Tian Pan, Chen Chaoyang, Hu Jie, Qi Jin, Wang Qianghua, Chen Jimmy Ching-Ming, Cavanaugh John, Peng Yinghong, Cheng Mark Ming-Cheng
State Key Laboratory of Mechanical System and Vibration, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China.
Department of Biomedical Engineering, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, USA.
Biomed Microdevices. 2017 Nov 23;20(1):4. doi: 10.1007/s10544-017-0247-3.
Three-dimensional (3D) printing is an emerging technique in the field of biomedical engineering and electronics. This paper presents a novel biofabrication method of implantable carbon electrodes with several advantages including fast prototyping, patient-specific and miniaturization without expensive cleanroom. The method combines stereolithography in additive manufacturing and chemical modification processes to fabricate electrically conductive carbon electrodes. The stereolithography allows the structures to be 3D printed with very fine resolution and desired shapes. The resin is then chemically modified to carbon using pyrolysis to enhance electrochemical performance. The electrochemical characteristics of 3D printing carbon electrodes are assessed by cyclic voltammetry (CV) and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS). The specific capacitance of 3D printing carbon electrodes is much higher than the same sized platinum (Pt) electrode. In-vivo electromyography (EMG) recording, 3D printing carbon electrodes exhibit much higher signal-to-noise ratio (40.63 ± 7.73) than Pt electrodes (14.26 ± 6.83). The proposed biofabrication method is envisioned to enable 3D printing in many emerging applications in biomedical engineering and electronics.
三维(3D)打印是生物医学工程和电子领域的一项新兴技术。本文提出了一种新型的可植入碳电极生物制造方法,该方法具有多种优点,包括快速成型、个性化定制以及无需昂贵的洁净室即可实现小型化。该方法将增材制造中的立体光刻技术与化学改性工艺相结合,以制造导电碳电极。立体光刻技术使结构能够以非常高的分辨率和所需形状进行3D打印。然后通过热解将树脂化学改性为碳,以提高电化学性能。通过循环伏安法(CV)和电化学阻抗谱(EIS)评估3D打印碳电极的电化学特性。3D打印碳电极的比电容远高于相同尺寸的铂(Pt)电极。在体内肌电图(EMG)记录中,3D打印碳电极的信噪比(40.63±7.73)远高于Pt电极(14.26±6.83)。所提出的生物制造方法有望在生物医学工程和电子领域的许多新兴应用中实现3D打印。