Description
Nanomaterials for Biosensors: Fundamentals and Applications provides a detailed summary of the main nanomaterials used in biosensing and their application. It covers recent developments in nanomaterials for the fabrication of biosensor devices for healthcare diagnostics, food freshness and bioprocessing. The various processes used for synthesis and characterization of nanostructured materials are examined, along with the design and fabrication of bioelectronic devices using nanostructured materials as building blocks. Users will find the fundamentals of the main nanomaterials used in biosensing, helping them visualize a systematic and coherent picture of how nanomaterials are used in biosensors.
The book also addresses the role of bio-conjugation of nanomaterials in the construction of nano-biointerfaces for application in biosensors. Such applications, including metal nanoparticles, metal oxide nanoparticles, nanocomposites, carbon nanotubes, conducting polymers and plasmonic nanostructures in biosensing are discussed relative to each nanomaterial concerned. Finally, recent advancements in protein functionalized nanomaterials for cancer diagnostics and bio-imaging are also included.
- Provides a detailed study on how nanomaterials are used to enhance sensing capabilities in biosensors
- Explains the properties, characterization methods and preparation techniques of the nanomaterials used in biosensing
- Arranged in a material-by-materia
Chapter
1.2.1 Classification of Nanomaterials
1.2.2 Synthesis of Nanostructured Materials
1.2.3 Applications of Nanomaterials
1.3.1 Characteristics of a Biosensor
1.3.2 Types of Biosensors
1.3.2.1 Electrochemical Biosensors
1.3.2.2 Electrochemical Measurements
1.3.2.3 Optical Biosensors
1.3.2.4 Piezoelectric Biosensors
1.3.2.5 Thermal Biosensors
1.3.2.6 Enzymatic Biosensors
1.3.2.9 Whole-Cell Biosensors
1.4.0 IMMOBILIZATION TECHNIQUES
1.4.4 Cross Linking or Copolymerization
1.4.6 Immobilization of Whole Cells
2 - Functionalized Carbon Nanomaterials for Biosensors
2.2.0 BASICS OF CARBON NANOMATERIALS AND FUNCTIONALIZATION
2.3.0 CARBON NANOTUBES FOR BIOSENSORS
2.4.0 GRAPHENE, GRAPHENE OXIDE, AND REDUCED GRAPHENE OXIDE FOR BIOSENSORS
2.5.0 CARBON NANOFIBERS FOR BIOSENSORS
3 - Bioconjugated Nanostructured Metals and Metal Oxides for Biosensors
3.2.0 SURFACE FUNCTIONALIZATION
3.2.1 Modification of Metal Nanoparticles
3.2.2 Modification of Nanostructured Metal Oxides
3.3.0 NANOSTRUCTURED METALS AND METAL OXIDES FOR POINT-OF-CARE DIAGNOSTICS
3.4.0 IMMUNOSENSORS BASED ON NANOSTRUCTURED METAL OXIDES AND METAL NANOPARTICLES
4 - Biopolymeric Nanostructures: Biosensors and Bioimaging
4.2.0 DISCOVERY OF CONDUCTING POLYMERS
4.3.0 NANOSTRUCTURED CONDUCTING POLYMERS
4.3.3 Poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene)
4.4.0 BIOIMAGING OF CONDUCTING POLYMERS
5 - Nanocomposite Materials: Biomolecular Devices
5.2.0 HYBRID NANOCOMPOSITES
5.2.1 Polymers-Based Nanocomposites
5.2.2 Metal, Metal Oxides–Carbon Nanohybrid Materials
6 - Plasmonic Nanostructures: Fiber-Optic Biosensors
6.2.0 PLASMONIC NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS
6.3.0 PLASMONIC BIOSENSORS
6.3.1 Surface Plasmon Polariton Biosensors
6.3.2 Localized Surface Plasmon Resonance Biosensors
6.4.0 FIBER-OPTIC BIOSENSORS
6.5.0 PLASMONIC FIBER-OPTIC BIOSENSORS
7 - Nanostructured Biomaterials for In Vivo Biosensors
7.2.0 BASICS OF BIOMATERIALS
7.3.0 NANOSTRUCTURED BIOMATERIALS
7.4.0 BIOSYNTHESIS OF NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS
7.4.1 Plants/Microorganisms
7.4.3 Soft or Hard Combined Membranes
7.4.4 Liquid Membranes With Carriers
7.4.5 Biomacromolecule Regulation
7.5.0 NANOMATERIALS FOR IN VIVO BIOSENSORS
7.5.1 Metallic Biomaterials
7.5.2 Ceramic Biomaterials
7.5.3 Polymeric Biomaterials
7.5.4 Carbon Biomaterials
7.5.5 Composite Biomaterials
8 - Nanostructured Materials for DNA Biochip
8.2.0 BASICS OF NUCLEIC ACIDS
8.2.3 Peptide Nucleic Acid
8.4.0 FUNCTIONALIZATION OF DNA WITH NANOMATERIALS
8.5.0 TRANSDUCTION METHODS
8.5.1 Electrochemical Readout
8.6.0 NANOMATERIALS-BASED BIOCHIPS
8.6.1 Metallic Nanostructures
8.6.2 Semiconductor Nanostructures
8.6.3 Conducting Polymers
8.6.4 Carbon Nanostructures
9 - Microfluidic Biosensor
9.2.0 A HISTORICAL SNAPSHOT OF MICROFLUIDICS DEVICES
9.3.0 PRINCIPLES OF MICROFLUIDICS
9.3.1 Governing Equations
9.3.2 Reynolds Number and Laminar Flow
9.3.5 Pressure-Driven Flow
9.3.10 Diffusion and Mixing
9.4.0 COMPONENTS OF MICROFLUIDIC DEVICES
9.5.0 MATERIALS FOR MICROFLUIDIC DEVICES
9.6.3 Postexposure Baking
9.6.5 Polydimethylsiloxane Molding
9.7.0 LIQUID-PHASE PHOTOPOLYMERIZATION PROCESS
9.8.0 INTEGRATION OF MICROFLUIDICS WITH BIOSENSORS
9.9.0 NANOMATERIALS IN MICROFLUIDIC BIOSENSORS
10 - Conclusions and Future Developments in Biosensors
10.2.0 COMMERCIALIZATION OF BIOSENSORS