1. Fabrication optimisation of carbon fiber electrode with Taguchi method.
- Author
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Cheng CC, Young MS, Chuang CL, and Chang CC
- Subjects
- Action Potentials, Animals, Biomedical Engineering standards, Biomedical Engineering statistics & numerical data, Carbon, Equipment Design, In Vitro Techniques, Quality Control, Sensitivity and Specificity, Synaptic Transmission, Electrodes standards, Electrodes statistics & numerical data
- Abstract
In this study, we describe an optimised procedure for fabricating carbon fiber electrodes using Taguchi quality engineering method (TQEM). The preliminary results show a S/N ratio improvement from 22 to 30 db (decibel). The optimised parameter was tested by using a glass micropipette (0.3 mm outer/2.5 mm inner length of carbon fiber) dipped into PBS solution under 2.9 V triangle-wave electrochemical processing for 15 s, followed by coating treatment of micropipette on 2.6 V DC for 45 s in 5% Nafion solution. It is thus shown that Taguchi process optimisation can improve cost, manufacture time and quality of carbon fiber electrodes.
- Published
- 2003
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