Olejar Books

The purpose of this volume is to bring together some of the best new research on chemically sensitive interfaces from different relevant disciplines. Twenty-six chapters from leading scientists describe new advances in the synthesis of materials, molecular recognition in analyte-receptor systems, the preparation and characterization of surface thin films, new strategies for chemical signal transduction, and the microfabrication and miniaturization of sensor devices. An overview chapter gives a brief historical review of chemical sensors, as well as a general discussion of rational interfacial design, techniques for the characterization of surface structures, and device technology. It is the hope of the editors and authors of this volume that the reader will be introduced, through brief accounts of recent fundamental research, to the full scope of problems and techniques currently associated with the advancing field of chemical sensors.