Biosensors: Essentials
Biosensors: Essentials
Today, biosensors are broadly applied in research, clinical diagnosis and monitoring, as well as in pharmaceutical, environmental or food analysis. In this work, the author presents the essentials that advanced students and researchers need to know in order to make full use of this technology. This includes a description of biochemical recognition
elements, such as enzymes, antibodies, aptamers or even whole cells. Various signal transducers such as electrochemical and optical transducers, luminescence devices and advanced techniques such as quartz crystal microbalances and MEMS systems are covered as well. Current applications are introduced through various case studies, rounded out by a forward-looking chapter on the prospects for biosensor development offered by nanotechnology, lab-on-a-chip, and biomimetic systems.
Introduction and Historic Overview
Biochemical Components Used in Biosensor Assemblies: EnzymesAntibodies
Protein / Peptide Receptors
Nucleic Acids
Whole Cells as Biosensing Elements
Immobilization of Biochemical Elements of Biosensors
Biosensor Signal Transducers: Electrochemical Transducers
Optical Transducers
Other Techniques
How does it Work? - Case Studies
Biosensors Prospects: Quo vadis? (Conclusion).
Evtugyn, Gennady
| ISBN | 978-3-662-50938-8 |
|---|---|
| Article number | 9783662509388 |
| Media type | Book |
| Edition number | Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2014 |
| Copyright year | 2016 |
| Publisher | Springer, Berlin |
| Length | X, 265 pages |
| Illustrations | X, 265 p. 133 illus. |
| Language | English |
