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A novel composite gold/gold nanoparticles/carbon nanotube electrode for frequency-stable micro-electrical impedance tomography

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A novel electrode structure is introduced for micro-electrical impedance tomography. The composite electrode structure is made up of gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) and carbon nanotube (CNT) which are deposited on the surface. The nanostructure-based composition of electrodes improved the effective surface area, increased the double-layer capacitance of electrodes, and enhanced the electron transfer on the electrode–analyte interface. The proposed electrodes exhibit lower frequency-dependent electrical properties in impedance measurement.

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This article has been extracted from thesis written by Ms. Zahra Rezanejad Gatabi in School of Medicine. Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences (Registration No. M 374).

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  1. Department of Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, School of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

    Zahra Rezanejad Gatabi & Pezhman Sasanpour

  2. Institute for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran

    Raheleh Mohammadpour

  3. MSEC Department, Texas State University, San Marcos, TX, USA

    Javad Rezanejad Gatabi

  4. Amol Faculty of Paramedical Sciences, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran

    Mehri Mirhoseini

  5. School of Nanoscience, Institute for Research in Fundamental Sciences (IPM), 19395-5531, Tehran, Iran

    Pezhman Sasanpour

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Rezanejad Gatabi, Z., Mohammadpour, R., Rezanejad Gatabi, J. et al. A novel composite gold/gold nanoparticles/carbon nanotube electrode for frequency-stable micro-electrical impedance tomography. J Mater Sci: Mater Electron 31, 10803–10810 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-020-03631-0

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