Ebook: Frontiers in Chemical Sensors: Novel Principles and Techniques

With their similarity to the organs of the most advanced creatures that inhabit the Earth, sensors are regarded as being the “senses of electronics”: arti?cial eyes and ears that are capable of seeing and hearing beyond the range of - man perception; electronic noses and tongues that can recognise odours and ?avours without a lifetime training; touch that is able not only to feel the texture and temperature of the materials but even to discern their chemical compo- tion. Among the world of chemical sensors, optical devices (sometimes termed “optodes”, from the Greek “the optical way”) have reached a prominent place in those areas where the features of light and of the light-matter interaction show their advantage: contactless or long-distance interrogation, detection sensitivity, analyte selectivity, absence of electrical interference or risks, and lack of analyte consumption, to name just a few. The introduction of optical ?bres and integrated optics has added more value to such sensing since now light can be con?ned and readily carried to dif?cult-to-reach locations, higher information density can be transported, indicator dyes can be immobilised at the distal end or the evanescent ?eld for unique chemical and biochemical sensing (including multiplexed and distributed measurements), optical s- sors can now be subject to mass production and novel sensing schemes have been established (interferometric, surface plasmon resonance, ?uorescence energy transfer, supramolecular recognition . . . ).

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This third volume of Springer Series on Chemical Sensors and Biosensors aims to enable the researcher or technologist to become acquainted with the latest principles and techniques that keep on enlarging the applications in this fascinating field. It deals with the novel luminescence lifetime-based techniques for interrogation of sensor arrays in high-throughput screening, cataluminescence, chemical sensing with hollow waveguides, new ways in sensor design and fabrication by means of either combinatorial methods or engineered indicator/support couples.

In addition, the volume focusses on frontiers in analytical biosensing, DNA optosensors and gold nanoparticle-based assays. Further chapters include pressure-sensitive luminescent paints, optical sensing of enantiomers and the use of digital colour analysis for ions and protein monitoring.

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This third volume of Springer Series on Chemical Sensors and Biosensors aims to enable the researcher or technologist to become acquainted with the latest principles and techniques that keep on enlarging the applications in this fascinating field. It deals with the novel luminescence lifetime-based techniques for interrogation of sensor arrays in high-throughput screening, cataluminescence, chemical sensing with hollow waveguides, new ways in sensor design and fabrication by means of either combinatorial methods or engineered indicator/support couples.

In addition, the volume focusses on frontiers in analytical biosensing, DNA optosensors and gold nanoparticle-based assays. Further chapters include pressure-sensitive luminescent paints, optical sensing of enantiomers and the use of digital colour analysis for ions and protein monitoring.

Content:
Front Matter....Pages I-XII
Absorbance-Based Integrated Optical Sensors....Pages 1-44
Luminescence Lifetime-Based Imaging of Sensor Arrays for High-Throughput Screening Applications....Pages 45-92
Cataluminescence-Based Gas Sensors....Pages 93-132
Hollow Waveguide Infrared Spectroscopy and Sensing....Pages 133-167
Combinatorial Method for Surface-Confined Sensor Design and Fabrication....Pages 169-188
The Interplay of Indicator, Support and Analyte in Optical Sensor Layers....Pages 189-225
Challenges in the Design of Optical DNA Biosensors....Pages 227-260
Gold Nanoparticles in Bioanalytical Assays and Sensors....Pages 261-277
Reverse Symmetry Waveguide for Optical Biosensing....Pages 279-301
Materials for Luminescent Pressure-Sensitive Paint....Pages 303-322
Optical Sensing of Enantiomers....Pages 323-341
Optical Sensors for Ions and Protein Based on Digital Color Analysis....Pages 343-365
Back Matter....Pages 367-370

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This third volume of Springer Series on Chemical Sensors and Biosensors aims to enable the researcher or technologist to become acquainted with the latest principles and techniques that keep on enlarging the applications in this fascinating field. It deals with the novel luminescence lifetime-based techniques for interrogation of sensor arrays in high-throughput screening, cataluminescence, chemical sensing with hollow waveguides, new ways in sensor design and fabrication by means of either combinatorial methods or engineered indicator/support couples.

In addition, the volume focusses on frontiers in analytical biosensing, DNA optosensors and gold nanoparticle-based assays. Further chapters include pressure-sensitive luminescent paints, optical sensing of enantiomers and the use of digital colour analysis for ions and protein monitoring.

Content:
Front Matter....Pages I-XII
Absorbance-Based Integrated Optical Sensors....Pages 1-44
Luminescence Lifetime-Based Imaging of Sensor Arrays for High-Throughput Screening Applications....Pages 45-92
Cataluminescence-Based Gas Sensors....Pages 93-132
Hollow Waveguide Infrared Spectroscopy and Sensing....Pages 133-167
Combinatorial Method for Surface-Confined Sensor Design and Fabrication....Pages 169-188
The Interplay of Indicator, Support and Analyte in Optical Sensor Layers....Pages 189-225
Challenges in the Design of Optical DNA Biosensors....Pages 227-260
Gold Nanoparticles in Bioanalytical Assays and Sensors....Pages 261-277
Reverse Symmetry Waveguide for Optical Biosensing....Pages 279-301
Materials for Luminescent Pressure-Sensitive Paint....Pages 303-322
Optical Sensing of Enantiomers....Pages 323-341
Optical Sensors for Ions and Protein Based on Digital Color Analysis....Pages 343-365
Back Matter....Pages 367-370
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