Chemiluminescence and Bioluminescence

'the comprehensive nature of this book would be highly valuable both for researchers and newcomers in this field'. 'This work contributes significantly to the field of bioluminescence and chemiluminescence research and will serve as a valuable resource for researchers'. * Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry * "The chapters are detailed, enabling readers to acquire an indepth understanding of this field"."Given the rapidly advancing field of luminescence techniques and the promise that these provide for highly sensitive detection, the comprehensive nature of this book would be highly valuable both for researchers and newcomers in this field. The general methods presented in this book provide the active researcher with in-depth information about the latest developments in the field and opens up new possibilities that can be pursued. This can serve also as a textbook to develop a course in this field and will serve as a reference guide for graduate students"."This work contributes significantly to the field of bioluminescence and chemiluminescence research and will serve as a valuable resource for researchers". * Sapna K. Deo *

Aldo Roda is Professor of Analytical Chemistry at the University of Bologna Faculty of Pharmacy. He is author of more than 350 journal articles and has been an invited speaker and lecturer at several national and international conferences. In 1998, he organized the 10th International Symposium on Bioluminescence and Chemiluminescence (ISBC) and Co-Edited of the book of proceedings. He is a member of the advisory board of the International Society for Bioluminescence and Chemiluminescence (ISBC) and was President of the Society from 2000 to 2002. In 2008, he organized the XIII International Symposium on Luminescence Spectrometry (ISLS). He is also European Editor of Luminescence: The Journal of Biological and Chemical Luminescence and Editor of Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry.

Introduction: a brief history of chemiluminescence and bioluminescence; The nature of chemiluminescent reactions; Origin of bioluminescence: from luminous organisms to bioluminescent proteins; Instrumentation for bioluminescence and chemiluminescence; Analytical applications of chemiluminescence; Chemiluminescence in flow-injection analysis; Chemiluminescence in chromatography and other separative techniques; Electrogenerated chemiluminescence: principles and applications; Analytical applications of bioluminescence; Biotechnology and the improvement of bioluminescent systems; Chemiluminescence and bioluminescence in immuno- and gene assays; Bioluminescent techniques for the study of protein-protein interactions; Bio- and chemiluminescence imaging in analytical chemistry; "In vivo" molecular imaging; Advances in luminescent (bio)sensors; Nanomaterials for bio- and chemiluminescence; Miniaturized analytical devices based on bio- and chemiluminescence;