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 |
|
