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    BIO- AND CHEMI-LUMINESCENT SENSORS

    by L J Blum (CNRS, Univ. Claude Bernard-Lyon 1, France)

    This book is aimed at scientists, technologists, engineers, and undergraduate and graduate students involved in analytical and process biochemistry and biotechnology. It reviews the potentialities of light-emitting reaction associated with the sensor approach.

    The book introduces the concepts of sensors and biosensors and places bio- and chemi-luminescent sensors in the general context of biosensors. It then briefly describes luminescence phenomena and provides some basic knowledge necessary for understanding and exploiting light- emitting reactions. These luminescence reactions, important from an analytical standpoint, are described. Also the applications of bio- and chemi-luminescence which make use of immobilized reagents are explained. Finally, there is discussion of bio- and chemi-luminescent sensors, most of them including fiber optics.


    Contents:

    • Introduction
    • A Survey of Biosensors
    • Luminescence Principles
    • Light-Emitting Reactions for Analytical Purposes
    • Bio- and Chemi-Luminescence Analysis with Immobilized Reagents
    • Bioluminescence-Based Fiberoptic Sensors
    • Chemiluminescence-Based Fiberoptic Sensors
    • Concluding Remarks and Prospects


    Readership: Students and researchers in biotechnology and engineering.

    212pp Pub. date: Jun 1997
    ISBN 981-02-2899-6 US$44 / £28


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    Updated on 4 July 2008