Chemosensory applications

The extensive literature on biosensors and chemosensory devices contains few reports on sensor elements with applicable advances in portability and in-the-field-ruggedness. Biosensors provide high affinities and therefore outstanding sensitivity... 

Chemosensory applications will normally take place in an environment of complex composition. Humidity and other varying ambient conditions are in sharp contrast to the well-defined environment most typically found in related applications of imprinted polymers. Moreover, the trend in sensor technology towards miniaturisation, with the aim of future nano-scale dimensions, is a primary reason for rising perturbation sensitivity, such as new interfering forces that can be neglected in the macro range. Chemical sensors can be influenced by numerous factors, such as electrostatic effects (ChemFETs) or non-specific adsorption (SAW, surface plasmon resonance). 

In summary, non-covalently imprinted polymers offer a universal tool for sensor technology, besides the main applications in HPLC and solid phase extraction. The examples discussed above are but a few of the potential applications of smart chemosensory devices coated with non-covalent MIPs. The strategy of non-covalent imprinting is highly appropriate for sensory applications. Antibody-like... 

Tranquillo, R. T., Fisher, E. S., Farrell, B. E., and Lauffenburger, D. A., A stochastic model for chemosensory cell movement Application to neutrophil and macrophage persistence and orientation. Math. Biosci. 90, 287 (1988). 

The book includes five chapters that mention the following topics Introduction of chemosensory effects and the properties and applications of stearic acid in food industry Functions of stearic acid in rubber industry Physicochemical properties and applications of stearic acid in biomedical sciences Practical use as a lubricant in tablets direct compression and the last topic is an overview on introduction and potential applications of deuterated hydroxystearic acids. 

SCHOONHOVEN, L.M. Insect Chemosensory Responses to Plant and Animal Hosts. In H.H. Shorey and J.J. McKelvey, Jr. eds. Chemical Control of Insect Behavior Theory and Application, p. 7-14. New York Wiley Interscience Publication. 1977. 

Applications of cholecystokinin octapeptide (CCK-8), a secretagogue, increases the chemosensory discharge in the carotid nerve after a period of depression. In pancreatic acini CCK-8 induces electrical uncoupling (49). 

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