Thick Film Biosensors

Honeychurch, Kevin

Abstract

The present review focuses on the thick film electrochemical biosensors fabricated using screen-printing technology over the last four years. Biosensors are composed of a biological recognition element acting as a receptor and a transducer, which converts the resulting biological activity into a measurable signal. A number of different transducers have been employed, but one of the most popular and successful is that manufactured by thick film technologies such as screen-printing. These offer a number of advantages, such as economy, bio-compatibility and the possibility of miniaturisation, therefore allowing for the production of disposable one-shot devices. The review is divided by application area and specific emphasis is placed on sensor-fabrication methods, operating details and performance characteristics for selected applications.

• Publication Date: Apr 1, 2012
• Deposit Date: Apr 20, 2020
• Pages: 366-409
• Series Title: Electronic and optical Materials
• Series ISSN: 978-1-84569-988-8
• Book Title: Printed Films. Materials Science and Applications in Sensors, Electronics and Photonics
• Chapter Number: 13
• Keywords: Screen-printed electrodes, biosensor, environmental, medical, enzyme, nanoparticles, quantum dots.
• Public URL: https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/5876304
• Contract Date: Mar 1, 2012