Journal
ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES
Volume 8, Issue 1, Pages 187-196Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.5b08327
Keywords
multichannel neural probe; rGO/Au2O3 nanocomposite; electrophysiology; neurochemistry; stroke
Funding
- Ministry of Science and Technology the Republic of China, Taiwan [MOST 102-2221-E-010-011-MY3, 102-2221-E-009-024-MY3]
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Implantable microelectrode arrays have attracted considerable interest due to their high temporal and spatial resolution recording of neuronal activity in tissues. We herein presented an implantable multichannel neural probe with multiple real-time monitoring of neural-chemical and neural-electrical signals by a nonenzymatic neural-chemical interface, which was designed by creating the newly developed reduced graphene oxide-gold oxide (rGO/Au2O3) nanocomposite electrode. The modified electrode on the neural probe was prepared by a facile one-step cyclic voltammetry (CV) electrochemical method with simultaneous occurrence of gold oxidation and GOs reduction to induce the intimate attachment by electrostatic interaction using chloride ions (Cl-). The rGO/Au2O3-modified electrode at a low deposition scan rate of 10 mVs(-1) displayed significantly improved electrocatalytic activity due to large active areas and well-dispersive attached rGO sheets. The in vitro amperometric response to H2O2 demonstrated a fast response of less than 5 s and a very low detection limit of 0.63 mu M. In in vivo hyperacute stroke model, the concentration of H2O2 was measured as 100.48 +/- 4.52 mu M for rGO/Au2O3 electrode within 1 h photothrombotic stroke, which was much higher than that (71.92 mu M +/- 2.52 mu M) for noncoated electrode via in vitro calibration. Simultaneously, the somatosensory-evoked potentials (SSEPs) test provided reliable and precise validation for detecting functional changes of neuronal activities. This newly developed implantable probe with localized rGO/Au2O3 nanocomposite electrode can serve as a rapid and reliable sensing platform for practical H2O2 detection in the brain or for other neural-chemical molecules in vivo.
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