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Nanocomposite Carbon‐PDMS Material for Chip‐Based Electrochemical Detection
Author(s) -
Brun Mathieu,
Chateaux JeanFrançois,
Deman AnneLaure,
Pittet Patrick,
Ferrigno Rosaria
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
electroanalysis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.574
H-Index - 128
eISSN - 1521-4109
pISSN - 1040-0397
DOI - 10.1002/elan.201000321
Subject(s) - polydimethylsiloxane , materials science , carbon black , electrode , electrochemistry , nanocomposite , fabrication , carbon fibers , nanotechnology , microfluidics , conductivity , chemical engineering , composite material , chemistry , composite number , medicine , natural rubber , alternative medicine , pathology , engineering
This paper presents an alternative approach to create low‐cost and patternable carbon electrodes suitable for microfluidic devices. The fabrication and the electrochemical performances of electrodes made of Polydimethylsiloxane doped with commercially available carbon black (C‐PDMS) are described. Conductivity and electrochemical measurements performed on various carbon to PDMS ratios showed that electrodes with suitable electrochemical properties were obtained with a ratio of 25 %.