Biosensors for Medical Applications

Introduction to biosensors

Séamus P.J. Higson,     Cranfi eld University, UK

Comprising a series of in-depth monographs on specific areas, this book seeks to provide a wide-ranging overview of some of the most important and recent developments in the area of biosensors for medical applications.

The book is organised into two parts with the first covering Principles and transduction approaches and the second Applications of medical biosensors.

Part I commences with a consideration of electrochemical biosensors, as these still comprise the largest single class of biosensors used within medicine and related fi elds; all of the major transduction approaches are discussed – as are contemporary developments such as the use of nanomaterials and ...