Bioresorbable Silicon Nanomembranes and Iron Catalyst Nanoparticles for Flexible, Transient Electrochemical Dopamine Monitors

  • Hyun Seung Kim
  • , Seung Min Yang
  • , Tae Min Jang
  • , Nuri Oh
  • , Hee Soo Kim
  • , Suk Won Hwang*
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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    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.

    Original languageEnglish
    Article number1801071
    JournalAdvanced Healthcare Materials
    Volume7
    Issue number24
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2018 Dec 19

    Bibliographical note

    Funding Information:
    H.-S.K. and S.M.Y. contributed equally to this work. This work was supported by KU-KIST Graduate School of Converging Science and Technology Program, KU Future Research Grant, the KIST project (2E27930), and Basic Science Research Program through the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) funded by the Ministry of science, ICT & Future Planning (grant NRF-2017R1E1A1A01075027).

    Publisher Copyright:
    © 2018 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim

    Keywords

    • bioresorbable
    • dopamine sensors
    • flexible
    • iron catalyst
    • transient

    ASJC Scopus subject areas

    • Biomaterials
    • Biomedical Engineering
    • Pharmaceutical Science

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