Nanomaterials for Biosensors: Fundamentals and Applications

Nanomaterials for Biosensors: Fundamentals and Applications provides a detailed summary of the main nanomaterials used in biosensing and their application. It covers recent developments in nanomaterials for the fabrication of biosensor devices for healthcare diagnostics, food freshness and bioprocessing. The various processes used for synthesis and characterization of nanostructured materials are examined, along with the design and fabrication of bioelectronic devices using nanostructured materials as building blocks. Users will find the fundamentals of the main nanomaterials used in biosensing, helping them visualize a systematic and coherent picture of how nanomaterials are used in biosensors.

The book also addresses the role of bio-conjugation of nanomaterials in the construction of nano-biointerfaces for application in biosensors. Such applications, including metal nanoparticles, metal oxide nanoparticles, nanocomposites, carbon nanotubes, conducting polymers and plasmonic nanostructures in biosensing are discussed relative to each nanomaterial concerned. Finally, recent advancements in protein functionalized nanomaterials for cancer diagnostics and bio-imaging are also included.

Provides a detailed study on how nanomaterials are used to enhance sensing capabilities in biosensorsExplains the properties, characterization methods and preparation techniques of the nanomaterials used in biosensingArranged in a material-by-material way, making it clear how each nanomaterial should be used

1. Introduction 2. Synthesis of Nanostructured Materials 3. Functionalized Carbon Nanomaterials for Bio-electronics devices 4. Bio-conjugated Metal and Semiconductor Nanoparticles for Affinity Bio-devices 5. Surface Bio-functionalization of Metal Oxides: Electrochemical Point of Care Diagnostics 6. Bio-Polymeric Nanostructures: Biosensors and Bio-Imaging 7. Nanocomposites: Enzymatic Biomoleculer Devices 8. Protein Functionalized Nanostructures: Cancer Diagnostics and Fluorescence Imaging 9. Plasmonic Nanostructures: Fiber Optic Biosensors 10. Nanostructured Biomaterials for In Vivo Biosensors 11. Nanostructured Microfluific Biochip for Bio-Assay Analysis 12. Nanomaterials for Whole Cell biosensors 13. Nanostructured Materials for DNA Biochip 14. Nanomaterials for pathogen Detection