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Nature Research, Scientific Reports, 1(6), 2016

DOI: 10.1038/srep20682

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All-carbon multi-electrode array for real-time in vitro measurements of oxidizable neurotransmitters

Journal article published in 2016 by Federico Picollo ORCID, Alfio Battiato, Ettore Bernardi, Marilena Plaitano, Claudio Franchino, Sara Gosso, Alberto Pasquarelli, Emilio Carbone, Paolo Olivero, Valentina Carabelli
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Abstract

AbstractWe report on the ion beam fabrication of all-carbon multi electrode arrays (MEAs) based on 16 graphitic micro-channels embedded in single-crystal diamond (SCD) substrates. The fabricated SCD-MEAs are systematically employed for the in vitro simultaneous amperometric detection of the secretory activity from populations of chromaffin cells, demonstrating a new sensing approach with respect to standard techniques. The biochemical stability and biocompatibility of the SCD-based device combined with the parallel recording of multi-electrodes array allow: i) a significant time saving in data collection during drug screening and/or pharmacological tests over a large number of cells, ii) the possibility of comparing altered cell functionality among cell populations, and iii) the repeatition of acquisition runs over many cycles with a fully non-toxic and chemically robust bio-sensitive substrate.