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ArticleIET nanobiotechnology2019

Fabrication of conductive human bio-nanoelectrode from graphene oxide modified with polyvinyl alcohol.

Ashraf Abdel Raheem, Ashraf Mahroos, Mohamed S Mahmoud, Ibrahim Ashour

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Article in IET nanobiotechnology, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2citing papers in PubMed
0.6field-weighted citation impact, top 37% of its field
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2 citing papers in PubMed, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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4 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Ashraf Abdel RaheemDepartment of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Minia University, El-Minya, Egypt. ashraf.engone2010@gmail.com.
Ashraf MahroosDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Minia, University, El-Minya, Egypt.
Mohamed S MahmoudDepartment of Engineering, Collage of Applied Science, Sohar, Sultanate of Oman.
Ibrahim AshourEnvironmental Engineering, Zewail City of Science and Technology, Egypt.
Minia University · EGSohar University · OMZewail City of Science and Technology · EG

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

It is time for electrodes prepared from graphene oxide (GO) to replace the traditional electrodes. However, GO is an electrically insulating material. However, in this study, a conductive electrode was prepared from GO modification with glycerol (GL) under the esterification reaction at 90°C for 3 h with sulphuric acid as a catalyst under vacuum conditions. Polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) acts as a polymer host. It was mixed with GO and modification was carried out under heating conditions. The mixture of the GO/GL/PVA nanocomposite was rapidly cooled and poured into the electrode mould. Finally, it is placed in a desiccator at room temperature for two days. The characterisation (Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction, and scanning electron microscopy) proved that the ester bond was formed and a complete distribution of GO/GL into the matrix of PVA was verified. The GO/GL/PVA nanocomposite was tested for electrocardiogram (ECG) electrodes. The biopic instrument was used to compare the behaviour of the GO/GL/PVA plastic electrode and the commercial one. The results indicated that the GO/GL/PVA plastic electrode efficiently detected ECG signals after two months with high conductivity and lower noise than the commercial electrode. The GO/GL/PVA plastic electrode has been reported for the first time in the literature.

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ElectrodesElectrocardiographyElectroencephalographyEquipment DesignGlycerolGraphiteHumansMaterials TestingNanocompositesOxidesPolyvinyl AlcoholSignal Processing, Computer-AssistedGlycerolGraphiteOxidesPolyvinyl Alcohol

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PMID30964029
PMCPMC8676459
OpenAlexW2886701093

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