Biosensors and Their Applications

✍ Scribed by Deborah Charych (auth.), Victor C. Yang, That T. Ngo (eds.)

• Publisher: Springer US
• Year: 2000
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 370
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

A biosensor is a device in which a bioactive layer lies in direct contact with a transducer whose responses to change in the bioactive layer generate eloctronic signals for interpretation. The bioactive layer may consist of membrane-bound enzymes, anti-bodies, or receptors. The potential of this blend of electronics and biotechnology includes the direct assay of clinically important substrates (e.g. blood glucose) and of substances too unstable for storage or whose concentrations fluctuate rapidly. Written by the leading researchers in the field, this book reflects the most current developments in successfully constructing a biosensor. Major applications are in the fields of pharmacology, molecular biology, virology and electronics.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xix
Biochromic Polydiacetylene Synthetic Membranes....Pages 1-24
Analysis of the Kinetics of Antigen-Antibody Interactions and Fractal Dimension in Biosensors....Pages 25-33
Avidin—Biotin Mediated Biosensors....Pages 35-46
Layered Functionalized Electrodes for Electrochemical Biosensor Applications....Pages 47-98
Biosensors Based on “Wired” Peroxidases....Pages 99-112
Nonseparation Electrochemical Enzyme Immunoassay Using Microporous Gold Electrodes....Pages 113-130
Liposomes as Signal-Enhancement Agents in Immunodiagnostic Applications....Pages 131-145
Recent Development in Polymer Membrane-Based Potentiometric Polyion Sensors....Pages 147-158
Piezoelectric Immunosensors: Theory and Applications....Pages 159-173
Surface Photovoltage-Based Biosensor....Pages 175-193
Surface Plasmon Resonance Biosensors....Pages 195-212
Luminescent Biosensors....Pages 213-223
Micromachining for Biosensors and Biosensing Systems....Pages 225-241
Simultaneous Determination of Glucose and Analogous Disaccharides by Dual-Electrode Enzyme Sensor System....Pages 243-255
Application of Biosensors to the Measurement of Neurotransmitter function....Pages 257-281
Biosensors for Agrochemicals....Pages 283-298
Thick-Film Biosensors....Pages 299-309
Alternative Polymer Matrices for Potentiometric Chemical Sensors....Pages 311-332
Rapid Measurement of Biodegradable Substances in Water Using Novel Microbial Sensors....Pages 333-350
Back Matter....Pages 351-360

✦ Subjects

Biotechnology; Pharmacology/Toxicology; Biochemistry, general