Nanosensors

Nanotechnology and biosensors show how nanotechnology is used to create affordable, mass-produced, portable, small-sized nanosensors to directly monitor food toxicants and environmental pollutants. In addition, it provides the market with systems for applications in food analysis, environmental monitoring and health diagnostics. Nanotechnology has led to a dramatic improvement in the performance, sensitivity and selectivity of biosensor devices. Metal-oxides and carbon nanostructures, gold and magnetite nanoparticles, and the integration of dendrimers in biosensors using nanotechnology, have contributed greatly to making nanosensors more effective and affordable in the market. This book provides a timely resource on the subject.

Applications of Sensitive Electrode Surfaces; Determination of Different Classes of Antibiotics Stella Girousi and Christina Sarakatsanou Electrochemical DNA Sensors Based on Nanomaterials for Pharmaceutical Determination Anna Porfireva, Veronika Subjakova, Gennady Evtugyn and Tibor Hianik Nanomaterials in Matrix X-ray Sensors for Computed Tomography Alexander N. Yakunin, Sergey V. Zarkov, Yuri A. Avetisyan, Garif G. Akchurin and Valery V. Tuchin Recent Advances and Prospects in Nanomaterials-Based Electrochemical Affinity Biosensors for Autoimmune Disease Biomarkers Paloma Yáñez-Sedeño, Araceli González-Cortés, Susana Campuzano and José M. Pingarrón Immunosensors and Genosensors Based on Voltammetric Detection of Metal-Based Nanoprobes Anastasios Economou and Christos Kokkinos Applications of Sensitive Electrode Surfaces; Determination of Vitamins Stella Girousi and Panayiotis Zararis Fiber-optic Sensors with Microsphere Paulina Listewnik, Valery V. Tuchin and Malgorzata Szczerska Nanosensors for Diagnostics and Conservation of Works of Art Georgia-Paraskevi Nikoleli Applications of Biosensors in Animal Biotechnology Georgia-Paraskevi Nikoleli, Marianna-Thalia Nikolelis and Vasillios N. Psychoyios Electrochemical Nano-aptamer-based Assays for the Detection of Mycotoxins Sondes Ben Aissa, Rupesh K. Mishra, Noureddine Raouafi and Jean Louis Marty

Dimitrios Nikolelis received his PhD from the University of Athens in 1976 and is a professor of analytical and environmental chemistry at the University of Athens. He is the Editor of many scientific journals and has authored ca. 200 scientific articles. He is also the Editor of five books. His research is targeted on the fabrication of portable biosensors used for the detection of food toxicants and environmental pollutants such as hydrazines, dioxins, insecticides, toxins, etc. Georgia Paraskevi Nikoleli received her PhD from the National Technical University of Athens in 2015 and is currently a scholar at the University of West Attica, Greece. She has authored ca. 80 scientific articles and she is the Editor of two books. Her research is focused on the construction of portable nanosensors used for the detection of food toxicants and environmental pollutants.