Overview
- Covers essentials that advanced students and researchers need to know
- With a forward-looking chapter on biosensor development
- Presented in a consistent style by an expert author
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Chemistry (LNC, volume 84)
Access this book
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Other ways to access
Table of contents (5 chapters)
Keywords
About this book
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.
Reviews
From the book reviews:
“This book is a useful introductory reading for undergraduate and graduate students, as well as for researchers in the related subjects of chemistry and biology … . is well organized and covers the basic principles of biosensors, with emphasis on the main biological recognition elements and on the physical signal transducers used for the development of these devices, which are clearly and concisely described. … a useful book for students and researchers interested in a general overview of this topic.” (María Cruz Moreno-Bondi, Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry, Vol. 406, October, 2014)Authors and Affiliations
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Biosensors: Essentials
Authors: Gennady Evtugyn
Series Title: Lecture Notes in Chemistry
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-40241-8
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
eBook Packages: Chemistry and Materials Science, Chemistry and Material Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2014
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-642-40240-1Published: 21 October 2013
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-662-50938-8Published: 23 August 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-40241-8Published: 08 October 2013
Series ISSN: 0342-4901
Series E-ISSN: 2192-6603
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 265
Number of Illustrations: 133 b/w illustrations
Topics: Analytical Chemistry, Laboratory Medicine, Monitoring/Environmental Analysis, Nanotechnology and Microengineering