Advanced Bioelectronic Materials [Hardcover]

This book covers the recent advances in the development of bioelectronics systems and their potential application in future biomedical applications starting from system design to signal processing for physiological monitoring, to in situ biosensing.

Advanced Bioelectronic Materials contributions from distinguished international scholars whose backgrounds mirror the multidisciplinary readership ranging from the biomedical sciences, biosensors and engineering communities with diverse backgrounds, interests and proficiency in academia and industry. The readers will benefit from the widespread coverage of the current literature, state-of-the-art overview of all facets of advanced bioelectronics materials ranging from real time monitoring, in situ diagnostics, in vivo imaging, image-guided therapeutics, biosensors, and translational biomedical devices and personalized monitoring.

Preface xv

Part 1: Recent Advances in Bioelectronics 1

1 Micro- and Nanoelectrodes in Protein-Based Electrochemical Biosensors for Nanomedicine and Other Applications 3

Niina J. Ronkainen

1.1 Introduction 4

1.2 Microelectrodes 7

1.2.1 Electrochemistry and Advantages of Microelectrodes 7

1.2.2 Applications, Cleaning, and Performance of Microelectrodes 16

1.3 Nanoelectrodes 18

1.3.1 Electrochemistry and Advantages of Nanoelectrodes 21

1.3.2 Applications and Performance of Nanoelectrodes 23

1.4 Integration of the Electronic Transducer, Electrode, and Biological Recognition Components (such as Enzymes) in Nanoscale-Sized Biosensors and Their Clinical Applications 26

1.5 Conclusion 27

Acknowledgment 28