Smart Biosensor Technology

ISBN-13: 9781498774482 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 577 str.

George K. Knopf; Amarjeet S. Bassi

Opis

This second edition covers the fundamentals of smart biosensor technology, issues related to material design and selection, enabling methods of biosensor fabrication, bioelectronics and neuronal network micro-arrays, and applications that include pathogen detection, toxicity monitoring and lab-on-chip (LoC) technologies.

Spis treści

Section I: Overview and Fundamentals 1. Introduction to Biosensors and Bioelectronics 2. Toward Understanding the Intelligent Properties of Biological Macromolecules: Implications for Their Design into Biosensors Section II: Material Design and Selection 3. Molecular Film–Assembled Detection System for Biosensors by Layer-by-Layer Adsorption 4. Nanotubes and Nanowires for Biosensing: From Basic Science to Applications 5. Conducting Polymer Nanowire-Based Bio-Field Effect Transistor for Label-Free Detection 6. Optical Methods of Single Molecule Detection and Applications in Biosensors Section III: Biosensor Design and Fabrication 7. Porous Silicon in Biosensing Applications 8. The Challenge of Human Skin: Engineering the Biotic/Abiotic Interface 9. Nanoscale Optical Biosensors and Biochips for Cellular Diagnostics 10. Molecular Computing for Construction of Smart Biosensors from Deoxyribonucleic Acid–Based Logic Gates Section IV: Bioelectronics 11. High Information Content Physiological Biosensors: Nerve Cell Networks on Microelectrode Arrays 12. Bacteriorhodopsin Protein: From a Biological Proton Pump to Functionalizing Photo-Electro-Chemical Transducers 13. Color-Sensitive Biosensors for Imaging Applications 14. Printable Electronics for Biosensing 15. Passive Biosensors for Flexible Hybrid-Printed Electronic Systems Section V: Applications in Detection and Monitoring 16. Optical Biosensors in Foodborne Pathogen Detection 17. Multiarray Biosensors for Toxicity Monitoring 18. Biosensors for the Detection of Emerging Plants and Animals Fungal Pathogens 19. Droplet Microfluidics 20. Battery-Free Wireless Sensors for Healthcare and Food Quality Monitoring 21. Perspectives on the Future of Biosensor Technology

O autorze

George K. Knopf is a Professor in the Department of Mechanical & Materials Engineering at the University of Western Ontario (Canada). His areas of expertise and research interest include intelligent systems for design, laser microfabrication, micro-optics, optical microactuators, biosensors and bioelectronic imaging arrays.