Chemical and biological sensing

Even if many fundamental questions remain still open in molecular electronics, the answers to these issues are today the central topics in this field, and much of the driving force for understanding and developing molecular junctions derives from the original promise of possible applications in different fields, such as microelectronics, chemical and biological sensing, and in the realm of photonics and the photonic/electronic interface. 

ARROW-based optofluidic devices for chemical and biological sensing have several desirable optical attributes, including ... 

The concept of evanescent field sensing is well known and has been exploited for applications such as chemical and biological sensing. The... 

M.T. Griffin, J.E. Fulton Jr., R.F. McAtee, R. Gao and L.H. Tsoukalas, Enhanced sensitivity and selectivity in a dual cell ion mobility spectrometer. Proceedings of SPIE-The International Society for Optical Engineering 5085 (Chemical and Biological Sensing IV), (2003) 37-45. 

Yamanaka SA, Charych DH, Loy DA, Sasaki DY. Solid phase immobilization of optically responsive liposomes in sol-gel materials for chemical and biological sensing. Langmuir 1997 13 5049-5053. 

There have been many books and reviews written on the subject of NN and parallel computing. Only a token one is listed here, for those who need a traditional book reference (Haykin, 1999). It will probably be obsolete before this book is published. Otherwise, a wealth of up-to-date information is always available on the Internet where a neural networks entry produces an avalanche of information. Both lead articles cited for Chapter 10 (Hierlemann et al 1996) and (Jurs et al., 2000) discuss their applications in the context of chemical and biological sensing. 

For almost 20 years, the optical waveguide sensor has been used for the label-free, evanescent-field detection of chemical or biological reactions taking place in the close vicinity of the waveguide surface. This includes numerous applications within the fields of chemical and biological sensing, where in... 

Total-Internal-Reflection Platforms for Chemical and Biological Sensing Applications... 

Reichenbach, S., Ni, M., Kottapalli, V., Visvanathan, A., Ledford, E., Oostdijk, J., Trap, H. (2003). Chemical Warfare Agent (CWA) Detection with Comprehensive Two-Dimensional Gas Chromatography (GCxGC). Chemical and Biological Sensing IV, Proc. SPIE 5085 28-36. 

Surface plasmons (SPs) are collective electronic excitations near the surfaces of metallic structures. They can usually be described well with classical electromagnetic theory and correspond to electromagnetic fields that are localized and relatively intense near the metallic surfaces [1, 2]. These properties make them potentially useful for a variety of applications in optoelectronics, chemical and biological sensing, and other areas. Metallic nanostructures such as metal nanoparticles and nanostructured thin metal films, particularly those composed of noble metals such as silver or gold, are of special interest because often their SPs can be excited with visible-UV light and are relatively robust. 

Chemical and Biological Sensing Laboratory, Chemistry Technologies and Material Characterization, General Electric Global Research, Niskayuna, New York, NY 12309, USA potyrailo crd.ge.com... 

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