NO 28 481	used to cut metal cannulas and deburr/smooth them
Slot screwdriver	PicoFinish 260 P	Wiha	42388	2 mm slotted
Drilling	0.8 mm tungsten carbide burr	Bungard	81008
Drilling	1 mm drill	amazon	---	any works
Drilling	Mini hand held drill	amazon	---
Thread cutter		M1 x 0.25 HSS (high-speed steel) cut	amazon
Soldering	Soldering station	e.g. jbc tools	2-tool nano soldering station	any model with small tips is fine


Tetrode wire	Tungsten 99.95% CS HFV NATRL	California Fine Wire company	06051901	30 m, 12.5 µm diameter, HFV insulation, in Europe it can be also bought at axona.com
Tetrode wire fixation	Large EIB Pins, 1000 pack	Neuralynx
Plating	Gold Non-Cyanide (31 gr/L)	Sifico Asc	80535500	store in the dark
Wire	Silver wire	Science Products	AG-5W	for reference and ground wire, before implantation end of reference was chlorinated
EIB protection	3140 RTV Coating	Dow Corning	2767996	gold pin protection
Connector	0.5mm Pitch SMT Board-to-Board Connector DF 12 Series	Hirose	DF12(3.0)-36DS-0.5V(86)-CL0537	all models with 36 contacts possible
Connector	NPD-36-DD-GS	Omnetics	A79022-001	for adaptor to Intan
EIB	Electrical interface Board, Printed Circuit Board	JLCPCB	---	vendors, design files
Soldering	Solder tin	-	-	any available: diameter 0.5 mm; lead-free with silver and copper portion


Photosensitive Resin	Model Resin, Cherry	HARZ Labs LLC	---	high mechanical property, durable, non-shrinking, and odorless

These parts are easily available at many local vendors, for instance: model making shops for the small nuts and screws


Screw	Stainless steel slotted cheese head screw: DIN 84 / ISO 1207, M1 x 10 mm long	any regional distributor	-	equivalent norms: CSN 021131, PN 82215, UNI 6107
Nut	brass M1 nut DIN 934	any regional distributor	-	equivalent norms: DIN En 24032, Iso 4032, CSN 021401, PN 82144, UNI 558, EU 24032
UV glue	Loctite 4305	Loctite	-
Cannula	Stainless-steel cannula tubing, outer diameter 1 mm	any regional distributor	-	ask institute workshop, for guide and support cannula, inside diameter is flexible: needs to fit only tetrodes and fiber
Implantation protection	KY jelly classic	KY	-	gel protection around the tetrode and optical fiber before applying dental cement
Protection	Parafilm All-purpose laboratory film	sigmaaldrich, amazone	-	should be available in any lab


Fiber	0.22 NA Multimode fiber	Thorlabs	UM22-100	100-micrometer core, optogenetic stimulation
Ferrule	Ceramic Ferrule	Thorlabs	CFLC128-10	for UM22-100 fiber
Fiber	0.5 NA Multimode fiber	Thorlabs	FP200URT	100-micrometer core, low-autofluorescence photometry
Ferrule	Stainless Steel Ferrule	Thorlabs	SFLC230-10	for FP200URT fiber
Fiber protection	Hytrel furcation tubing with Kevlar threads	Thorlabs	FT900KY	Kevlar tubing
Epoxy	Fiber Connector Expoxy	Thorlabs	353NDPK	connecting ferrule and fiber