Printed thick-film biosensors

Honeychurch, Kevin C.

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 measureable 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: Jan 1, 2012
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Pages: 366-409
• Series Title: Woodhead Publishing Series in Electronic and Optical Materials
• Book Title: Printed Films Materials Science and Applications in Sensors Electronics and Photonics
• ISBN: 9781845699888
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1533/9780857096210.2.366
• Keywords: screen-printed electrodes, biosensor, environmental, medical, enzyme, nanoparticles, quantum dots
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