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Bridging the Bio-Electronic Interface with Biofabrication
Published on: June 6, 2012
A novel enzymatic bioelectrode system combining a redox hydrogel with a carbon NanoWeb
Shannon J Little1, Stephen F Ralph, Nicolas Mano
1ARC Centre of Excellence for Electromaterials Science, Intelligent Polymer Research Institute, University of Wollongong, New South Wales 2522, Australia.
Abstract:
A novel bioelectrode system has been prepared in which an enzyme and a conducting polymer hydrogel are combined in a nanostructured scaffold. The latter consists of fibres of carbon NanoWeb, grown by chemical vapour deposition onto reticulated vitreous carbon (RVC). The catalytic currents produced by this new bioelectrode system are significantly larger than those obtained using conventional electrodes.

