Preface

Chapter 8 **Impedimetric Biosensors for Label-Free and Enzymless**

Hilmiye Deniz ErtuğruL and Zihni Onur Uygun

Tran Quang Hung, Dong Young Kim, B. Parvatheeswara Rao and

Jaime Punter Villagrasa, Jordi Colomer-Farrarons and Pere Ll.

María Isabel Rocha Gaso, Yolanda Jiménez, Laurent A. Francis and

**Roughness and Size on the LSPR: A Parametric Study 311**

Chapter 9 **Novel Planar Hall Sensor for Biomedical Diagnosing**

Chapter 10 **Bioelectronics for Amperometric Biosensors 241**

Chapter 12 **Nanostructured Biosensors: Influence of Adhesion Layer,**

Chapter 13 **Calibrating Biosensors in Flow-Through Set-Ups: Studies with**

Sameh Kessentini and Dominique Barchiesi

**Detection 179**

**VI** Contents

**Lab-on-a-Chip 197**

**Section 3 Biosensor Signal Analysis 275**

Antonio Arnau

Chapter 11 **Love Wave Biosensors: A Review 277**

**Glucose Optrodes 331**

K. Kivirand, M. Kagan and T. Rinken

CheolGi Kim

Miribel

Biosensors, constituting cheap and rapid alternate to traditional analytical equipment, have been in the focus of scientific research already for 50 years, since the initial biosensor con‐ cept was proposed in 1962 by Clark and Lyons. Throughout this half century, the number of studies dedicated to the research and applications of biosensor – based techniques is exceed‐ ing 200,000; including those over 14,000 published in 2012.

The present book is focused on the general aspects of state of the art in biosensor technolo‐ gies. It is composed of 13 chapters written by 44 authors and is divided into three sections, which correspond to the "three whales" of bio-sensing and match to the three parts of the word BIO-SEN-SOR. The first section of the book is focused on the principles and techni‐ ques of bio-selective recognition of different compounds and the immobilization of bio-se‐ lective materials; the second on the transduction methods of the signals of bio-recognition reactions and the third on the signal analysis and calibration of biosensors or how to get the most out of collected information. Regarding the first sections as BIO and SEN accordingly, the last section SOR could be considered as the "Smart Organization of Results".

The division of the chapters into sections is based on the major focus of these studies and is not limiting the topics handled – valuable results and new ideas of different aspects of bio‐ sensor technology are found in all papers. I would like to express my appreciation and grati‐ tude to all authors and the publishing company for their commitment and cooperation and wish them success in their forthcoming activities.

> **Dr. Toonika Rinken,** Institute of Chemistry, University of Tartu, Estonia

**Biorecognition Techniques**
