Novel Nanostructured Materials for Electrochemical Bio-sensing Applications presents a detailed overview into the fabrication of electrochemical bio-sensing devices. The book addresses the challenges and opportunities relating to sustainable and biocompatible sensors from food, water and wearable applications to the various nanostructured biocompatible materials required for sensor fabrication. In addition, it explores the connection between nanomaterials and sensors and takes into consideration different and novel approaches such as toxic materials monitoring and health issues correlated with the use of nanomaterials. Users will find exciting insight into innovations in nanostructured electrochemical biosensing. By providing its audience with fundamentals, limitations, challenges, future perspectives and practical sustainability, this book will serve as a reference source researchers and engineers within analytical chemistry and electrochemistry.

Surfactant Based Electrochemical Sensors and Biosensors discusses the applications of surfactants for Electrochemical Sensors. Surfactant based electrochemical sensors exhibits elevated sensitivity, selectivity, stability and accuracy as compared to other analytical techniques. The fabricated sensors can be applied for routine analysis in clinical and industrial samples with acceptable recovery. This book covers the emerging research trends and exploitation of surfactants for electrochemical sensor preparation for its applications in various fields such as academia, medicine, industry and monitoring of environmental species. The key focus of this book is to expand scientific research in the field of electrochemistry on surfactant based electrochemical sensors in order to construct highly sensitive devices. Part one presents the characteristics of surfactants and discusses their application for the fabrication of electrochemical sensors and bio sensors. Part two addresses the analysis of toxic chemicals and their quantitative determination and offers surfactant based sensing platforms for environmental modelling. Part three discusses the significance of the analysis of molecules and ions in biological and pharmaceutical sampling. Part four presents new methodologies for the determination of food additives and biological molecules present in food samples. Part 5 explores the Sustainability, Safety and Toxicity Aspects of Surfactant Modified Electrochemical Sensors and Biosensors.

Carbon Nanomaterials-Based Sensors: Emerging Research Trends in Devices and Applications covers the most recent research and design trends for carbon nanomaterials-based sensors for a variety of applications, including clinical and environmental uses, and more. Carbon nanomaterials-based sensors can be used with high sensitivity, stability and accuracy compared to other techniques. Written by experts in their given fields from around the world, this book helps researchers solve the particular challenges they face when developing new types of sensors. It instructs how to make sensitive, selective, robust, fast-response and stable carbon nanomaterial-based sensors, as well as how to utilize them in real life.

Functionalized Nanomaterial-Based Electrochemical Sensors: Principles, Fabrication Methods, and Applications provides a comprehensive overview of materials, functionalized interfaces, fabrication strategies and application areas. Special attention is given to the remaining challenges and opportunities for commercial realization of functionalized nanomaterial-based electrochemical sensors. An assortment of nanomaterials has been investigated for their incorporation into electrochemical sensors. For example, carbon- based nanomaterials (carbon nanotube, graphene and carbon fiber), noble metals (Au, Ag and Pt), polymers (nafion, polypyrrole) and non-noble metal oxides (Fe2O3, NiO, and Co3O4). The most relevant materials are discussed in the book with an emphasis on their evaluation of their realization in commercial applications. Application areas touched on include the environment, food and medicine industries. Health, safety and regulation considerations are touched on, along with economic and commercialization trends.