Biosensors and Chemical Sensors Optimizing Performance through Polymeric Materials

by Edelman, Peter G.; Wang, Joseph

• ISBN13: 9780841222182
• ISBN10: 0841222185
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1992-05-05
• Publisher: American Chemical Society

Summary

Provides in-depth coverage of advances in polymeric materials used for designing biosensors and chemical sensors, including permselective membranes and immobilization for enzyme systems, electropolymerized thin films, polymer membranes on planar substrates, and hydration-dependent polymer applications. Covers fundamental aspects relevant to the design and fabrication of biosensors and offers unique insights into materials used for their fabrication. Offers an interdisciplinary approach toward correlating material properties with biosensor and chemical sensor response to optimize sensor performance. Also includes an overview chapter by Elizabeth Hall.

Table of Contents

Preface
Overview of Biosensors	p. 1
Permselective Membranes and Immobilization for Enzyme Systems
Multienzyme Sensors	p. 16
Biosensors Based on Entrapment of Enzymes in a Water-Dispersed Anionic Polymer	p. 22
Electrochemical Characterization of Ferrocene Derivatives in a Perfluoropolymer Glucose Oxidase Electrode	p. 31
Protein Stabilization in Biosensor Systems	p. 40
Electrocatalytic Oxidation of Nicotinamide Adenine Dinucleotide Cofactor at Chemically Modified Electrodes	p. 56
Preparation and Characterization of Active Glucose Oxidase Immobilized to a Plasma-Polymerized Film	p. 84
Role of Polymeric Materials in the Fabrication of Ion-Selective Electrodes and Biosensors	p. 99
Electrical Wiring of Flavoenzymes with Flexible Redox Polymers	p. 111
Permselective Coatings for Amperometric Biosensing	p. 125
Electropolymerized Thin Films
Polypyrrole Film Electrode Incorporating Glucose Oxidase: Electrochemical Behavior, Catalytic Response to Glucose, and Selectivity to Pharmaceutical Drugs	p. 134
Analytical Applications of the Electrochemical Quartz Crystal Microbalance	p. 150
Electrochemically Prepared Polyelectrolyte Complex of Polypyrrole and a Flavin-Containing Polyanion: Use as a Biosensor	p. 164
Development of Polymer Membrane Anion-Selective Electrodes Based on Molecular Recognition Principles	p. 175
Electropolymerized Films for the Construction of Ultramicrobiosensors and Electron-Mediated Amperometric Biosensors	p. 186
Polymer Membranes on Planar Substrates
Molecular Materials for the Transduction of Chemical Information into Electronic Signals by Chemical Field-Effect Transistors	p. 202
Chemically Sensitive Microelectrochemical Devices: New Approaches to Sensors	p. 218
Macro- to Microelectrodes for In Vivo Cardiovascular Measurements	p. 237
Polymeric Matrix Membrane Field-Effect Transistors: Sodium Ion Sensors for Medical Applications	p. 246
Polymeric Membranes for Miniature Biosensors and Chemical Sensors	p. 252
Thick-Film Multilayer Ion Sensors for Biomedical Applications	p. 261
Hydration-Dependent Polymer Applications
Environmentally Sensitive Polymers as Biosensors: The Glucose-Sensitive Membrane	p. 276
Water and the Ion-Selective Electrode Membrane	p. 292
Swelling of a Polymer Membrane for Use in a Glucose Biosensor	p. 301
Optical Immunosensors Using Controlled-Release Polymers	p. 310
Author Index	p. 322
Affiliation Index	p. 323
Subject Index	p. 323
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