Smart Biosensor Technology

by Knopf; George K.

• ISBN13: 9780849337598
• ISBN10: 0849337593
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-12-26
• Publisher: CRC Press

Summary

Synergy is the key to creating more intelligent biosensors. Engineers develop smaller, more integrated technologies; biologists and chemists develop increasingly selective and sensitive sensor elements; material scientists develop ways to bring it all together. However, most books focus only on the chemistry aspects of biosensor technologies. With a multidisciplinary perspective, Smart Biosensor Technology examines the design, applications, and future directions of this rapidly evolving field.This book collects contributions from leading specialists in a variety of scientific and engineering disciplines involved in different aspects of biosensor design and technology. Five broad sections provide a systematic structure that builds progressively from key concepts to emerging technologies and future directions. Following an introduction to the fundamental characteristics and functions of the underlying technologies, two sections explore the role materials play in developing smart biosensors. Next, the editors devote an entire section to bioelectronics with a focus on a biophotonic material called bacteriorhodopsin and its application to photoelectric biosensing, chemical sensing, and color imaging. They also present design and fabrication of new bioelectronic sensing arrays on flexible substrates. The final section explores a variety of smart biosensor applications in detecting food pathogens, monitoring toxicity, and detecting allergens and viruses.Building a solid background in the underlying technologies and demonstrating how to apply this knowledge to solve real problems, Smart Biosensor Technology is a comprehensive, interdisciplinary guide to extending the capabilities of biosensors for a broad range of fields.

Table of Contents

Overview and fundamentals
Toward understanding the intelligent properties of biological macromolecules - implications for their design into biosensors	p. 3
Optical methods of single molecule detection and applications in biosensors	p. 83
Nanoscale optical biosensors and biochips for cellular diagnostics	p. 109
Conducting polymer nanowire-based BioFET for label-free detection	p. 133
Smart biosensor functions - a machine learning perspective	p. 151
Neuronal network biosensors	p. 177
Material design and selection I
Material design and selection for smart biosensors	p. 205
Molecular film assembled detection system for biosensors by layer-by-layer adsorption	p. 223
Nanostructured organic matrices and intelligent sensors	p. 231
The challenge of human skin - engineering the biotic/abiotic interface	p. 249
Material design and selection II
Porous silicon in biosensing applications	p. 271
Fundamental aspects and applications of nanotubes and nanowires for biosensors	p. 291
Electrochemical biosensors based on carbon nanotubes	p. 335
Bioelectronics
Bacteriorhodopsin : from biophotonic material to chemical sensor	p. 355
Photoelectric biosensors : fundamentals and innovative designs	p. 385
Color-sensitive biosensors for imaging applications	p. 437
Protein-based photoreceptor array on flexible plastic substrates	p. 461
Applications in detection and monitoring
Optical biosensors in foodborne pathogen detection	p. 505
Multiarray biosensors for toxicity monitoring and bacterial pathogens	p. 521
Approaches to allergy detection using aptasensors	p. 539
Biosensors for virus detection	p. 567
Detection of hanta, influenza A, and parainfluenza virus	p. 597
Perspectives on biosensor technology	p. 617
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