Disposable Electrochemical Sensors for Healthcare Monitoring: Material Properties and Design

This book discusses the emerging disposable electrochemical sensors in the health sector and the advancement of analytical devices to monitor diabetic, cancer, and cardiovascular patients using different nanomaterials. It covers in-depth knowledge of mechanistic features of various designs of screen-printing electrodes and the material aspects required of sensors developed for the healthcare field. It also looks at the portable devices using a variety of materials and the future directions for research in this area.

Format: Hardback
Length: 448 pages
Publication date: 05 May 2021
Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry

Due to their ability to detect clinical biomarkers with high precision, sensitivity, and reproducibility, disposable electrodes have become a popular sensing platform in electrical and electrochemical sensors. This book focuses on the emerging disposable electrochemical sensors in the health sector and the advancement of analytical devices to monitor diabetic, cancer, and cardiovascular patients using different nanomaterials. It discusses the upcoming strategies, advantages, and limitations of the existing devices using disposable electrodes. Uniquely, it covers in-depth knowledge of mechanistic features of various designs of screen-printing electrodes and the material aspects required of sensors developed for the healthcare field. It also looks at the portable devices using a variety of materials and the future directions for research in this area. Appealing to the health care industry, this book is aimed at academic and research institutes at both the graduate and postgraduate level. The contributors are leading experts in the field and they are providing guidance for the next decade of research in the field of disposable electrochemical biosensors.

Weight: 860g
Dimension: 156 x 234 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781839163142