Fabrication of co-planar screen printed microband electrodes

Jonathan P Metters; Rashid O Kadara; Craig E Banks

doi:10.1039/c3an00268c

Fabrication of co-planar screen printed microband electrodes

Analyst. 2013 May 7;138(9):2516-21. doi: 10.1039/c3an00268c.

Authors

Jonathan P Metters¹, Rashid O Kadara, Craig E Banks

Affiliation

¹ Faculty of Science and Engineering, School of Chemistry and the Environment, Division of Chemistry and Environmental Science, Manchester Metropolitan University, Chester Street, Manchester M1 5GD, Lancs, UK.

PMID: 23505622
DOI: 10.1039/c3an00268c

Abstract

We demonstrate the first example of the fabrication of co-planar 50 μm (width) screen printed graphite microbands (length: 20 mm), fabricated entirely via screen printing which are characterised both microscopically and electrochemically via cyclic voltammetry and evaluated towards the sensing of NADH offering a competitive limit of detection (3σ) of 0.24 μM. The fabricated electrodes are also shown to be extended to gold screen printed microbands which are evaluated towards the sensing of chromium(VI) offering a limit of detection (3σ) of 2.65 μM. These microbands are seen to be the first produced entirely through screen printed technology potentially allowing disposable, mass produced microbands to be realised.