Biosensors - (IEEE Press Sensors) by Baljinder Kaur & Santosh Kumar & Brajesh Kumar Kaushik (Hardcover)

About the Book

"This chapter gives a brief introduction to a biosensor's constituents, classification of bio-recognition elements, and operating principle. It provides a brief historical overview of the different biosensing, bio-receptor, and biosensor markets in detail. It discusses the requirement for ultrasensitive biosensors with sensitivities in the nano, femto, and pico ranges due to their increasing demand to detect diseases at an early stage. Different sections of Chapter 1 are classified on the basis of bioreceptor types that include nucleic acids, aptamers, enzymes, antibodies, bacteriophages, molecularly imprinted polymers (MIP), and whole-cell-based biosensors. A short description of electrochemical (ECL) and optical biosensors (plasmonic, interferometric, colorimetric, surface-enhanced Raman scattering-based, fluorescence-based, photonic crystal-fiber (PCF)-based, and mass-based biosensors) has been discussed in detail. Each type of biosensor design involves different phenomena such as fluorescence, absorbance, scattering, polarization, interference, color change, mass change, and luminescence. It also includes the primary obstacles, limitations, cons, pros, and future prospects for the commercialization of different sensing platforms"-- Provided by publisher.

From the Back Cover

Comprehensive resource covering new technologies, materials, strategies, and recent advancements in the field of biosensing

Biosensors summarizes cutting-edge technologies in biosensing, including gene editing (known as Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeat or CRISPR), quorum sensing utilizing inter and intra cell signals, two-dimensional (2D) materials and aptamer-mediated sensor designs, and more, with additional coverage of the latest materials, strategies, and advancements made in the field.

Chapters are categorized on the basis of various bio-recognition elements that include aptamer, nucleic acid, enzymes, antibodies, bacteriophages, peptides, and molecular imprinted polymers. Plasmonic, surface-enhanced Raman scattering, colorimetric, fluorescence, electrochemical, magneto and piezo-electric biosensor sensing techniques are also considered. The roles of various nanomaterials, advancement in synthesis, signal enhancement strategies, and new trends for biomedical applications are also described. Current challenges, limitations, and future prospects to developing biosensors for point-of-care and clinical applications are also discussed.

Written by three highly qualified authors, Biosensors includes information on:

• Diverse bio-receptors include nucleic acids, aptamers, enzymes, antibodies, bacteriophages, molecularly imprinted polymers, whole-cell, and techniques of immobilization
• Different transduction principles using bio-receptors (e.g., optical, electrochemical, piezo-electrical, and SERS) to detect microorganism, toxins, and diseases
• Nanomaterials synthesis, their role in biosensing, pros and cons of carbon, polymer, metals, metal oxides, and quantum dots-based nanomaterials in medical biosensing applications

Biosensors is a comprehensive and complete resource on the subject for researchers and professionals in physics, chemistry, and biomedical science, research communities working in the fields of plasmonics, optics, biosensors, and nano-photonics, and students in related programs of study.

About the Author

BALJINDER KAUR, PhD, is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Physics at the Madhav Institute of Technology & Science, Gwalior, India.

SANTOSH KUMAR, PhD, is a Full Professor in the Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering at the Koneru Lakshmaiah Education Foundation Deemed to be University, Vaddeswaram, Guntur, India.

BRAJESH KUMAR KAUSHIK, PhD, is a Full Professor in the Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee, India.