Pencil Lead as a Material for Microfluidic 3D-Electrode Assemblies
Institute of Physical Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences, Kasprzaka 44/52, 01-224 Warsaw, Poland
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Sensors 2018, 18(11), 4037; https://doi.org/10.3390/s18114037
Received: 8 October 2018
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Revised: 13 November 2018
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Accepted: 15 November 2018
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Published: 19 November 2018
(This article belongs to the Section Chemical Sensors)
We present an electrochemical, microfluidic system with a working electrode based on an ordered 3D array of pencil leads. The electrode array was integrated into a plexiglass/PDMS channel. We tested the setup using a simple redox probe and compared the results with computer simulations. As a proof of concept application of the device we showed that the setup can be used for determination of dopamine concentration in physiological pH and ultrasensitive, although only qualitative, detection of p-nitrophenol with a limit of detection below 1 nmol L−1. The observed limit of detection for p-nitrophenol is not only much lower than achieved with similar methods but also sufficient for evaluation of exposure to pesticides such as methyl parathion through urinalysis. This low cost setup can be fabricated without the need for clean room facilities and in the future, due to the ordered structure of the electrode could be used to better understand the process of electroanalysis and electrode functionalization. To the best of our knowledge it is the first application of pencil leads as 3D electrochemical sensor in a microfluidic channel.
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Keywords:
pencil graphite electrode (PGE); microfluidics; 3D electrode
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Witkowska Nery, E.; Kundys-Siedlecka, M.; Furuya, Y.; Jönsson-Niedziółka, M. Pencil Lead as a Material for Microfluidic 3D-Electrode Assemblies. Sensors 2018, 18, 4037. https://doi.org/10.3390/s18114037
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Witkowska Nery E, Kundys-Siedlecka M, Furuya Y, Jönsson-Niedziółka M. Pencil Lead as a Material for Microfluidic 3D-Electrode Assemblies. Sensors. 2018; 18(11):4037. https://doi.org/10.3390/s18114037
Chicago/Turabian StyleWitkowska Nery, Emilia, Magdalena Kundys-Siedlecka, Yoshitaka Furuya, and Martin Jönsson-Niedziółka. 2018. "Pencil Lead as a Material for Microfluidic 3D-Electrode Assemblies" Sensors 18, no. 11: 4037. https://doi.org/10.3390/s18114037
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