Chemical and Biological Microsensors: Applications in Liquid Media

This book reviews the state of art in the field of chemical sensors for analyses of ionic or molecular species dissolved in liquid media, mainly in aqueous solutions. The transduction of such devices is based on chemical, biological and physical phenomena. The fundamental phenomena involved in these sensors are described in the different chapters by specialists having a good expertise in the field. Numerous recent bibliographic references are given. Most of the devices could be miniaturised using modern technologies allowing a fabrication on a large scale, for a mass production at low cost. Moreover, such devices could open the field of applications in a near future (environmental, biomedical, food industries, domotic and automotive applications etc.).Content:
Chapter 1 General Features (pages 1–23): Bernard Michaux
Chapter 2 Chemical Sensors: Development and Industrial Requirements (pages 25–44): Jacques Fouletier and Pierre Fabry
Chapter 3 Sensitivity and Selectivity of Electrochemical Sensors (pages 45–80): Pierre Fabry and Jean?Claude Moutet
Chapter 4 Potentiometric Sensors (Ions and Dissolved Gases) (pages 81–113): Annie Pradel and Eric Saint?Aman
Chapter 5 Amperometric Sensors (pages 115–171): Alain Walcarius, Chantal Gondran and Serge Cosnier
Chapter 6 ISFET, BioFET Sensors (pages 173–208): Nicole Jaffrezic?Renault and Claude Martelet
Chapter 7 Biosensors and Chemical Sensors Based Upon Guided Optics (pages 209–231): Jean?Pierre Goure and Loic Blum
Chapter 8 Sensors and Voltammetric Probes for In Situ Monitoring of Trace Elements in Aquatic Media (pages 233–285): Marie?Louise Tercier?Waeber and Jacques Buffle
Chapter 9 Chemometrics (pages 287–306): Philippe Breuil
Chapter 10 Impedancemetric Sensors (pages 307–330): Jacques Fouletier and Pierre Fabry