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ArticleSensors (Basel, Switzerland)2024

MXene-Based Flexible Electrodes for Electrophysiological Monitoring.

Meera Alex, Kashif Rast Baz Khan, Amani Al-Othman, Mohammad H Al-Sayah, Hasan Al Nashash

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Article in Sensors (Basel, Switzerland), 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5 authors.

Meera AlexBiosciences and Bioengineering Graduate Program, American University of Sharjah, Sharjah P.O. Box 26666, United Arab Emirates.ORCID 0000-0002-5624-7550
Kashif Rast Baz KhanBiosciences and Bioengineering Graduate Program, American University of Sharjah, Sharjah P.O. Box 26666, United Arab Emirates.ORCID 0009-0002-2839-7866
Amani Al-OthmanDepartment of Chemical and Biological Engineering, American University of Sharjah, Sharjah P.O. Box 26666, United Arab Emirates.ORCID 0000-0002-2578-9824
Mohammad H Al-SayahDepartment of Biology, Chemistry and Environmental Sciences, American University of Sharjah, Sharjah P.O. Box 26666, United Arab Emirates.ORCID 0000-0001-6321-0556
Hasan Al NashashDepartment of Electrical Engineering, American University of Sharjah, Sharjah P.O. Box 26666, United Arab Emirates.ORCID 0000-0002-9685-4937

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The advancement of flexible electrodes triggered research on wearables and health monitoring applications. Metal-based bioelectrodes encounter low mechanical strength and skin discomfort at the electrode-skin interface. Thus, recent research has focused on the development of flexible surface electrodes with low electrochemical resistance and high conductivity. This study investigated the development of a novel, flexible, surface electrode based on a MXene/polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS)/glycerol composite. MXenes offer the benefit of featuring highly conductive transition metals with metallic properties, including a group of carbides, nitrides, and carbonitrides, while PDMS exhibits inherent biostability, flexibility, and biocompatibility. Among the various MXene-based electrode compositions prepared in this work, those composed of 15% and 20% MXene content were further evaluated for their potential in electrophysiological sensing applications. The samples underwent a range of characterization techniques, including electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS), cyclic voltammetry (CV), as well as mechanical and bio-signal sensing from the skin. The experimental findings indicated that the compositions demonstrated favorable bulk impedances of 280 and 111 Ω, along with conductivities of 0.462 and 1.533 mS/cm, respectively. Additionally, they displayed promising electrochemical stability, featuring charge storage densities of 0.665 mC/cm

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ElectrodesWearable Electronic DevicesBiosensing TechniquesDielectric SpectroscopyDimethylpolysiloxanesElectric ConductivityElectric ImpedanceElectrochemical TechniquesElectrophysiological PhenomenaGlycerolHumansMonitoring, PhysiologicbaysilonDimethylpolysiloxanesGlycerolbioelectrodeselectrophysiologyflexible and wearable electronicsMXene

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