Biosensors

Sixteen open-access chapters that split the field into the chemistry and the electronics. The first group builds enzyme-based electrochemical sensors, nanostructured metal-oxide and carbon-nanotube electrodes, nanowire conductance devices and conducting-polymer urea sensors, then moves to surface plasmon resonance systems used for label-free detection of antigens, SARS-CoV and Francisella tularensis, alongside bacterial bioluminescence assays and ideas for in vivo RNA detection. The second group covers the instrumentation wrapped around the sensing element: integrated biosensor and interfacing circuits, wireless modules for body sensor networks, distributed sensor design, information assurance protocols and symbolic modelling of human motion.