Chemical Sensors and Biosensors

This is a modern introductory book on sensors, combining underlying theory with bang up to date topics such as nanotechnology. The text is suitable for graduate students and research scientists with little background in analytical chemistry. It is user-friendly, with an accessible theoretical approach of the basic principles, and references for further reading. The book covers up-to-date advances in the sensor field, e.g. nanotechnology and quantum dots. It includes calculation exercises and solutions, and the  accompanying website contains Powerpoint slides.

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 Index 531