Springer Label-Free Biosensing: Advanced Materials, Devices and Applications: 16 (Springer Series on Chemical Sensors and Biosensors, 16)

This volume summarizes the state-of-the-art technologies, key advances and future trends in the field of label-free biosensing. It provides detailed insights into the different types of solid-state, label-free biosensors, their underlying transducer principles, advanced materials utilized, device-fabrication techniques and various applications. The book offers graduate students, academic researchers, and industry professionals a comprehensive source of information on all facets of label-free biosensing and the future trends in this flourishing field. Highlights of the subjects covered include label-free biosensing with: ·       semiconductor field-effect devices such as nanomaterial-modified capacitive electrolyte-insulator-semiconductor structures, silicon nanowire transistors, III-nitride semiconductor devices and light-addressable potentiometric sensors ·       impedimetric biosensors using planar and 3D electrodes ·       nanocavity and solid-state nanopore devices ·       carbon nanotube and graphene/graphene oxide biosensors ·       electrochemical biosensors using molecularly imprinted polymers ·       biomimetic sensors based on acoustic signal transduction ·       enzyme logic systems and digital biosensors based on the biocomputing concept ·       heat-transfer as a novel transducer principle ·       ultrasensitive surface plasmon resonance biosensors ·       magnetic biosensors and magnetic imaging devices From the Back Cover This volume summarizes the state-of-the-art technologies, key advances and future trends in the field of label-free biosensing. It provides detailed insights into the different types of solid-state, label-free biosensors, their underlying transducer principles, advanced materials utilized, device-fabrication techniques and various applications. The book offers graduate students, academic researchers, and industry professionals a comprehensive source of information on all facets of label-free biosensing and the future trends in this flourishing field. Highlights of the subjects covered include label-free biosensing with: ·       semiconductor field-effect devices such as nanomaterial-modified capacitive electrolyte-insulator-semiconductor structures, silicon nanowire transistors, III-nitride semiconductor devices and light-addressable potentiometric sensors ·       impedimetric biosensors using planar and 3D electrodes ·       nanocavity and solid-state nanopore devices ·       carbon nanotube and graphene/graphene oxide biosensors ·       electrochemical biosensors using molecularly imprinted polymers ·       biomimetic sensors based on acoustic signal transduction ·       enzyme logic systems and digital biosensors based on the biocomputing concept ·       heat-transfer as a novel transducer principle ·       ultrasensitive surface plasmon resonance biosensors ·       magnetic biosensors and magnetic imaging devices  About the Author Michael J. Schöning Aachen University of Applied Sciences Institute of Nano- and Biotechnologies Heinrich-Mußmann-Str. 1 52428 Jülich, Germany e-mail: schoening@fh-aachen.de   Arshak Poghossian Aachen University of Applied Sciences Institute of Nano- and Biotechnologies Heinrich-Mußmann-Str. 1 52428 Jülich, Germany e-mail: a.poghossian@fz-juelich.de