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Electrocoating carbon fiber microelectrodes with Nafion improves selectivity for electroactive neurotransmitters

  • M. P. Brazell
  • , R. J. Kasser
  • , K. J. Renner
  • , J. Feng
  • , B. Moghaddam
  • , R. N. Adams

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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 languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)167-172
Number of pages6
JournalJournal of Neuroscience Methods
Volume22
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - Dec 1987
Externally publishedYes

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.

FundersFunder 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 StrokeR01NS008740

    Keywords

    • Carbon fiber microelectrode
    • Chronoamperometry
    • Differential pulse voltammetry
    • Electrocoating
    • Nafion
    • Selectivity

    ASJC Scopus subject areas

    • General Neuroscience

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