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15 - General Engineering
University of Edinburgh (joint submission with Heriot-Watt University)
A systematic study of the influence of nanoelectrode dimensions on electrode performance and the implications for electroanalysis and sensing
Through simulation, theoretical analysis and measurement we describe the first nanoscale electrode array architecture fabricated using standard microscale lithography that has nanoscale electrodes positioned in an array with sub-micron accuracy. These arrays have a 1000 fold increase in detection sensitivity compared with a microelectrode of comparable electrode area. This technology formed part of the £1.5M EPSRC/IeMRC Smart Microsystems (FS/01/02/10) Flagship project (plus £1.3M industrial contribution) and underpinned the formation of Nanoflex (Neville Freeman, email available) which has received £0.5M funding to exploit the electrode architecture. Parallel nuclear electrode R&D programmes incorporating the technology includes REFINE (EP/J000779/1 £1.1M) and SACSESS (EU-323282).
