Biomimetic sensor technology

K. Toko, Biomimetic Sensor Technology, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2000. 

These results have demonstrated that the biomimetic approach of copying the supramolecular principle of archaeal cell envelopes opens new possibilities for exploiting functional hpid membranes at meso- and macroscopic scales. Moreover, this technology has the potential to initiate a broad spectrum of developments in such areas as sensor technology, diagnostics, biotechnology, and electronic or optical devices. 

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Of course, this fact outlines ways to improve the physicochemical parameters of biomimetic sensor design and, consequently, the technological modernization of biomimetic electrode preparation. As concluded from the data in Figure 8.14, the sensitivity threshold of the designed sensor is very high (10 xwt. % aqueous ethyl alcohol) [14],... 

A wide range of chemical compounds have been imprinted successfully, ranging from small molecules,40 2 to large proteins and cells.43 MIPs have been developed for a variety of applications including chromatography,4445 solid-phase extraction (SPE),46 47 enzyme catalysis,48 sensor technology,44>49>50 biomimetic sensors,5153 and immunoassays.54-56 MIPs are robust, inexpensive and, in many cases, possess affinity and specificity that are suitable for industrial applications. The high specificity and... 

Therefore, based on the background technologies and their successes and failures in treating weak hearts, it is highly desirable to develop a soft heart compression device for patients with CHF problems. In this connection, ionic polymer-metal composites as soft biomimetic sensors, actuators and artificial muscles present a tremendous opportunity. 

New and highly efficient synthetic routes have generated many porphyrinlike compounds with unique characteristics for their uses in several other applications like oxidative catalysis [ 19,20] and as biomimetic model systems of the primary processes of photosynthesis [21,22]. Presently, the interest includes also the supramolecular units, including molecular recognition in chemical receptors and sensors [23-25], use as light-harvesting devices [26-29], and as materials for advanced technologies, mainly in nanosciences [30, 31]. 

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