Carbon Nanotubes: A New Alternative for Electrochemical Sensors (Nanotechnology Science and Technology) - Softcover

Rivas, Gustavo A; Rubianes, Marķa D; Pedano, Marķa L.; Ferreyra, Nancy F; Luque, Guillermina; Miscoria, Silvia A

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1607413140 ISBN 13: 9781607413141

Publisher: Nova Science Publishers Inc, 2009

Synopsis

The goal of this book is to summarise the recent advances in carbon nanotubes as a new material for electrochemical sensors. Since their discovery in 1991, carbon nanotubes have received considerable attention in different fields. Their special geometry and unique electronic, mechanical, chemical and thermal properties make them a very attractive material for the design of electrochemical biosensors. The first application of carbon nanotubes in the preparation of a sensor was reported by Britto in 1996. Since then, an increasing number of publications involving sensors based on carbon nanotubes (either single or multi-wall) for substrates like glucose, lactate, alcohols, phenols, neurotransmitters, aminoacids, proteins, carbohydrates among others, have been reported. This fact demonstrates the usefulness of carbon nanotubes for the development of electrochemical sensors. The advantages of carbon nanotubes for promoting electron transfer reactions -with special emphasis in those involving biomolecules, the different methodologies for incorporating carbon nanotubes in sensors (either suspended in solutions, in polymeric films or in composite matrices), the analytical performance of the resulting biosensors as well as future prospects are discussed in this book.

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Summarises the advances in carbon nanotubes as a material for electrochemical sensors. This book discusses the advantages of carbon nanotubes for promoting electron transfer reactions - with emphasis on those involving biomolecules, the different methodologies for incorporating carbon nanotubes in sensors.

About this edition

• Publisher: Nova Science Publishers Inc
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 1607413140
• ISBN 13: 9781607413141
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 74