A Review on the Electrochemical Sensors and Biosensors Composed of Nanowires as Sensing Material Export

@article{citeulike:2482117, abstract = {The development and application of nanowires for electrochemical sensors and biosensors are reviewed in this article. Next generation sensor platforms will require significant improvements in sensitivity, specificity and parallelism in order to meet the future needs in variety of fields. Sensors made of nanowires exploit some fundamental nanoscopic effect in order to meet these requirements. Nanowires are new materials, which have the characteristic of low weight with extraordinary mechanical, electrical, thermal and multifunctional properties. The advantages such as size scale, aspect ratio and other properties of nanowires are especially apparent in the use of electrical sensors such as electrochemical sensors and in the useof field-effect transistors. The preparation methods of nanowires and their properties are discussed along with their advantages towards electrochemical sensors and biosensors. Some key results from each article are summarized, relating the concept and mechanism behind each sensor, with experimental conditions as well as their behavior at different conditions.}, address = {Basel, Switzerland}, author = {Umasankar, Yogeswaran and Chen, Shen-Ming}, citeulike-article-id = {2482117}, day = {21}, journal = {Sensors}, keywords = {biosensors, electroanalysis, electrochemical, nano, nanotechnology, nanowires, sensors}, month = {January}, number = {1}, pages = {290--313}, posted-at = {2008-03-07 06:36:08}, priority = {5}, publisher = {Molecular Diversity Preservation International}, school = {National Taipei University of Technology}, title = {A Review on the Electrochemical Sensors and Biosensors Composed of Nanowires as Sensing Material}, volume = {8}, year = {2008} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:2482117 L3 - citeulike-article-id:2482117 N2 - The development and application of nanowires for electrochemical sensors and biosensors are reviewed in this article. Next generation sensor platforms will require significant improvements in sensitivity, specificity and parallelism in order to meet the future needs in variety of fields. Sensors made of nanowires exploit some fundamental nanoscopic effect in order to meet these requirements. Nanowires are new materials, which have the characteristic of low weight with extraordinary mechanical, electrical, thermal and multifunctional properties. The advantages such as size scale, aspect ratio and other properties of nanowires are especially apparent in the use of electrical sensors such as electrochemical sensors and in the useof field-effect transistors. The preparation methods of nanowires and their properties are discussed along with their advantages towards electrochemical sensors and biosensors. Some key results from each article are summarized, relating the concept and mechanism behind each sensor, with experimental conditions as well as their behavior at different conditions. IS - 1 JF - Sensors AD - Basel, Switzerland EP - 313 TI - A Review on the Electrochemical Sensors and Biosensors Composed of Nanowires as Sensing Material PB - Molecular Diversity Preservation International VL - 8 SP - 290 KW - biosensors KW - electroanalysis KW - electrochemical KW - nano KW - nanotechnology KW - nanowires KW - sensors AU - Umasankar, Yogeswaran AU - Chen, Shen-Ming PY - 2008/01/21/ ER -