by Erika Kress-Rogers

Covers the topics of:

• Medical applications: biosensors for use by patients to improve management of chronic health disorders, for point-of-care testing, and for monitoring of patients during intensive care and surgery

• Industrial applications: use as quality assurance devices and process control sensors in the biotechnology, food, drink, and cosmetics sectors

• Environmental applications: new applications that are being developed for environmental protection

The Handbook of Biosensors and Electronic Noses discusses design and optimization for the multitude of practical uses of these devices.

Contents

1. Introduction to the Handbook
   1. Biosensors and Electronic Noses for Practical Applications

2. Receptors, Membranes, and Devices for Biosensors
   2. Enzymes, Cofactors, and Mediators
   3. Bioaffinity Agents for Sensing Systems
   4. Probes for Nucleic Acids and Biosensors
   5. Membranes to Improve Amperometric Sensor Characteristics
   6. Microelectronic Devices
   7. Surface Plasmon Resonance (SPR) for Biosensing
   8. Immunosensors Based on Total Internal Reflection
   9. Acoustic Devices

3. Metabolism and Bioaffinity Sensors for Medicine, Food, and the Environment
   10. Mediated Amperometric Biosensors
   11. Commercial Devices Based on Amperometric Biosensors
   12. Microelectronic Biosensors for Clinical Applications
   13. Calorimetric Biosensors
   14. Microbial and Enzyme Sensors for Environmental Monitoring
   15. Bioaffinity Sensors for Environmental Monitoring
   16. Monitoring Immunoreactions with SPR
   17. Fluorimetric Immunosensors

4. On-Line and In Vivo Monitoring and Control
   18. Optimized Biosensors in Clinical Applications
   19. Biosensors for Process Monitoring
   20. Fuzzy Logic in the Evaluation of Sensor Data

5. Towards the Electronic Nose
   21. Mammalian Semiochemistry: Chemical Signalling between Mammals
   22. Sense of Smell: Signal Recognition and Transduction in Olfactory Receptor Neurons
   23. Semiconductor and Calorimetric Devices and Arrays
   24. Arrays of Broad Specificity Films for Sensing Volatile Chemicals
   25. Sorbent Polymer Materials for Chemical Sensors and Arrays
   26. Lipid-Coated Acoustic Devices for Odour Sensing
   27. Pattern Analysis Techniques

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