Surfactant Based Electrochemical Sensors and Biosensors discusses the applications of surfactants for electrochemical sensors. Surfactant based electrochemical sensors exhibit elevated sensitivity, selectivity, stability and accuracy as compared to other analytical techniques. This book covers the emerging research trends and exploitation of surfactants for electrochemical sensor preparation for its applications in various fields such as academia, medicine, industry and monitoring of environmental species, expanding on scientific research in the field of electrochemistry on surfactant based electrochemical sensors.
Sections present the characteristics of surfactants and discuss their application for the fabrication of electrochemical sensors and bio sensors, address the analysis of toxic chemicals and their quantitative determination and offers surfactant based sensing platforms for environmental modeling, discuss the significance of the analysis of molecules and ions in biological and pharmaceutical sampling, present new methodologies for the determination of food additives and biological molecules present in food samples, and explore the sustainability, safety and toxicity aspects.
PART 1: Fundamentals of Surfactants and its Role in Development of Electrochemical Sensors and Biosensors 1. Brief Overview of Surfactants, properties, Classification, Passivation, and Role in Chemistry 2. Green Approaches in Synthesis of Surfactants 3. Theoretical Aspects of Surfactant Based Electrochemical Sensing and Bio-Sensing 4. A Comparative Review of Surfactant as an Electrode Modifier in Comparison with other Modifiers Like Nanomaterial, Polymers, Metal-organic Framework etc. 5. Recent Advances in Development of Surfactant Based Electrochemical Sensors and Biosensors PART 2: Surfactant Based Sensing Platforms for Environmental Monitoring 6. Surfactant Based Sensing Platforms for the Detection of Heavy Metals 7. Fabrication of Surfactant Based Electrochemical Sensors and Biosensors for Analysis of Textile Dyes 8. Assessment of Toxic Phenolic Compounds at Surfactant Based Electrochemical Sensors and Biosensors 9. Surfactant Modified Electrochemical Sensors and Biosensors for Herbicides, Insecticides, Fungicides and Other Eco-toxic Chemicals Part: 3 Surfactant Based Electrochemical Sensors and Biosensors for Pharmaceutical Analysis 10. Surfactant Enhanced Electrochemical Sensors and Bio-sensors for Determination of Hormones 11. Surfactant Based Electrochemical Sensors and Bio-sensors for Determination Drugs 12. Evaluation of Neurochemicals at Surfactant Modified Electrochemical Sensor and Biosensors 13. Determination of Amino Acids and other Clinically Significant Molecules at Surfactant Based Electrochemical Sensors and Bio-sensors PART 4: Application of Surfactant Modified Electrochemical Sensors and Biosensors for Food Quality Assessment 14. Surfactant Modified Sensors and Biosensors for the Electro-analysis of Vitamins 15. Utilization of Surfactant Based Electrode for the Study of Food Dyes 16. Surfactant Based Electrodes for the Quantification of Food Flavours and Additives 17. Detection of Food Toxins at Surfactant Based Electrochemical Sensors and Biosensors 18. Surfactant Based Electrodes for the Quantification of Flavonoids Part. 5. Sustainability, Safety and Toxicity Aspects of Surfactant Modified Electrochemical Sensors and Biosensors 19. Toxicity, Safety and Disposal of Surfactant Based Electrochemical Sensors and Biosensors 20. Sustainability of Surfactant Based Electrochemical Sensors and Biosensors over Conventional Methods like HPLC, GC etc.
J G Manjunatha is an Assistant Professor in Chemistry at FMKMC College, A Constituent College of Mangalore University, India. He received his Ph.D. degree in Chemistry from Kuvempu University and Postdoc from the University of Kebangsaan Malaysia. His research interests focus on the fabrication of electrochemical sensors for the detection of biologically active molecules and the fabrication of binderless supercapacitors. He has received various awards and published more than 190 research articles in reputed International Journals. An editor for around 21 books books (RSC, ACS, IOP, Elsevier and Bentham science publishers), and special issues (IOP Science Publisher, Frontiers in Sensors, MDPI). He is also an editorial board member for many reputed journals and Editor -Chief Sensing technology journal (Taylor and Francis). Chaudhery Mustansar Hussain is an Adjunct Professor and Director of laboratories in the Department of Chemistry & Environmental Sciences at the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT), United States. His research is focused on the applications of nanotechnology and advanced materials, environmental management, analytical chemistry, and other various industries. Dr. Hussain is the author of numerous papers in peer-reviewed journals as well as a prolific author and editor of around 150 books, including scientific monographs and handbooks in his research areas.
