Florinel-Gabriel
Banica: Chemical Sensors
and Biosensors:
Fundamentals and
Applications, Wiley,
2012. 576 pages. Editorial
Adviser: Arnold George Fogg ISBN
97804470710661
Russian
translation: Technosphera, Moscow, 2014
(Баника Ф.-Г., Химические и биологические
сенсоры: основы и применения.
Техносфера, Москва,
2014г; Цена: 869).
ISBN: 978-5-94836-380-6. Purchase: Technosphera;Setbook;
Amazon
Description
Chemical sensors are
self-contained analytical devices that provide real-time
information on chemical composition. A chemical sensor
integrates two distinct functions: recognition and transduction.
Such devices are widely used for a broad variety of
applications, including clinical analysis, environment
monitoring and monitoring of industrial processes. This text
provides an up-to-date survey of chemical sensor science and
technology, with a good balance between classical aspects and
contemporary trends. Nanomaterials applications
are amply presented in two dedicated chapters (8
and 20) as well in various sections
throughout other chapters.
Suitable as a textbook for graduate and final year
undergraduate students, and also for researchers in chemistry,
biology, physics, physiology, pharmacology and electronic
engineering, this book is valuable to anyone interested in the
field of chemical sensors and biosensors. Back to top
Key
features
Self-assessment
questions and exercises
Chapters start with
essential principles, then go on to address more advanced
topics
More than 1300
references to direct the reader to key literature and further
reading
Highly illustrated
with 450 figures, including chemical structures and reactions,
functioning principles, constructive details and response
characteristics
Structure and
properties of recognition materials and reagents, including
synthetic, biological and biomimetic materials, microorganisms
and whole-cells
Physicochemical
basis of various transduction methods (electrical,
thermal, electrochemical, optical, mechanical and acoustic
wave-based)
Auxiliary materials
used e.g. synthetic and natural polymers, inorganic materials,
semiconductors, carbonaceous- and metallic materials
properties and
applications of advanced materials (particularly
nanomaterials) in the production of chemical sensors and
biosensors
Advanced
manufacturing methods
A large variety of
sensors obtained by combining particular transduction and
recognition methods
Mathematical
modeling of chemical sensor processes
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 Micro-Organisms, Living Cells and
Tissues 518 Back to top
Review
“In conclusion it can be stated that
this book is very suitable for students and a sound didactic
means of learning the basics of chemo and biosensors . . . The
organization of the content and the quantity of material
presented are highly suitable for undergraduate and graduate
students and for newcomers to this field; it can, therefore, be
recommended for those wishing to gain both a first insight into,
and a comprehensive overview of, this still growing topic.”(Analytical and
Bioanalytical Chemistry , 1 March 2013).
