Abstract
Micromachined glucose sensors were fabricated and integrated with the plasma-treated Ag/AgCl reference electrodes for the first time. The surface of the Cl-plasma exposed AgCl layers was of granule-shaped morphology and showed the favorable long-term stability with a 13-mV potential drift after 5 h over a commercial liquid-junction Ag/AgCl reference electrode in phosphate buffered saline. The fabricated devices showed a typical behavior of an amperometric glucose sensor and a successful operation as a three-electrode system. Due to the integrability of the reference electrode and the use of low-temperature steps only, the new micromachined process can allow easy mass production of the device and the monolithic integration of signal processing circuitry in the future.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 267-273 |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| Journal | IEEE Sensors Journal |
| Volume | 3 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Jun 2003 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:Manuscript received March 15, 2002; revised December 4, 2002. This work was supported by the Nano Bioelectronics and Systems Research Center (NBS-ERC), Korean Science of Engineering Foundation, Korea. The associate editor coordinating the review of this paper and approving it for publication was Dr. Michael V. Pishko.
Keywords
- Mass production
- Micromachined glucose sensor
- Monolithic integration
- Plasma-treated Ag/AgCl reference electrode
- Potential drift