Electrochemical Sensors

Electrochemical Sensors provides an overview of the materials, preparation and fabrication methods for biosensor applications. First, the book introduces the field of electrochemistry and its fundamentals. Then, there is a practical overview of working electrodes as key components for the implementation of sensors and assays. Working electrodes should have features such as ability to transfer electrons promptly, favorable redox behavior, biocompatibility and inertness in terms of electrode fouling. Thus, special attention will be dedicated in analyzing the various working materials systems for electrodes used in electrochemical cells such as gold, carbon, copper, platinum, and metal oxides. As miniaturized electrodes and microfluidic based devices can offer many advantages as compared to conventional bulky electrodes, the last section of the book will be dedicated to them and the novel opportunities they enable in the field. Electrochemical Sensors is suitable for academics and practitioners working in the disciplines of materials science and engineering, analytical chemistry, and biomedical engineering. Introduces key concepts for electrochemistry and biosensorsReviews the most common and emerging materials-based electrodes for sensor applications including gold, carbon, platinum and metal oxidesDiscusses both macro and miniaturized electrodes including cleaning, engineering, fabrication, examples of working biosensors and advantages and disadvantages