tailieunhanh - OPTICAL BIOSENSORS PRESENT AND FUTURE - PART 1

Since the birth of the field of optical biosensors, the pace of evolution of this field has been swift. While myriad reports have appeared describing applications and advancements in optical biosensor technology, few existing volumes are dedicated to a synopsis of this field. Since the development of optical biosensors mirrors the advances in the rapidly evolving telecommunications industry, we deemed the time to be ripe for such an opus. In order to catch the wave of this rapidly developing technology, we endeavored to focus both on the current state of the art and on technologies that will influence tommorrow's state of the art. We hope that this particular. | s OPTICAL BIOSENSORS PRESENT FUTURE IJuaIIx u A. K Iwi Preface Since the birth of the field of optical biosensors the pace of evolution of this field has been swift. While myriad reports have appeared describing applications and advancements in optical biosensor technology few existing volumes are dedicated to a synopsis of this field. Since the development of optical biosensors mirrors the advances in the rapidly evolving telecommunications industry we deemed the time to be ripe for such an opus. In order to catch the wave of this rapidly developing technology we endeavored to focus both on the current state of the art and on technologies that will influence tommorrow s state of the art. We hope that this particular compendium of concepts will trigger new synapses to form in the brains of our readers and yield even more innovation in the years to come. The history sections are included in order to recognize the contributions of the giants upon whose shoulders we stand and we thank them for their creativity and pioneering spirit. These sections are comparatively short not so as to minimize such contributions but so that this book actually gets published in a single volume. According to the thematic focus on Present and Future technology the book is divided into two parts. In the first part we compiled a list of the most outstanding optical biosensor technologies while in the second part the editors used their crystal ball to select the science we deem exciting and promising in terms of potential impact on biosensors. The optical biosensor technologies include two very different fiber optic biosensors planar waveguides and the displacement flow sensors as well as sensors based on time-resolved fluorescence electrochemiluminescence surface plasmon resonance resonant mirrors and interferometry. The science for future technology development includes four different methods for producing new recognition elements genetic engineering of proteins chemical synthesis .