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Environmental Analysis by Electrochemical Sensors and Biosensors

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  • Discusses technological development of sensors for particular analytes
  • Considers practical applications of sensors
  • Discusses new sources of environmental contaminants
  • Covers evaluation of gaseous contaminants
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Nanostructure Science and Technology (NST)

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Table of contents (18 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
  2. Sensors for Measurement of Global Parameters

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 717-717
    2. Chemical Oxygen Demand

      • Usman Latif, Franz L. Dickert
      Pages 719-728
    3. Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BOD)

      • Usman Latif, Franz L. Dickert
      Pages 729-734
    4. Dissolved Oxygen

      • Usman Latif, Franz L. Dickert
      Pages 735-749
    5. pH Measurements

      • Usman Latif, Franz L. Dickert
      Pages 751-777
  3. Sensors and Biosensors for Inorganic Compounds of Environmental Importance

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 779-779
    2. Metals

      • Ivan Švancara, Zuzana Navrátilová
      Pages 781-825
    3. Non-metal Inorganic Ions and Molecules

      • Ivan Švancara, Zuzana Navrátilová
      Pages 827-839
    4. Electroanalysis and Chemical Speciation

      • Zuzana Navrátilová, Ivan Švancara
      Pages 841-854
    5. Nanoparticles-Emerging Contaminants

      • Emma J. E. Stuart, Richard G. Compton
      Pages 855-878
  4. Sensors and Biosensors for Organic Compounds of Environmental Importance

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 879-879
    2. Pharmaceuticals and Personal Care Products

      • Lúcio Angnes
      Pages 881-903
    3. Surfactants

      • Elmorsy Khaled, Hassan Y. Aboul-Enein
      Pages 905-930
    4. Determination of Aromatic Hydrocarbons and Their Derivatives

      • K. Peckova-Schwarzova, J. Zima, J. Barek
      Pages 931-963
    5. Explosives

      • Jiri Barek, Jan Fischer, Joseph Wang
      Pages 965-979
    6. Pesticides

      • Elmorsy Khaled, Hassan Y. Aboul-Enein
      Pages 981-1020
  5. Electrochemical Sensors for Gases of Environmental Importance

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1021-1021
    2. Volatile Organic Compounds

      • Tapan Sarkar, Ashok Mulchandani
      Pages 1023-1046
    3. Sulphur Compounds

      • Tjarda J. Roberts
      Pages 1047-1067

About this book

This book discusses in detail the analysis and monitoring of the most important analytes in the environmental field. It also reviews the implementation, realization and application of sensor designs mentioned in the first volume of this set, dividing the coverage into global parameters, sensors of organics and sensors of inorganics.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Venice, Italy

    Ligia Maria Moretto

  • Institute of Chemistry, Universitat Graz, Graz, Austria

    Kurt Kalcher

About the editors

Ligia Maria Moretto graduated in Chemical Engineering at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, and received her PhD in 1994 from the University Ca’ Foscari of Venice with a thesis entitled “Ion-exchange voltammetry for the determination of copper and mercury. Application to seawater.” Her academic career began at the University of Caxias do Sul, Brazil and continued at the Research Institute of Nuclear Energy, Sao Paulo, Brazil. In 1996 she completed the habilitation as researcher in analytical chemistry at the University Ca’ Foscari of Venice. Working at the Laboratory of Electrochemical Sensors, her research field has been the development of electrochemical sensor and biosensors based on modified electrodes, the study of gold arrays and ensembles of nano electrodes, with particular attention to environmental applications. She has published more than 60 papers, several book chapters and has presented about 90 contributions at international conferences, resulting in more than 1100 citations. Prof. Moretto collaborates as invited professor and invited researcher with several institutions in Brazil, France, Argentina, Canada and the USA.

Kurt Kalcher completed his studies at the Karl-Franzens University (KFU) with a dissertation in inorganic chemistry entitled “Contributions to the Chemistry of Cyantrichloride, CINCCI2”; he also received his PhD in 1980 from the same institution. In 1981 he then did postdoctoral work at the Nuclear Research Center in Jülich (Germany) under the supervision of Professor Nürnberg and Dr. Valenta and conducted intensive electroanalytical research while he was there. Prof. Kalcher continued his academic career at KFU with his habilitation on chemically modified carbon paste electrodes in analytical chemistry in 1988. Since then, he has been employed there as an associate professor. His research interests include the development of electrochemical sensors and biosensors for the determination ofinorganic and biological analytes on the basis of carbon paste, screen-printed carbon and boron-doped diamond electrodes, as well as design, automation and data handling with small analytical devices using microprocessors. He has published around 200 papers and has presented about 200 contributions at international conferences. These activities have resulted in more than 3100 citations. Prof. Kalcher has received numerous guest professor position offers in Bosnia-Herzegovina, Poland, Slovenia and Thailand.

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