Biosensors Theory and Applications [Hardcover]

This introductory text covers in detail the technology and applications of biosensors in their many forms. It provides an extensive survey of the basic principles, functions and applications of different categories of biosensors. The presentation is concise, systematic and well illustrated. Numerous schematics illustrate design and function.

This book is an overview of the basic theories of operation for a number of specific types of biosensor transducers that have been investigated, with a general survey of some of the many applications using various biological elements that have been tested to date. A major portion of this book has been devoted to electrochemical transducers, since they have been most widely used.

This bestselling text provides basic information for all those involved in the research, development, and applications of biosensors.Each chapter ends with a section of references
Introduction
o Brief Historical Background
o Early Applications of Noble Metal Electrodes
o Early Optical Methods
o Ideal Biosensor Characteris-tics

Basic Electrochemical Principles
o Electrochemical Cells
o Oxide-Reduction Reactions
o Voltage and Current Standard Conditions
o Steady State Voltammogram
o Transient Responses
o Asymptotic Solutions and Data Transformations
o Galvanostatic Response
o Coulostatic Response

Electrochemical Transducers in Biology and Medicine
o Glass pH Electrodes
o Metal Oxide pH Electrodes
o pH-Sensitive Mem-branes
o Oxygen Electrodes
o Carbon Dioxide Electrodes
o Hydrogen Gas Electrodes
o Hydrogen Peroxide Electrodes
o Carbon Surface Electrodes
o Ion-Sensitive Electrodes
o Other Electrochemical Detection Methods
o Clinical Applications of Electrochemical Transducers

Enzyme-Based Electrochemical Biosensors
o Enzyme Biol38