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BIOSENSORS & BIOELECTRONICS
Volume 26, Issue 2, Pages 477-484Publisher
ELSEVIER ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY
DOI: 10.1016/j.bios.2010.07.073
Keywords
Biosensor; Choline; Glutamate; Microprobe array; Enzyme immobilisation
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- EU [IP IST-027017]
- Microsystems Technology Division of the CSEM, Neuchatel, Switzerland
- Medical Research Council [G0001354B, G1000183B, G0001354] Funding Source: researchfish
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Brain-implantable microprobe arrays, 6.5 mm shaft-length, incorporating several recessed Pt microelectrodes (50 mu m x 150 mu m) and an integrated Ag/AgCl reference electrode fabricated by silicon micromachining dry etching techniques (DRIE) are described. The microelectrodes are coated by an enzyme membrane and a semi-permeable m-phenylenediamine layer for the selective detection of the neurotransmitters choline and L-glutamate at physiologically relevant concentrations. The functionalisation is based on electrochemically aided adsorption (EAA) combined with chemical co-cross-linking using glutaraldehyde and electrochemical polymerisation, respectively. These deposition methods are fully compatible with the fabricated microprobe arrays for the simultaneous detection of several analytes in different brain target areas. They are spatially controlled and allow fabricating biosensors on several microelectrodes in parallel or providing a cross-talk-free coating of closely spaced microelectrodes with different enzyme membranes. A sensitivity of 132 +/- 20 mu A mM(-1) cm(-2) for choline and 95 +/- 20 mu A mM(-1) cm(-2) for L-glutamate with limits of detections below 0.5 mu M was obtained. The results of in vitro and in vivo experiments confirm the functional viability of the choline and L-glutamate biosensors. (C) 2010 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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