Biosensors for Direct Monitoring of Environmental Pollutants in Field

Front Matter....Pages i-xvii
Biosensors for Direct Monitoring and Indoor Air Quality and Exposure Assessment Issues....Pages 1-15
Analytical Methodology for the Determination of Volatile Organic Compounds in Indoor and Outdoor Environment....Pages 17-25
Sensor Response and Computational Molecular Modelling....Pages 27-40
The Use of Chemical Sensor Systems for Sampling, Selectivity and Speciation....Pages 41-56
Use of a CCD-Based Imaging Detector and Capillary Sampling Techniques for Environmental Testing....Pages 57-65
A Fiber Optic DNA Sensor for Rapid Detection of Environmental E. Coli....Pages 67-77
Applications of an Electrochemical DNA-Biosensor to Environmental Problems....Pages 78-86
Application of a Nucleic Acid Based Optical Bioprobe for Environmental and Pharmaceutical Analysis....Pages 87-95
Biologically Inspired Recognition Chemistry for Biosensors....Pages 97-106
Lipid Based Enzyme Electrodes for Environmental Pollution Control....Pages 107-114
Immunochemical Assays for Pesticides and PCBs....Pages 115-126
Development of Biosensors for Immunoassay Detection of PCB’s....Pages 127-137
Disposable Screen-Printed pH-Electrode for Determination of Anticholinesterase Activity....Pages 139-144
Direct Piezoelectric Immunosensors for Pesticides....Pages 145-153
Detection of Diphenylurea Derivatives with Biospecific Interaction Analysis (BIA): Kinetic Investigations....Pages 155-162
Enzyme Sensors for the Detection of Pesticide Families....Pages 163-172
Portable Flow-Injection Systems for Field Testing....Pages 173-184
Automated Field Analyzers for Environmental Pollutants Based on Biosensors....Pages 185-194
Lipid-Based Sensors for Continuous Monitoring or Rapid Screening of Environmental Pollutants in the Field....Pages 195-208
Biosensors for in Field Measurements: Optimisation of Parameters to Control Phosphororganic Pesticides in Water and Vegetables....Pages 209-219
Determination of Heavy Metals Using Electrochemical Biosensors Based on Enzyme Inhibition....Pages 220-226
Exploring Sensors to Monitor Some Environmental Discharges....Pages 227-237
Sensitivity and Selectivity of Electrochemical Biosensors for Inhibitor Determination....Pages 239-253
Solid Carbon Containing Stripping Voltammetry Sensors....Pages 255-269
Chemiluminescent Detection of Chlorophenols with a Fiber Optic Sensor....Pages 271-280
Selective Determination of Heavy Metal Ions with Sensors Coupled to Immobilised Enzymes....Pages 281-288
Organic-Phase and Inhibition-Based Amperometric Biosensors for the Determination of Environmental Pollutants....Pages 289-304
Amperometric Biosensors in Reversed Micelles....Pages 305-316
Biosensors Based on Solid Supported Lipid Bilayers and Their Physical Properties....Pages 317-333
Biosensors for Environmental Monitoring: An EPA Perspective....Pages 335-349
Microsystem Technology in Biosensors....Pages 351-371
Back Matter....Pages 373-381