Redox reaction [Fe(CN)6] 3– / [Fe(CN)6] 4– has been studied with a Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube (SWCNT)-coated Glassy Carbon Electrode (GCE), SWCNT-coated Gold Electrode (GE) and a lab-made SWCNT-TPLF (SWCNT-Thin-Paper-Like-Film) Electrode. The SWCNT-modified electrode has shown a well-defined redox peak compared to bare electrodes. Cyclic voltammetry was used in 50.0 × 10–3 M aqueous solution...

The purpose of our study is to evaluate the feasibility of room-temperature wedge-wedge bonding using commercially available 25 μm copper wires, coated with aluminum. Bonding quality, reliability and aging resistance of the wire bonds have been investigated using standard wire pull tests immediately after bonding and after accelerated life tests, including temperature storage at 125 °C and 150 ...

A simplified method to manufacture durable, glass-insulated, tungsten microelectrodes with sufficient control of the final electrode impedance is described. This method requires only two instruments, an electrolytic etcher for wires and pipette puller, for manufacturing these electrodes. The manufacture of these electrodes involves 3 steps: (1) etching tungsten wire to sharpen the tip, (2) insu...

Staphylococcus comprises up to two-thirds of all pathogens in orthopaedic implant infections with two species respectively Staphylococcus aureus and Staphylococcus epidermidis, being the predominate etiological agents isolated. Further, with the emergence of methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA), treatment of S. aureus implant infections has become more difficult, thus representing a devastati...

The Melbourne/Cochlear multiple-electrode extracochlear implant is designed for deaf patients who are unsuited to multiple-electrode intracochlear implantation. The implant consists of a receiver-stimulator package connected via a lead wire assembly to six individual stimulating electrodes. There is a choice of two alternative surgical procedures, both of which are via a combined middle ear app...

An alumina surface coating is demonstrated to improve electrochemical performance of MoO(3) nanoparticles as high capacity/high-volume expansion anodes for Li-ion batteries. Thin, conformal surface coatings were grown using atomic layer deposition (ALD) that relies on self-limiting surface reactions. ALD coatings were tested on both individual nanoparticles and prefabricated electrodes containi...

In this work, polyimide (PI) was coated onto an ultrafine gilt molybdenum wire in order to protect the gilt surface and prepare an electrically stable wire mesh material which can be widely used in space. The surface of the PI-coated gilt molybdenum wires was characterized using FTIR, SEM, and EDS. Factors such as temperature stability of the PI coating, mechanical properties of the PI-coated g...