Chemical Sensors and Biosensors Fundamentals and Applications

by Banica, Florinel-gabriel

• ISBN13: 9780470710678
• ISBN10: 0470710675
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2012-10-04
• Publisher: Wiley

Summary

The book is evolved out of a lecture course given at the Norwegian Science and Technology since 1998, and will provide a description of the fundamentals of chemical sensors, with an emphasis on basic principles. Due attention will be paid to classical topics in the field but, at the same time, this book will highlight contemporary challenges. It will include recent advances caused by the advent of new concepts, materials and technologies, for example micro-electromechanical systems, nanotechnology and nanomaterials, quantum dots, bio-composites, molecular imprinting, lab-on-a-chip and microfluidics. Provisional TOC: Introduction; Chemical recognition general features; Theoretical principles an overview; Potentiometric sensors; Field effect devices-based chemical sensors; Amperometric sensors; Electrochemical impedance spectrometry; Fibre optic chemical sensors; piezoelectric and acoustic devices; Solid-state gas sensors; Applications of chemical sensors and biosensors; Advanced topics; Appendix laboratory exercises. The book will also contain mathematical calculation exercises (with solutions), and a guide to Laboratory exercises as an inspiration for experimental projects. An accompanying website will contain colour illustrations and Powerpoint slides.

Author Biography

Dr Florinel-Gabriel BANICA is Associate Professor at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Dept of Chemistry. Prior to this he was at the Technical University of Bucharest, Romania. Florin’s research is focused on bioelectrochemistry, and functionalized materials for chemical sensor applications. He teaches undergraduate courses on analytical chemistry, instrumental analysis, electroanalytical chemistry and physical chemistry, and graduate courses on atomic spectrometry and chemical sensors and biosensors (on which this book is based).

Table of Contents

1 What are Chemical Sensors? 1

2 Protein Structure and Properties 21

3 Enzymes and Enzymatic Sensors 28

4 Mathematical Modeling of Enzymatic Sensors 50

5 Materials and Methods in Chemical-Sensor Manufacturing 66

6 Affinity-Based Recognition 101

7 Nucleic Acids in Chemical Sensors 118

8 Nanomaterial Applications in Chemical Sensors 135

9 Thermochemical Sensors 157

10 Potentiometric Sensors 165

11 Chemical Sensors Based on Semiconductor Electronic Devices 217

12 Resistive Gas Sensors (Chemiresistors) 246

13 Dynamic Electrochemistry Transduction Methods 258

14 Amperometric Enzyme Sensors 314

15 Mathematical Modeling of Mediated Amperometric Enzyme Sensors 332

16 Electrochemical Affinity and Nucleic Acid Sensors 347

17 Electrical-Impedance-Based Sensors 367

18 Optical Sensors – Fundamentals 404

19 Optical Sensors – Applications 435

20 Nanomaterial Applications in Optical Transduction 454

21 Acoustic-Wave Sensors 473

22 Microcantilever Sensors 507

23 Chemical Sensors Based on Microorganisms, Living Cells and Tissues 518