This book instructs researcher and practitioner in the area of chemical and biochemical sensors in a strictly systematic, interdisciplinary and practice-oriented way about the basic technology of chemical and biochemical sensors.

Research in the area of chemical and biochemical sensors and the development of respective applications is still growing rapidly. In the last decade it has become evident that the successful development of chemical and biochemical sensors resistant to the harsh conditions in the various routine applications calls for a cooperation between chemists and engineers. Thus, this book aims at instructing researcher and practitioners in both disciplines in a strictly systematic, interdisciplinary and practice-oriented way about the basic technology of chemical and biochemical sensors. This concise volume bridges the gap between the different "ways of thinking" in chemistry, physics and engineering. It provides a firm grounding for engineers, industrial and academic researcher in the field, for practitioners and novices as well as for advanced students.

From the reviews:

"Chemical Sensors: An Introduction for Scientists and Engineers is a 273-page monograph that offers what its subtitle claims. an introduction to chemical sensors for undergraduate students studying chemistry, physics, or engineering. The book is well organized . Gründler's approach could be a good marketing tool, and it could also lure unsuspecting novices to the field of chemical sensors." (Jiri Janata, Physics Today, March, 2008)

Auteur
Peter Gründler war bis zu seiner Pensionierung Professor an der Universität Rostock und forschte anschließend als Gast am Institut für Festkörperforschung des IFW Dresden. Er ist Autor zahlreicher Fachpublikationen in Zeitschriften und Büchern.

Contenu
Introduction.- Sensors and Sensors Science.- Chemical sensors.- Fundamentals.- Sensor physics.- Sensor chemistry.- Sensor technology.- Measurement with sensors.- Semiconductor structures as chemical sensors.- Mass sensitive sensors.- BAW sensors.- SAW sensors.- Conductivity sensors and capacitive sensors.- Conductometric sensors.- Resistive and capacitive gas sensors.- Resistive and capacitive sensors for liquids.- Thermometric and calorimetric sensors.- Sensors with thermistors and pellistors.- Pyroelectric sensors.- Sensors on the basis of further thermal effects.- Electrochemical sensors.- Potentiometric sensors.- Amperometric sensors.- Sensors based on other electrochemical methods.- Electrochemical biosensors.- Optical sensors.- Optical fibres as a basis for optical sensors.- Fibre sensors without chemical receptors (mediators).- Optodes: fibre sensors with a chemical receptor.- Sensors with planar optical transducers.- Optical biosensors.- Sensor systems with integrated optics.- Chemical sensors as detectors and indicators.- Indicators for titration processes.- Flow-through detectors for continuous analysers and for separation techniques.- Sensor arrays and micro total analysis systems.- Two trends and their reasons.- Smart sensors and sensor arrays.- Micro Total chemical Analysis Systems (µ-TAS).