Publications by authors named "Mei-Yen Fang"

Disposable one shot usage blood glucose strips are routinely used in the diagnosis and management of diabetes mellitus and their performance can vary greatly. In this paper we critically evaluated the long-term stability of glucose strips made of barrel plating gold electrodes. Compared to other glucose biosensing platforms of vapor deposited palladium and screen printed carbon electrodes, the proposed glucose biosensor was found to show the best stability among the three biosensing platforms in thermal acceleration experiments at 40 degrees C for 6 months with an average bias of 3.

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We demonstrate here the application of barrel plating gold electrodes for fabricating a new type of disposable amperometric glucose biosensor. It is prepared by inserting two barrel plating gold electrodes onto an injection molding plastic base followed by immobilizing with a bioreagent layer and membrane on the electrode surface. The primary function of barrel plating is to provide an economical way to electroplate manufactured parts.

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Background: Most processes for fabricating biosensors applied to screen-printed carbon electrodes (SPCEs) are complex. This study presents a novel one-step process for manufacturing electrodes for injection-molding biosensors.

Methods: During the sensor-fabrication process, barrel-plated gold electrodes were inserted into an injection-molded base.

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