Michigan State University

Brian L Hassler

Robert Mark Worden

Lawrence T Drzal

Ilsoon Lee

Neeraj Kohli

IIsoon Lee

Robert Y Ofoli

An inexpensive, easily renewable bioelectronic device useful for bioreactors, biosensors, and biofuel cells includes an electrically conductive carbon electrode and a bioelectronic interface bonded to a surface of the electrically conductive carbon electrode, wherein the bioelectronic interface includes catalytically active material that is electrostatically bound directly or indirectly to the electrically conductive carbon electrode to facilitate easy removal upon a change in pH, thereby allowing easy regeneration of the bioelectronic interface.

Renewable bioelectronic interface for electrobiocatalytic reactor

Electrobiocatalytic reactors having reversible bioelectronic interfaces and methods and devices related thereto

A chemical composite useful for preparing a bioelectronic device includes a biologically active compound, such as an enzyme, that is bound directly or indirectly to a polyelectrolyte, which can be reversibly coupled to a chemically treated electrically conductive substrate by electrostatic forces to provide biomimetic sensors, catalyst systems, and other devices having an electrode that can be regenerated and reused. Required or desired cofactors, mediators or the like may be incorporated into the devices, typically by bonding them to the treated substrate and/or the polyelectrolyte.

Customizable and renewable nanostructured interface for bioelectronic applications

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Lake Orion, MI, United States of America

Brian L Hassler