New Perspectives in Biosensors Technology and Applications Edited by Pier Andrea Serra Published by InTech Janeza Trdine 9, 51000 Rijeka, Croatia Copyright © 2011 InTech All chapters are Open Access articles distributed under the Creative Commons Non Commercial Share Alike Attribution 3.0 license, which permits to copy, distribute, transmit, and adapt the work in any medium, so long as the original work is properly cited. After this work has been published by InTech, authors have the right to republish it, in whole or part, in any publication of which they are the author, and to make other personal use of the work. Any republication, referencing or personal use of the work must explicitly identify the original source. Statements and opinions expressed in the chapters are these of the individual contributors and not necessarily those of the editors or publisher. No responsibility is accepted for the accuracy of information contained in the published articles. The publisher assumes no responsibility for any damage or injury to persons or property arising out of the use of any materials, instructions, methods or ideas contained in the book. Publishing Process Manager Mirna Cvijic Technical Editor Teodora Smiljanic Cover Designer Jan Hyrat Image Copyright FILATOV ALEXEY, 2010. Used under license from Shutterstock.com First published June, 2011 Printed in Croatia A free online edition of this book is available at www.intechopen.com Additional hard copies can be obtained from orders@intechweb.org New Perspectives in Biosensors Technology and Applications, Edited by Pier Andrea Serra p. cm. ISBN 978-953-307-448-1 Contents Preface IX Part 1 Biosensor Technology and Materials 1 Chapter 1 FAIMS Detection Technology Based on MEMS 3 Fei Tang, Xiaohao Wang and Chulong Xu Chapter 2 Intelligent Sensory Micro-Nanosystems and Networks 33 Vladimir M. Koleshko, Yauhen A. Varabei and Nikita A. Khmurovich Chapter 3 SPR Biosensor Technique Supports Development in Biomaterials Engineering 63 Bogdan Walkowiak, Witold Szymanski, Jacek Szymanski, Marta Walczynska, Magdalena Walkowiak-Przybylo, Piotr Komorowski, Wieslawa Okrój, Witold Jakubowski and Marta Kaminska Chapter 4 Highly Sensitive SPR Biosensor Based on Nanoimprinting Technology 83 Satoshi Fujita and Takeo Nishikawa Chapter 5 Numerical Optimization of Plasmonic Biosensors 105 Dominique Barchiesi Chapter 6 Biosensing Based on Luminescent Semiconductor Quantum Dots and Rare Earth Up-conversion Nanoparticles 127 Jun Zhang, Changyan Li, Wenzhi Zhao, Baocang Liu, Yunxia Liu and Gaole Aletan Chapter 7 Biosensors Based on Biological Nanostructures 149 Wendel A. Alves, Wellington Alves, Camila P. Sousa, Sergio Kogikoski. Jr., Rondes F. da Silva, Heliane R. do Amaral, Michelle S. Liberato, Vani X. Oliveira Jr., Tatiana D. Martins and Pedro M. Takahashi VI Contents Chapter 8 Diamond as Functional Material for Bioelectronics and Biotechnology 177 Bohuslav Rezek, Marie Krátká, Egor Ukraintsev, Oleg Babchenko, Alexander Kromka, Antonín Brož and Marie Kalbacova Chapter 9 New Generation Biosensors Based on Ellipsometry 197 Bora Garipcan, M. Oguzhan Çaglayan and Gökhan Demirel Chapter 10 Mathematical Modeling of Biosensors: Enzyme-substrate Interaction and Biomolecular Interaction 215 A. Meena, A.Eswari and L. Rajendran Chapter 11 Numerical Analysis and Simulation of Fluidics in Nanogap-Embedded Separated Double-Gate Field Effect Transistor for Biosensor 229 Maesoon Im and Yang-Kyu Choi Chapter 12 Fabrication of Biosensors Using Vinyl Polymer-grafted Carbon Nanotubes 245 Seong-Ho Choi, Da-Jung Chung and Hai-Doo Kwen Chapter 13 Design and Fabrication of 3D Skyscraper Nanostructures and Their Applications in Biosensors 269 Guigen Zhang Chapter 14 Screen Printed Electrodes with Improved Mass Transfer 291 Jan Krejci, Romana Sejnohova, Vitezslav Hanak and Hana Vranova Chapter 15 CMOS, Delta-Sigma pH-to-Digital Converter as New Integrated Device for Potentiometric Biosensors Applications 311 Chung-Yuan Chen, Tai-Ping Sun and Hsiu-Li Hsieh Part 2 Biosensors for Health 327 Chapter 16 Design and Preparation of Nanostructured Prussian Blue Modified Electrode for Glucose Detection 329 Wanqin Jin, Zhenyu Chu and Yannan Zhang Chapter 17 Detection of Oxidative Stress Biomarkers Using Novel Nanostructured Biosensors 343 Maria Hepel and Magdalena Stobiecka Chapter 18 Portable Bio-Devices: Design of Electrochemical Instruments from Miniaturized to Implantable Devices 373 Jordi Colomer-Farrarons, Pere Ll. Miribel-Català, A. Ivón Rodríguez-Villarreal and Josep Samitier Contents VII Part 4 Biosensors for Environment and Biosecurity 401 Carbon Nanotube-based Cholinesterase Chapter 19 Biosensors for the Detection of Pesticides 403 Xiuli Yue and Zhifei Dai Sensor Enhancement Using Nanomaterials to Chapter 20 Detect Pharmaceutical Residue: Nanointegration Using Phenol as Environmental Pollutant 421 Chandra S. Padidem, Sajid Bashir and Jingbo Liu Preface Pier Andrea Serra . New Perspectives in Biosensors Technology and Applications Edited by Pier Andrea Serra Published by InTech Janeza Trdine 9, 510 00 Rijeka, Croatia Copyright © 2 011 InTech All. spectrograph, and can bring ion filtration and selection to the mass spectrograph, resulting in decreased background noise and improved signal to New Perspectives in Biosensors Technology and Applications. founded in the USA in 2000, and is mainly engaged in the research and development of mico-FAIMS detection parts, and it is leading in the utility and commercialisation of the FAIMS technology.