Table of Contents:
  • Front Cover
  • Novel Nanostructured Materials for Electrochemical Bio-sensing Applications
  • Copyright Page
  • Contents
  • List of contributors
  • About the editor
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • 1 Fundamentals, current advancements in nanostructured electrochemical biosensors
  • 1 Fundamentals of nanostructured materials and synthetic routes
  • 1.1 Introduction
  • 1.1.1 Nanomaterials and nanotechnology
  • 1.2 Classification of nanoparticles
  • 1.3 Synthesis of nanoparticles
  • 1.4 Top-down approach
  • 1.5 Bottom-up approach
  • 1.5.1 Wet chemical methods
  • 1.5.1.1 Sol-gel process
  • 1.5.1.2 Solution combustion synthesis
  • 1.5.1.3 Green and biological synthesis
  • 1.5.1.4 Solvothermal/hydrothermal method
  • 1.5.1.5 Chemical reduction
  • 1.5.1.6 Electrochemical synthesis
  • 1.5.1.7 Microemulsion method
  • 1.5.1.8 Microwave-assisted synthesis
  • 1.5.1.9 Emulsion polymerization
  • 1.5.2 Dry chemical methods
  • 1.5.2.1 Mechanical grinding/ball milling
  • 1.5.2.2 Laser ablation
  • 1.5.2.3 Electro-explosion
  • 1.5.2.4 Chemical vapor deposition
  • 1.5.2.5 Physical vapor deposition
  • 1.5.2.6 Solvent-free synthesis
  • 1.5.2.7 Photochemical synthesis
  • 1.5.2.8 Ion implantation
  • 1.5.2.9 Flame spray synthesis
  • 1.5.2.10 Electrospinning
  • 1.6 Conclusion
  • References
  • 2 Modern trends in carbon nanostructured material-based electrochemical biosensing systems
  • 2.1 Introduction
  • 2.2 Neurotransmitters, neurochemicals as biomolecules
  • 2.2.1 Carbon nanotubes
  • 2.2.2 Carbon-based quantum dots and graphene-based QD's
  • 2.2.3 Nanodiamond
  • 2.3 Conclusion
  • References
  • 3 Developments in inorganic and organic based nanostructured materials for electrochemical biosensing applications
  • 3.1 Introduction
  • 3.2 Experiment
  • 3.2.1 Typical synthesis of inorganic and organic nanomaterials
  • 3.2.2 Fabrication of the inorganic/organic nanostructures
  • 3.2.2.1 Lithography
  • 3.2.2.2 Chemical vapor deposition process
  • 3.2.2.3 Sol-gel nanofabrication
  • 3.2.2.4 Green synthesis
  • 3.3 Results and discussion
  • 3.3.1 Characterization
  • 3.3.2 Characteristics of biosensors
  • 3.3.3 Classification of biosensors
  • 3.4 Nanomaterials-based biosensors
  • 3.4.1 Electrochemical biosensing of inorganic nanomaterials
  • 3.4.2 Potentiometric biosensors
  • 3.4.3 Voltammetric determinations
  • 3.4.4 Electrochemical biosensing of organic nanomaterials
  • 3.4.5 Electrochemical biosensing of hybrid (inorganic and organic) nanomaterials
  • 3.5 Conclusion
  • Acknowledgments
  • Author contributions
  • Conflict of interest
  • Data availability
  • Funding
  • References
  • 4 Organometallic and biomass-derived nanostructured materials for biosensing applications
  • 4.1 Introduction
  • 4.2 Principle of biosensor
  • 4.3 Nanotechnology
  • 4.3.1 Classification of nanoparticles
  • 4.3.1.1 Zero-dimensional nanomaterials
  • 4.3.1.2 One-dimensional nanomaterials
  • 4.3.1.3 Two-dimensional nanomaterials