Electrochemical DNA Biosensors

"The marriage of natural and synthetic nanotechnology in electrochemical DNA sensors is a fascinating object of research. The reader gets an easy access to the complex matter by the well-written introductory chapter. This volume builds a bridge from molecular biology to the applications in medical diagnostics and microbiology."—Prof. Frieder Scheller - Universität Potsdam, Germany"This book is a very welcome contribution to the literature of electrochemical DNA biosensors. It offers extremely useful insights into this exciting and important field."—Dr. Joseph Wang - University of California, San Diego, USA

• Preface, 1 Terminology Related to Electrochemical DNA-Based Biosensors, 2 Electrochemical Aptamer-Based Biosensors, 3 Carbon-Polymer Bio-Nano-Composite Electrodes for Electrochemical Genosensing, 4 Gold Nanoparticle-Based Electrochemical DNA Biosensors, 5 Nanoparticle-Induced Catalysis for Electrochemical DNA Biosensors, 6 Application of Field-Effect Transistors to Label-Free Electrical DNA Biosensor Arrays, 7 Electrochemical Detection of Basepair Mismatches in DNA Films, 8 Electrochemical Detection of DNA Hybridization: Use of Latex to Construct Metal-Nanoparticle Labels, 9 Screen-Printed Electrodes for Electrochemical DNA Detection, 10 Synthetic Polymers for Electrochemical DNA Biosensors, 11 Electrochemical Transducer for Oligonucleotide Biosensor Based on the Elimination and Adsorptive Transfer Techniques, 12 Electrochemical DNA Biosensors for Detection of Compound-DNA Interactions, 13 Electrochemical Nucleic Acid Biosensors Based on Hybridization Detection for Clinical Analysis, 14 Nanomaterial-Based Electrochemical DNA Detection, 15 Electrochemical Genosensor Assay for the Detection of Bacteria on Screen-Printed Chips, 16 Introduction to Molecular Biology Related to Electrochemical DNA-Based Biosensors, Index