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Biosensors for Environmental Monitoring
Author(s) -
KARUBE ISAO,
YANO KAZUYOSHI,
SASAKI SATOSHI,
NOMURA YOKO,
IKEBUKURO KAZUNORI
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
annals of the new york academy of sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.712
H-Index - 248
eISSN - 1749-6632
pISSN - 0077-8923
DOI - 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1998.tb10285.x
Subject(s) - biosensor , environmental monitoring , pollutant , cyanide , environmental science , biochemical engineering , nanotechnology , chemistry , engineering , environmental engineering , materials science , inorganic chemistry , organic chemistry
A bstract : Environmental monitoring is of great importance for its protection. Conventional monitoring methods are often slow and complex and require expensive equipment, making them unsuitable for in situ , real‐time monitoring of pollutants. Biosensors based on a combination of a biological sensing element and an electronic signal‐transducing element are alternative methods to conventional ones. Biosensors have a number of advantages, such as high selectivity, high stability, and short response time. Various kinds of biosensors have been developed and employed for detection of pollutants such as phosphate, cyanide, and herbicides. Some of these have already been exploited as real‐time monitoring in situ . In this article, some of the applications of biosensors for environmental control are described.