Fabrication of High-Density and Superuniform Gold Nanoelectrode Arrays for Electrochemical Fluorescence Imaging

Anal Chem. 2020 Oct 6;92(19):13493-13499. doi: 10.1021/acs.analchem.0c02918. Epub 2020 Sep 15.

Abstract

Nanoelectrode arrays have been widely used in electroanalytical applications. The challenge is to develop low-cost and simple approaches to the fabrication of superuniform and ultrasmall nanoelectrode arrays for improving analytical performance and imaging resolution. Here, superuniform and high-density gold nanoelectrode arrays with tunable electrode diameters and interelectrode distances have been fabricated by electrodeposition, followed by a simple mechanical polishing process. The fabricated free-standing arrays have a high density (108 cm-2) of nanoelectrodes (60, 140, and 200 nm in diameter), and can be used as closed bipolar electrode arrays to image electrochemical heterogeneity with micrometer spatial resolution. With the help of a confocal microscope, individual nanoelectrodes can be visualized and resolved from the reflected light. Thus, the nanoelectrode arrays are promising in electrochemical imaging with high spatial resolution.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't