A study of the electrochemical behavior of poly [N-Vinyl carbazole] formed on carbon-fiber microelectrodes and its response to dopamine

IEEE Sensors Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1628-1639

  Ates, Murat ^a   Yilmaz, Koray ^a   Shahryari, Abdullah ^b   Omanovic, Sasha ^b   Sezai Sarac, A ^a  

^a ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Carbon fiber microelectrode (CFME); Conducting polymer films; Cyclic voltammetry (CV); Dopamine; Poly N vinyl carbazole (NVCz)

Indexed keywords

ABS RESINS; MICROELECTRODES;

CARBON FIBER MICROELECTRODE (CFME); CONDUCTING POLYMER FILMS; CYCLIC VOLTAMMETRY (CV); DOPAMINE; POLY [N-VINYL CARBAZOLE] (NVCZ);

CARBON FIBERS;

EID: 51749083257     PISSN: 1530437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSEN.2008.929069     Document Type: Article

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