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S&M3476 Research Paper of Special Issue https://doi.org/10.18494/SAM4656 Published: December 19, 2023 Conductive Diamond-like Carbon Microneedle Electrode for Electrochemical Sensors [PDF] Takeshi Kondo, Azusa Sato, Masanori Hiratsuka, and Makoto Yuasa (Received September 11, 2023; Accepted October 13, 2023) Keywords: diamond-like carbon (DLC), microneedle electrode, electrochemical detection, electrode fouling
A conductive diamond-like carbon (DLC) electrode was prepared by coating a conductive DLC thin film onto a silicon substrate surface using high-power impulse magnetron sputtering (HiPIMS) and ionization deposition methods. The resulting DLC electrode showed a wide potential window of ~3 V. Its background current was slightly larger than that of the boron-doped diamond (BDD) electrode and much smaller than that of the glassy carbon electrode, indicating that the DLC electrode has electrochemical properties similar to those of the BDD electrode. Electrochemical measurements in phosphate buffer solution (PBS) containing bovine serum albumin (BSA) did not result in electrode fouling, suggesting that the DLC electrode is suitable for highly sensitive electrochemical measurements in biological fluids. Furthermore, conductive DLC was deposited on the tip of a glass needle to fabricate a DLC microneedle (DLC-MN) electrode with a small tip diameter of 600 nm. The DLC-MN electrode exhibited typical microelectrode behavior and was used to determine ascorbic acid and theophylline in PBS containing BSA. With its small tip diameter and excellent fouling resistance, the DLC-MN electrode holds great promise for facilitating highly sensitive and stable local electrochemical sensing or monitoring in vivo.
Corresponding author: Takeshi KondoThis work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. Cite this article Takeshi Kondo, Azusa Sato, Masanori Hiratsuka, and Makoto Yuasa , Conductive Diamond-like Carbon Microneedle Electrode for Electrochemical Sensors, Sens. Mater., Vol. 35, No. 12, 2023, p. 4203-4214. |