CommercialBiosensors:ApplicationstoClinical,Bioprocess,andEnvironmentalSamples

CommercialBiosensorsoffersprofessionalsanin–depthlookatsomeofthemostsignificantapplicationsofcommerciallyavailablebiosensor–basedinstrumentationinthemedical,bioprocess,andenvironmentalfields.Featuringcontributionsbyaninternationalteamofscientists,thebookprovidesreaderswithanunparalleledopportunitytoseehowtheircolleaguesaroundtheworldareusingthesepowerfulnewtools.CommercialBiosensorsisdividedintothreesections.Inthefirst,whichisdevotedtoapplicationsofbiosensorstoclinicalsamples,theauthorsexplorehowbiosensorsarecurrentlybeingusedforin–homediabetesmonitoring,point–of–carediagnostics,andnoninvasivesensing,andbiomedicalresearch.Thesecondsectiondealswithcutting–edgeapplicationsofbiosensorsinbioprocesscontrol–forexample,measuringglucose,sucrose,glutamate,orcholineconcentrationsduringfoodandbeverageproductionandmeasuringethanolconcentrationduringbeerfermentation.Inthefinalsection,readerslearnabouttheuseofbiologicaloxygendemand(BOD)biosensorsformonitoringenvironmentalsamples.Thisbookisanindispensableadditiontothereferencelibrariesofbiosensortechnologists,physicians,analyticalchemists,environmentalengineers,pesticidechemists,clinicalchemists,andfoodchemists.Anin–depthexplorationofstate–of–the–artcommercialbiosensortechnologyanditsaplications.Commercialbiosensortechnologyhastakenoffoverthepastfewyears,andthenumberofapplicationsisgrowingrapidly.Thisbookoffersprofessionalsatimelyandauthoritativelookatsomeofthemostimportantoftheseapplications.Overthecourseofsevenchaptersauthoredbyleadinginternationalexperts,readerslearnallaboutthelatestin:?Biosensorsanddiabetesmanagement?Microfabricatedbiosensorsandpoint–of–carediagnosticssystems?Noninvasivebiosensorsinclinicalanalysis?Surfaceplasmonresonanceandevanescentwavebiosensors?Biosensor–basedinstrumentsinfoodandbeverageproduction?BiosensorsinenvironmentalsamplingCommercialBiosensorsisrequiredreadingforallprofessionalswhowouldliketotakeadvantageoftheenormouspotentialofoneoftoday′smostimportantnewcommercialtechnologies.