Chemical Sensors and Biosensors

Dr Florinel-Gabriel BANICA is Associate Professor at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Dept of Chemistry. Prior to this he was at the Technical University of Bucharest, Romania. Florin’s research is focused on bioelectrochemistry, and functionalized materials for chemical sensor applications. He teaches undergraduate courses on analytical chemistry, instrumental analysis, electroanalytical chemistry and physical chemistry, and graduate courses on atomic spectrometry and chemical sensors and biosensors (on which this book is based).

1 What are Chemical Sensors? 1

2 Protein Structure and Properties 21

3 Enzymes and Enzymatic Sensors 28

4 Mathematical Modeling of Enzymatic Sensors 50

5 Materials and Methods in Chemical-Sensor Manufacturing 66

6 Affinity-Based Recognition 101

7 Nucleic Acids in Chemical Sensors 118

8 Nanomaterial Applications in Chemical Sensors 135

9 Thermochemical Sensors 157

10 Potentiometric Sensors 165

11 Chemical Sensors Based on Semiconductor Electronic Devices 217

12 Resistive Gas Sensors (Chemiresistors) 246

13 Dynamic Electrochemistry Transduction Methods 258

14 Amperometric Enzyme Sensors 314

15 Mathematical Modeling of Mediated Amperometric Enzyme Sensors 332

16 Electrochemical Affinity and Nucleic Acid Sensors 347

17 Electrical-Impedance-Based Sensors 367

18 Optical Sensors -- Fundamentals 404

19 Optical Sensors -- Applications 435

20 Nanomaterial Applications in Optical Transduction 454

21 Acoustic-Wave Sensors 473

22 Microcantilever Sensors 507

23 Chemical Sensors Based on Microorganisms, Living Cells and Tissues 518

Index 531