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Summary

This truly interdisciplinary work is the first substantial and comprehensive book to describe the biosensor, an important new technology combining the specificity and sensitivity of biological systems with the computing capabilities of the micro-processor. Biosensors hold enormous potential: they can monitor personal health and fitness, the food we eat, and our environment. They can replace the large analytical facilities of industrial and health services with cheap and simple devices anyone can use. This book discusses the large variety of biosensors, their current capabilities, and their present and future applications. The contributors come from a wide range of disciplines reflecting many differences in opinion and approach. The work will be essential reading for scientists in physics, chemistry, and biology, as well as engineers in medicine, electronics, and industry.

The Biological Component
The Enzyme Electrode
Micro-Organism Based Sensors
Biosensors Based on Plant and Animal Tissue
New Approaches to Electrochemical Immunoassays
The Diagnosis of Human Genetic Diseases
Immobilization of the Biological Component of Biosensors
Genetic Engineering
Protein Engineering and its Potential Application to Biosensors
Bioelectrochemistry
Potentiometric Sensors
Ion-Selective Electrodes and Biosensors Based on ISEs
Potentiometric Biosensors Based on Redox Electrodes
Amperometric Sensors
Fundamentals of Amperometric Sensors
Amperometric Enzyme Electrodes: Theory and Experiment
The Use of Electrochemical Methods in the Study of Modified Electrodes
Cyclic Voltammetry Studies of Enzymatic Reactions for Developing Mediated Biosensors
The Realization of Electron Transfer from Biological Molecules to Electrodes
The Construction of Mediated Amperometric Biosensors
Redox-Mediated Electrochemistry of Whole Micro-Organisms: From Fuel Cells to Biosensors
Application of Enzyme-Based Amperometric Biosensors to the Analysis of 'Real' Samples
Compensated Enzyme-Electrodes for In Situ Process Control
In Vivo Chemical Sensors and Biosensors in Clinical Medicine
Thin-Film Microelectrodes for In Vivo Electrochemical Analysis
The Design and Development of In Vivo Glucose Sensors for Artificial Endocrine Pancreas
Needle-Type Glucose Sensor and its Applications
Analysis of Electrical Impedance
The Principles and Potential of Electrical Admittance Spectroscopy: An Introduction
Silicon-Based Sensors
Microbiosensors Based on Silicon Fabrication Technology
Chemically Sensitive Field Effect Transistors
Biosensors Based on Semiconductor Gas Sensors
Mechanical and Acoustic Impedance
Principles and Potential of Piezo-Electric Transducers and Acoustical Techniques
Calorimetry
Theory and Applications of Calorimetric Sensors
Photometry
Optical Sensors Based on Immobilized Reagents
Potential Applications of Bioluminescence and Chemiluminescence in Biosensors
Design of Fiber-Optic Biosensors Based on Bioreceptors
IRS Devices for Optical Immunoassays
Laser Light Scattering and Related Techniques
Applications of Microprocessors
The Use of Microprocessors for the Evaluation of the Analytical Performance of Enzyme-Based Sensors
Commercialization and Future Prospects
Biosensors in Medicin
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