Bioelectrical Signal Detection Using Conducting Polymer Electrodes and the Displacement Current Method
Inácio, P.
;
Mestre, A. G.
;
Medeiros, M. C. R.
;
Asgarifar, S.
;
Elamine, Y.
; Canudo, J.
; Santos, J.
; Bragança, J.
;
Morgado, J.
; Biscarini, F.
;
Gomes, H.L.
IEEE Sensors Journal Vol. 17, Nº 13, pp. 3961 - 3966, July, 2017.
ISSN (print): 1530-437X
ISSN (online): 1558-1748
Scimago Journal Ranking: 0,62 (in 2017)
Digital Object Identifier: 10.1109/JSEN.2017.2703834
Abstract
Conducting polymer electrodes based on poly
(3, 4 ethylenedioxythiophene):polystyrene sulfonate were used
to record electrophysiological signals from autonomous cardiac
contractile cells present in embryoid bodies. Signal detection was
carried out by measuring the displacement current across the
polymer/electrolyte double-layer capacitance, and compared with
voltage detection. While for relatively low capacitance electrodes,
the voltage amplification provides higher signal quality, and
for high capacitive electrodes, the displacement current method
exhibits a higher signal-to-noise ratio. It is proposed that the
displacement current method combined with high capacitive
polymer-based electrodes is adequate to measure clusters of
cells and whole organs. Our approach has a great potential in
fundamental studies of drug discovery and safety pharmacology
