We describe the concept of a dry electrode sensor for biopotential measurement applications (ENOBIO) designed to eliminate the noise and inconvenience associated to the use of electrolytic gel. ENOBIO uses nanotechnology to remove gel-related noise, as well as maintaining a good contact impedance to minimise interference noise. The contact surface of the electrode will be covered with an array/forest of carbon nanotubes and will also be tested with an Ag/AgCl coating to provide ionic-electronic transduction. The nanotubes are to penetrate the outer layers of the skin, the Stratum Corneum, improving electrical contact. We discuss requirements, skin properties, nanotube penetration and transduction, noise sources, prototype design logic and biocompatibility. A future paper will report test results.
Cite
@article{arxiv.physics/0510145,
title = {A dry electrophysiology electrode using CNT arrays},
author = {Giulio Ruffini and Stephen Dunne and Esteve Farres and Josep Marco-Pallares and Chris Ray and Ernest Mendoza and Ravi Silva and Carles Grau},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:physics/0510145},
year = {2007}
}
Comments
Submitted to Sensors and Actuators, Proceedings of Eurosensors XIX, Barcelona, Spain, 2005. Figure 2 corrected, references corrected