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Optical Sensor Systems in Biotechnology

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  • © 2009

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Editors:
  1. Govind Rao

    1. Center for Advanced Sensor Technology and Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, University of Maryland Baltimore County, Baltimore, USA

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  • Covers trends in modern biotechnology
  • All aspects of this interdisciplinary technology, where knowledge, methods and expertise are required from chemistry, biochemistry, microbiology, genetics, chemical engineering and computer science, are treated
  • More information as well as the electronic version available at springer.com
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Advances in Biochemical Engineering/Biotechnology (ABE, volume 116)

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Table of contents (6 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. Plasmon-Controlled Fluorescence Towards High-Sensitivity Optical Sensing

    • K. Ray, M. H. Chowdhury, J. Zhang, Y. Fu, H. Szmacinski, K. Nowaczyk et al.
    Pages 1-28

  3. Monitoring Mammalian Cell Cultivations for Monoclonal Antibody Production Using Near-Infrared Spectroscopy

    • João G. Henriques, Stefan Buziol, Elena Stocker, Arthur Voogd, José C. Menezes
    Pages 29-72

  4. Optical Inline Measurement Procedures for Counting and Sizing Cells in Bioprocess Technology

    • Guido Rudolph, Patrick Lindner, Arne Bluma, Klaus Joeris, Geovanni Martinez, Bernd Hitzmann et al.
    Pages 73-97

  5. On the Design of Low-Cost Fluorescent Protein Biosensors

    • Leah Tolosa
    Pages 99-123

  6. Optical Instrumentation for Bioprocess Monitoring

    • Hung Lam, Yordan Kostov
    Pages 125-142

  7. Environmental Applications of Photoluminescence-Based Biosensors

    • Kenneth F. Reardon, Zhong Zhong, Kevin L. Lear
    Pages 143-157

  8. Back Matter

    Pages 159-161
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About this book

Of all things natural, light is the most sublime. From the very existential belief of the origins of the universe to its role in the evolution of life on earth, light has been inextricably woven into every aspect of our lives. I am grateful to Springer-Verlag and Thomas Scheper for this invitation to organize this volume that continues to expand the use of light to create next generation sensing applications. Indeed, the very act of expanding the frontiers of learning and knowledge are referred to in many languages and cultures as enlightenment. Early optical instruments relied largely on simple combinations of mirrors, prisms and lenses. With these simple devices, substantial progress was made in our understanding of the properties of light and of its interactions with matter. Things got more complicated with the evolution of optical instruments in labo- tory use. Early systems used bulky and expensive hardware to generate light, split it into the desired wavelengths and finally collect it for analysis. The discovery of the laser pushed the technology further, but did not do much to make its adoption more widespread as the lasers themselves were large and required substantial el- trical power to operate. The true revolution is just beginning. Advances in mic- electronics have resulted in the possibility of truly low-cost (using the consumer electronics industry as a parallel) devices that exploit optical measurement technology.

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“Optical Sensor Systems in Biotechnology contains six chapters by different authors covering topics ranging from optical principles and set-ups to real-world applications of optical sensor systems. … this book shows the great potential of new optical methods in this field. … give a very good overview of the topic addressed and show that optical sensors are used in different applications and can be very valuable in biotechnology. … Valuable information on the different topics is easily accessed … .” (Florian Pröll, Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry, Vol. 399, 2011)

Editors and Affiliations

  • Center for Advanced Sensor Technology and Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, University of Maryland Baltimore County, Baltimore, USA

    Govind Rao

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