Abstract
A method which improves carbon fiber microelectrode selectivity for cationic amines by electrocoating the fiber with a thin film of the ionic polymer, Nafion, is described. The selectivity and response speed of these electrodes for the detection of electroactive cationic and anionic species found in brain extracellular fluid was evaluated using differential pulse voltammetry and chronoamperometry and compared to uncoated fibers. Carbon fiber microelectrodes electrocoated with Nafion are highly sensitive to cationic amines such as dopamine and serotonin and have minimal sensitivity to anions such as ascorbic acid and uric acid at physiological concentrations.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 167-172 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | Journal of Neuroscience Methods |
| Volume | 22 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Dec 1987 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Funding
This work wa~ supported by a Traveling Fellowship Grant from the United Kingdom Medical Research Council (M.P.B.), NIH Grant NS-08740 (K.J.R.), Javits Neuroscience Investigator Award (R.N.A.), and the University of Kansas Center for Bioanalytical Research High Technology Division (R.J.K.). We are grateful to AVCO Specialty Materials Division, Lowell, MA for donation of carbon fibers and to Charles Rennet for suggesting the electrocoating procedure.
| Funders | Funder number |
|---|---|
| Medical Research Council of the United Kingdom | |
| University of Kansas Center for Bioanalytical Research High Technology Division | |
| Author National Institutes of Health National Institutes of Health National Institutes of Health National Institutes of Health The Bev Hartig Huntington's Disease Foundation National Institutes of Health | |
| National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke | R01NS008740 |
Keywords
- Carbon fiber microelectrode
- Chronoamperometry
- Differential pulse voltammetry
- Electrocoating
- Nafion
- Selectivity
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Neuroscience
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