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Hyun-Seung Kim1, Seung Min Yang1, Tae-Min Jang1
1KU-KIST Graduate School of Converging Science and Technology, Korea University, 145 Anam-ro, Seongbuk-gu, Seoul, 02841, Republic of Korea.
Abstract:
A strategy of materials synthesis, characteristic evaluations, and manufacturing process for a mechanically elastic, biologically safe silicon-based dopamine detector that is designed to be completely transient, i.e., dissolved in water and/or biofluids, potentially in the brain after a desired period of operation, is introduced. Use of inexpensive, bioresorbable iron (Fe)-based nanoparticles (NPs) is one of the attractive choices for efficient catalytic oxidation of dopamine as an alternative for noble, nontransient platinum (Pt) nanoparticles, based on extensive studies of synthesized materials and catalytic reactions. Arrays of transient dopamine sensors validate electrochemical functionality to determine physiological levels of dopamine and to selectively sense dopamine in a variety of neurotransmitters, illuminating feasibilities for a higher level of soft, transient electronic implants integrated with other components of overall system.
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