• 文献标题:   Flexible micro-sensors with self-assembled graphene on a polyolefin substrate for dopamine detection
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   HE WZ, LIU RT, ZHOU P, LIU QY, CUI TH
  • 作者关键词:   dopamine, ascorbic acid, polyolefin, diffusion, electrochemistry, flexibility
  • 出版物名称:   BIOSENSORS BIOELECTRONICS
  • ISSN:   0956-5663 EI 1873-4235
  • 通讯作者地址:   Univ Minnesota
  • 被引频次:   0
  • DOI:   10.1016/j.bios.2020.112473
  • 出版年:   2020

▎ 摘  要

The electrochemical sensing of dopamine is of great significance for studying and treating neurochemical diseases due to its potential feasibility for in vivo diagnostics. The commonly used sensors suffer from low sensitivity, the interference of ascorbic acid, and poor flexibility. In this paper, the function of electrode substrates including polyolefin, polystyrene, and polyethylene terephthalate films were investigated for their ability to improve electrochemical performances and provide favorable flexibility. The interference from ascorbic acid was cut down to a minimum by reducing the electrochemical resistance and the ascorbic acid diffusion current. The results demonstrate that gold electrodes prepared on polyolefin films exhibit a low charge transfer resistance of about 20 Omega, high sensitivity of dopamine detection (7.8 mu A/mu M), which is about 312 folds that of silicon electrode (0.025 mu A/mu M) and excellent flexibility. Having regulated the fabrication process of graphene by altering self-assembly layers and modification area, the sensor shows a dopamine detection limit of 0.11 mu M in the presence of 500 mu M ascorbic acid, and a sensitivity of 0.33 mu A/mu M. This work is valuable for the further improvement of the sensitivity and selectivity of the electrochemical sensor.