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Impedimetric biosensors for medical applications : current progress and challenges
Title:
Impedimetric biosensors for medical applications : current progress and challenges
Author:
Rushworth, Jo V., author.
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Physical Description:
1 PDF (70 pages) : illustrations.
Series:
Biomedical & nanomedical technologies concise monograph series

Biomedical & nanomedical technologies.
Contents:
Introduction and scope -- Biosensors -- Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy -- Fabrication of impedimetric biosensors -- Commercializing impedimetric biosensors: from laboratory to field -- Case studies of impedimetric biosensors for medical applications.
Abstract:
In this monograph, the authors discuss the current progress in the medical application of impedimetric biosensors, along with the key challenges in the field. First, a general overview of biosensor development, structure and function is presented, followed by a detailed discussion of impedimetric biosensors and the principles of electrochemical impedance spectroscopy. Next, the current state-of-the art in terms of the science and technology underpinning impedance-based biosensors is reviewed in detail. The layer- by-layer construction of impedimetric sensors is described, including the design of electrodes, their nano-modification, transducer surface functionalisation and the attachment of different bioreceptors. The current challenges of translating lab-based biosensor platforms into commercially-available devices that function with real patient samples at the POC are presented; this includes a consideration of systems integration, microfluidics and biosensor regeneration. The final section of this monograph describes case studies of successful impedance-based biosensors for the detection of a range of analytes from small molecules up to whole microorganisms. Finally, the authors put forward future perspectives for the clinical applications of impedimetric biosensors. Read less
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