When considering new sensory technologies one should look to nature for guidance.
Indeed, living organisms have developed the ultimate chemical sensors. Many insects can …

The development of implantable biosensors for continuous monitoring of metabolites is an
area of sustained scientific and technological interests. On the other hand, nanotechnology …

NATURALLY occurring membrane channels and pores are formed from a large family of
diverse proteins, peptides and organic secon-dary metabolites whose vital biological …

CURRENT methods for immobilizing enzymes for use in bioreactors and biosensors1–20
include adsorption on or covalent attachment to a support2–4, micro-encapsulation5, 6, and …

This review covers the progress made in the development of sensors for inorganic and
organic phosphates that are significant pollutants within the environmental and biological …

Electronically conducting polymers, such as polypyrrole and its derivatives, combine a
number of properties which make them attractive potential materials for application in an …

Polymer films now play an essential and growing role in sensors. Recent advances in
polymer science and film preparation have made polymer films useful, practical and …

Conducting electroactive polymers (CPs) are materials discovered just over 20 years ago
which have aroused considerable interest on account of their electronic conducting …

The development of non-leaking amperometric enzyme electrodes is a fundamental
prerequisite for the application of biosensors. However, a contradiction between the …

Biosensors have gained immense acceptance in the field of medical diagnostics, besides
environmental, food safety and biodefence applications due to its attributes of real-time and …