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ArticleCarbon2019

Carbon nanospikes have better electrochemical properties than carbon nanotubes due to greater surface roughness and defect sites.

Qun Cao, Dale K Hensley, Nickolay V Lavrik, B Jill Venton

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Article in Carbon, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 29 papers.

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29citing papers in PubMed
3.9field-weighted citation impact, top 6% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

29 citing papers in PubMed, 68 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Qun CaoDepartment of Chemistry, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22901.
Dale K HensleyCenter for Nanophase Material Science, Oak Ridge National Lab, Oak Ridge, TN 37831.
Nickolay V LavrikCenter for Nanophase Material Science, Oak Ridge National Lab, Oak Ridge, TN 37831.
B Jill VentonDepartment of Chemistry, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22901.
Oak Ridge National Laboratory · USUniversity of Virginia · US

Funding

Real-Time Measurements of Neurotransmission in Drosphilia melanogasterR01MH085159 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA · PI B. JILL VENTON · 2009 to 2026
$5.9M
Tunable Carbon Electrodes for in vivo Neurotransmitter DetectionR01EB026497 · NIBIB · UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA · PI VENTON, B. JILL · 2018 to 2021
$1.4M
NIBIB NIH HHS R01 EB026497NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH085159
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Carbon nanomaterials are used to improve electrodes for neurotransmitter detection, but what properties are important for maximizing those effects? In this work, we compare a newer form of graphene, carbon nanospikes (CNSs), with carbon nanotubes (CNTs) grown on wires and carbon fibers (CFs). CNS electrodes have a short, dense, defect-filled surface that produces remarkable electrochemical properties, much better than CNTs or CFs. The CNS surface roughness is 5.5 times greater than glassy carbon, while CNTs enhance roughness only 1.8-fold. D/G ratios are higher for CNS electrodes than CNT electrodes, an indication of more defect sites. For cyclic voltammetry of dopamine and ferricyanide, CNSs have both higher currents and smaller ΔE

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PMID31588146
PMCPMC6777722
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