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UNIVERSITY OF BUCHAREST
FACULTY OF PHYSICS Guest
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Conference: Bucharest University Faculty of Physics 2007 Meeting
Section: Polymer Physics
Title:
Applications of polymers in nanosensors
Authors:
Carmen Cristescu, Livia Maria Constantinescu, I. Stamatin, Anca Dumitru, Adina Morozan, Claudia Nastase, Adriana Andronie
Affiliation:
University of Bucharest, Faculty of Physics, Polymer Departament, P.O. Box MG-11, Romania
E-mail
k_cristescu@yahoo.com
Keywords:
biosensors,nanotechnology,life sciences
Abstract:
The detection of biological and chemical species is central to many areas of healthcare and the life sciences, ranging from uncovering and diagnosing disease to the discovery and screening of new drug molecules.
During the last years, polymers have gained tremendous recognition in the field of artificial sensor in the goal of mimicking natural sense organs. Better selectivity and rapid measurements have been achieved by replacing classical sensor materials with polymers involving nanotechnology and exploiting either the intrinsic or extrinsic functions of polymers.
The developing role of polymers as gas sensors, pH sensors, ion selective sensors, biosensor devices and humidity sensors are reviewed and discussed in this paper.
Polymers used in sensor devices either participate in sensing mechanisms or immobilize the component responsible for sensing the analyte.
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