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Chemical Sensors

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  • © 1988

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Editors:
  1. T. E. Edmonds

    1. Department of Chemistry, Loughborough University of Technology, Loughborough, UK

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Table of contents (14 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
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  2. Molecular and Ionic Recognition by Biological Systems

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Molecular and ionic recognition by biological systems

      • L. J. Kricka
      Pages 3-14

  3. Molecular and Ionic Recognition by Chemical Methods

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 15-15
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    2. Molecular and ionic recognition by chemical methods

      • P. D. Beer
      Pages 17-72

  4. Implementing Molecular and Ionic Recognition

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 73-73
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    2. Organic sensor materials in entangled and polymer-bound matrices for ion-selective electrodes

      • G. J. Moody, J. D. R. Thomas
      Pages 75-116

    3. Conducting polymers

      • W. J. Feast
      Pages 117-131

    4. Chemically modified electrodes

      • G. G. Wallace
      Pages 132-154

    5. Immunoassay techniques

      • N. J. Seare
      Pages 155-167

    6. Selective chemical transduction based on chemoreceptive control of membrane ion permeability

      • M. Thompson, W. H. Dorn
      Pages 168-190

  5. Electrochemical Transduction

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 191-191
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    2. Voltammetric and amperometric transducers

      • T. E. Edmonds
      Pages 193-213

    3. Potentiometric transducers

      • B. J. Birch, T. E. Edmonds
      Pages 214-224

    4. MOSFET devices

      • I. Robins
      Pages 225-235

    5. Thick film devices

      • R. E. Belford, R. G. Kelly, A. E. Owen
      Pages 236-255

  6. Non-Electrochemical Transduction

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 257-257
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    2. Catalytic devices

      • S. J. Gentry
      Pages 259-274

    3. Spectroscopic and fibre-optic transducers

      • A. L. Harmer, R. Narayanaswamy
      Pages 275-294

    4. Piezoelectric transducers

      • G. J. Bastiaans
      Pages 295-319
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About this book

At the beginning of this book, and in the absence of guidance from IUPAC, it is appropriate to clarify the term 'chemical sensor'. A chemical sensor may be defined as a simple-to-use, robust device that is capable of reliable quantitative or qualitative recognition of atomic, molecular or ionic species. It is hard to imagine a field of applied chemistry in which a significant impact could not be made by such a device. Undoubtedly, it is this potential that has fuelled the contemporary preoccupation with chemical sensors. An unfortunate side-effect of this otherwise welcome interest is the use of the term 'chemical sensor' to add the chemical equivalent of a 'High-Tech gloss' to a rather ordinary device, publication, conference or research group. This loose usage of terminology is responsible in part for the ambiguity that surrounds many chemists' concepts of the form and function of chemical sensors. Further ambiguity arises from the extravagant claims that have been made for some sensors, and the impression that has been given of much 'verging-on-a-breakthrough' research. The research chemist engaged in sensor development should be mindful of the fact that the ultimate target for these devices is the real world, and that a successful laboratory device operating under well-defined conditions and careful calibration does not constitute a chemical sensor. Research into chemical sensors is not a recent phenomenon; it has been under way for over 80 years.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Chemistry, Loughborough University of Technology, Loughborough, UK

    T. E. Edmonds

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Chemical Sensors

  • Editors: T. E. Edmonds

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-9154-1

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 1988

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-010-9156-5Published: 22 July 2014

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-010-9154-1Published: 14 March 2013

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIV, 326

  • Number of Illustrations: 6 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Science, Humanities and Social Sciences, multidisciplinary

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