Environmental Analysis by Electrochemical Sensors and Biosensors Applications [Paperback]

This book discusses in detail the analysis and monitoring of the most important analytes in the environmental field. It also reviews the implementation, realization and application of sensor designs mentioned in the first volume of this set, dividing the coverage into global parameters, sensors of organics and sensors of inorganics.Oxygen demands: COD.- Biochemical Oxygen Demand BOD.- Total organic carbon  TOC.- Dissolved oxygen.- pH Measurements.- Metals.- Non-Metal Inorganic Ions and Molecules.- Electroanalysis and Speciation.- Nanoparticles-emerging contaminants.- Pharmaceuticals and Personal Care Products.- Surfactants.- Aromatic Hydrocarbons and their Derivatives.- Nitrated Compounds: Explosives.- Pesticides.- Volatile organic compounds.- Sulphur Compounds (H2S, S-oxides).- Ammonia and Nitrogen Oxides.- Carbon Oxides.

Ligia Maria Moretto graduated in Chemical Engineering at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, and received her PhD in 1994 from the University Ca Foscari of Venice with a thesis entitled Ion-exchange voltammetry for the determination of copper and mercury. Application to seawater. Her academic career began at the University of Caxias do Sul, Brazil and continued at the Research Institute of Nuclear Energy, Sao Paulo, Brazil. In 1996 she completed the habilitation as researcher in analytical chemistry at the University Ca Foscari of Venice. Working at the Laboratory of Electrochemical Sensors, her research field has been the development of electrochemical sensor and biosensors based on modified electrodes, the study of gold arrays and ensembles of nano electrodes, with particular attention to environmental applications. She has published more than 60 papers, several book chapters and has presented about 90 contributions at international conferences, resulting in more than 1100 citations. Prof. Moretto collaborates as invited professor and invited researcher with several institutions in Brazil, France, Argentina, Canada l£Ý