Biosensors An Introduction Author:Brian R. Eggins This text presents a systematic and comprehensive introduction to the principal features of biosensors, or sensors based on biological materials. It discusses the types of biological materials used and the ways in which they are connected with a wide range of transducers to create the complete biosensor. Detailed performance characteristics of a... more » broad range of biosensors are discussed and details of the most important types of biosensors currently used are presented. Details of biosensor experiments for undergraduate and postgraduate students are included, while applications of biosensors across a range of fields - medicine, the food industry and environmental science - are considered in the closing chapter.« less