determined in the range 3 x 108-2 x lo9 bacteria ml-' with a 2 a precision of 16%. The use of phenazine ethosulphate as a mediator in the work reported here was probably the main cause of greater sensitivity (6 x 106-6 x lo8 bacteria ml-I). This work has demonstrated that bioelectrochemical detectors, working in either the poised-potential or fuel-cell mode, can rapidly and reproducibly determi...

Acetylsalicylic acid (AcSA), or aspirin, was introduced in the late 1890s and has been used to treat a variety of inflammatory conditions. The aim of this work was to suggest electrochemical sensor for acetylsalicylic detection. Primarily, we utilized square wave voltammetry (SWV) using both carbon paste electrode (CPE) and of graphite pencil electrode (GPE) as working ones to indirect determin...

The highly characteristic solid-state Ag/AgCl process was used as an ultrasensitive detection mechanism for electrochemical sensors, such as a prostate-specific antigen immunosensor.

Biosensors are a promising tool offering the possibility of low cost and fast analytical screening in point-of-care diagnostics and for on-site detection in the field. Most biosensors in routine use ensure their selectivity/specificity by including natural receptors as biorecognition element. These materials are however too expensive and hard to obtain for every biochemical molecule of interest...

Electrochemical sensors are widely used for rapid and accurate measurement of blood glucose and can be adapted for detection of a wide variety of analytes. Electrochemical sensors operate by transducing a biological recognition event into a useful electrical signal. Signal transduction occurs by coupling the activity of a redox enzyme to an amperometric electrode. Sensor specificity is either a...

Environmental contaminants monitoring is one of the key issues in understanding and managing hazards to human health and ecosystems. In this context, aptamer based electrochemical sensors have achieved intense significance because of their capability to resolve a potentially large number of problems and challenges in environmental contamination. An aptasensor is a compact analytical device inco...

This paper gives a comprehensive review about the most recent progress in graphene and graphene oxide based electrochemical sensors and biosensors.  Graphene, emerging as a true 2-dimensional material, has received increasing attention due to its unique physicochemical properties (high surface area, excellent conductivity, high mechanical strength, and ease of functionalization and mass product...

The paper presents principle of operation and design of the most popular chemical sensors for measurement of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in outdoor and indoor air. It describes the sensors for evaluation of explosion risk including pellistors and IR-absorption sensors as well as the sensors for detection of toxic compounds such as electrochemical (amperometric), photoionization and semico...

Abstrac t Biosensors are devices that detect and transmit information regarding a physiological change or the presence of various chemical or biological materials in a given environment. A new concept of electrochemical biosensors, directly related to the biological redox processes at the cellular and subcellular level, is proposed for testing microfluidic probes, in order to investigate and tr...