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Fundamentals of Sensor Technology

Principles and Novel Designs

  • 1st Edition - May 5, 2023
  • Latest edition
  • Editors: Ahmed Barhoum, Zeynep Altintas
  • Language: English

Fundamentals of Sensor Technology: Principles and Novel Designs presents an important reference on the materials, platforms, characterization and fabrication methods used in the de… Read more

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Description

Fundamentals of Sensor Technology: Principles and Novel Designs presents an important reference on the materials, platforms, characterization and fabrication methods used in the development of chemical sensor technologies. Sections provide the historical context of sensor technology development, review principles for the design of sensing devices and circuits, delve into the most common chemical and biological sensor types, cover unique properties and performance requirements, discuss fabrication techniques, including defining critical parameters, modeling and simulation strategies, and present important materials categories used in sensing applications, such as nanomaterials, quantum dots, magnetic materials, and more.This book is appropriate for the interdisciplinary community of researchers and practitioners interested in the development of sensor technologies, including materials scientists and engineers, analytical chemists and other related disciplines.

Key features

  • Provides a comprehensive view of the latest advances in the design of chemical sensor materials, devices, and platforms
  • Reviews the most relevant nanosensor fabrication techniques for each sensor type, including critical parameters, modeling, simulation strategies and characterization methods
  • Discusses enhancement strategies for materials and devices to help improve physical, chemical and biological properties and enable practical applications

Readership

Materials Scientists and Engineers, Analytical Chemists, Electrical Engineers

Table of contents

Part I. Sensing principles and basic design

1. Historical development of sensing technology

2. Sensor principles and basic designs

3. Fundamentals of Biological Recognition Elements

Part II. Sensing techniques

4. Lab-on-a-chip sensors

5. Potentiometric sensors

6. Amperometric sensors

7. Fluorescent sensors

8. Surface plasmon resonance sensors

9. Ellipsometric biosensors

10. Impedimetric (bio)sensors

11. Nanostructured photoelectrochemical biosensors

12. Impedimetric biosensors based on nucleic acids

Part III. Sensing materials

13. Metal nanoparticles for sensing applications

14. Carbon nanomaterials for sensing applications

15. Polymer nanocomposites for sensing applications

16. Quantum dots for sensing applications

17. Molecularly imprinted polymer sensors: A bridge to advanced diagnostics

18. Direct glucose fuel cell towards a self-powered point-of-care nanobiosensor

19. Metal chalcogenides for sensing applications

20. Silica nanoparticles for sensing applications

21. Chromo-fluorogenic chemosensory for sensing applications

22. Gold nanoparticle-based biosensing applications

23. Advances in fiber sensing devices decorated with functionalized nanomaterials

Part IV. Recent topics

24. Screen-printed electrochemical sensor platforms

25. Biodegradable sensor platforms

26. Disposable paper-based sensors

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Published: May 5, 2023
  • Language: English

About the editors

AB

Ahmed Barhoum

Dr. Ahmed Barhoum is an Associate Professor of nanomaterials science and Head of the Nanostruc Research Group (Helwan University). He is currently working at the DCU University (Ireland). His research interests include the synthesis of nanomaterials for catalysis, drug delivery, and biosensing. He has won several scientific awards and prizes: Helwan University Prizes (Egypt, 2020 & 2019), CAS Fellowship (China, 2019), IFE Fellowships (France, 2012 & 2018), FWO Fellowships (Belgium, 2015 & 2016), Medastar Erasmus Mundus (Belgium, 2012), Welcome Program (Italy, 2012) and many more. He serves as an expert evaluator for the National Science Centre (NCN, Poland), Czech Science Foundation (GACR, Russia), Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF, Switzerland), and Innovators Support Fund (ISF, Egypt), among others. He is on the editorial board of Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, Frontiers in Nanotechnology, Nanomaterials, and editor of 10 handbooks (Elsevier and Springer Nature), PI/Co-PI of 12 projects, and co-author of 150 publications.
Affiliations and expertise
Head of NanoStruc. Research Group, Chemistry Department, Faculty of Science, Helwan University, Egypt; National Centre for Sensor Research, School of Chemical Sciences, Dublin City University, Ireland

ZA

Zeynep Altintas

Zeynep Altintas is a full professor and the Chair of Bioinspired Materials and Biosensor Technologies at the University of Kiel, Germany. She has been the Head of Biosensors and Receptor Development Group at the Technical University of Berlin since 2016. She completed her Ph.D. on biomedical sensors at the age of 25 with the outstanding Ph.D. student award. Her Ph.D. period brought her several other research prizes and fellowships. Following a one-year postdoc position at the Cranfield Biotechnology Centre, she continued her academic career as a faculty member of Biomedical Engineering at Cranfield University (the UK) until 2016. She leads an interdisciplinary research group in the domains of biosensor technologies, computational chemistry, receptor design, functional polymers and their applications in (bio)chemical sciences, nanomaterials applications, and design, synthesis, and characterization of biomimetic materials.
Affiliations and expertise
Chair of Bioinspired Materials and Biosensor Technologies, Faculty of Engineering, University of Kiel, Germany. Head of Biosensors and Receptor Development Group, Faculty of Maths and Natural Sciences, Technical University of Berlin, Germany

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