Carbon Nanotube Fiber Microelectrodes Show a Higher Resistance to Dopamine Fouling
Artikel i vetenskaplig tidskrift, 2013

We have compared the properties and resistance to DA fouling of a carbon nanotube fiber (CNTF) microelectrode to a traditional carbon fiber (CF) microelectrode. These two materials show comparable electrochemical activities for outer-sphere and inner-sphere redox reactions. Although the CNTF might have a higher intrinsic RC constant, thus limiting its high-frequency behavior, the CNTF shows a significantly higher durability than the CF in terms of electrode stability. During constant oxidation of 100 mu M DA, the signal measured by the CNTF rnicroelectrode shows a 2-h window over which no decrease in current is observed. Under the same conditions, the current obtained at the CF microelectrode decreases by almost 50%. A model of the fouling process, assuming the formation of growing patches of insulator on the surface, has been compared to the data. This model is found to be in good agreement with our results and indicates a growth rate of the patches in the 0.1-2 nm s(-1) range.

Författare

Wolfgang Harreither

Göteborgs universitet

R. Trouillon

Göteborgs universitet

P. Poulin

Centre de Recherche Paul Pascal

W. Neri

Centre de Recherche Paul Pascal

Andrew Ewing

Göteborgs universitet

Chalmers, Kemi- och bioteknik, Analytisk kemi

Gulnara Safina

Göteborgs universitet

Analytical Chemistry

0003-2700 (ISSN) 1520-6882 (eISSN)

Vol. 85 15 7447-7453

Ämneskategorier

Analytisk kemi

DOI

10.1021/ac401399s

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2017-10-07