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ArticleSensors (Basel, Switzerland)2021

Me-Doped Ti-Me Intermetallic Thin Films Used for Dry Biopotential Electrodes: A Comparative Case Study.

Cláudia Lopes, Patrique Fiedler, Marco Sampaio Rodrigues, Joel Borges, Maurizio Bertollo, Eduardo Alves, Nuno Pessoa Barradas, Silvia Comani, Jens Haueisen, Filipe Vaz

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Article in Sensors (Basel, Switzerland), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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10 authors.

Cláudia LopesCentro de Física das Universidades do Minho e Porto, Universidade do Minho, Campus de Gualtar, 4710-057 Braga, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0002-8266-0111
Patrique FiedlerInstitute of Biomedical Engineering and Informatics, Technische Universität Ilmenau, 98693 Ilmenau, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-9196-0717
Marco Sampaio RodriguesCentro de Física das Universidades do Minho e Porto, Universidade do Minho, Campus de Gualtar, 4710-057 Braga, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0003-3291-0925
Joel BorgesCentro de Física das Universidades do Minho e Porto, Universidade do Minho, Campus de Gualtar, 4710-057 Braga, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0001-7421-6902
Maurizio BertolloBehavioral Imaging and Neural Dynamics Center, University "G. d'Annunzio" of Chieti-Pescara, 66100 Chieti, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-0972-9178
Eduardo AlvesInstituto de Plasmas e Fusão Nuclear, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Av. Rovisco Pais 1, 1049-001 Lisboa, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0003-0633-8937
Nuno Pessoa BarradasCentro de Ciências e Tecnologias Nucleares, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa EN10, 2695-066 Bobadela, Portugal.
Silvia ComaniBehavioral Imaging and Neural Dynamics Center, University "G. d'Annunzio" of Chieti-Pescara, 66100 Chieti, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-8100-457X
Jens HaueisenInstitute of Biomedical Engineering and Informatics, Technische Universität Ilmenau, 98693 Ilmenau, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-3871-2890
Filipe VazCentro de Física das Universidades do Minho e Porto, Universidade do Minho, Campus de Gualtar, 4710-057 Braga, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0001-5506-996X

Funding

European Regional Development Fund; COMPETE2020; Portugal 2020 NORTE-01-0247-FEDER-046985European Regional Development Fund; COMPETE2020; Portugal 2020 POCI-01-0247-FEDER-045908European Union 610950Free State of Thuringia, Germany 2018 IZN 004
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In a new era for digital health, dry electrodes for biopotential measurement enable the monitoring of essential vital functions outside of specialized healthcare centers. In this paper, a new type of nanostructured titanium-based thin film is proposed, revealing improved biopotential sensing performance and overcoming several of the limitations of conventional gel-based electrodes such as reusability, durability, biocompatibility, and comfort. The thin films were deposited on stainless steel (SS) discs and polyurethane (PU) substrates to be used as dry electrodes, for non-invasive monitoring of body surface biopotentials. Four different Ti-Me (Me = Al, Cu, Ag, or Au) metallic binary systems were prepared by magnetron sputtering. The morphology of the resulting Ti-Me systems was found to be dependent on the chemical composition of the films, specifically on the type and amount of Me. The existence of crystalline intermetallic phases or glassy amorphous structures also revealed a strong influence on the morphological features developed by the different systems. The electrodes were tested in an in-vivo study on 20 volunteers during sports activity, allowing study of the application-specific characteristics of the dry electrodes, based on Ti-Me intermetallic thin films, and evaluation of the impact of the electrode-skin impedance on biopotential sensing. The electrode-skin impedance results support the reusability and the high degree of reliability of the Ti-Me dry electrodes. The Ti-Al films revealed the least performance as biopotential electrodes, while the Ti-Au system provided excellent results very close to the Ag/AgCl reference electrodes.

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NanostructuresTitaniumElectric ImpedanceElectrodesHumansReproducibility of ResultsTitaniumbinary intermetallic systemsbiopotential measurementelectrode–skin impedancepolymersthin-filmsTi–Me dry electrodes

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PMCPMC8662430

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