This book explores the integration of nanotechnology, microfabrication, and AI to enhance sensor sensitivity and functionality. It comprehensively covers advancements in lab-on-a-chip, wearable biosensors, and nanozymes, emphasizing their impact on healthcare, food safety, and personalized medicine. The book emphasizes the latest in sensor design, including optical, mechanical, and electrochemical methods and helps in developing learning about nanomaterials, signal amplification strategies, and the role of AI and machine learning in data analysis. The book also addresses the challenges of translating laboratory sensors into market-ready products and outlines essential standards and regulations for biosensor development.
It serves as an essential resource for researchers, clinicians, and students, offering insights into the fundamentals and future directions of biosensor technology.
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1. Introduction to Biosensor Nanoengineering.
Chapter
2. Micro
and Nanoengineering Methods in Biosensor Fabrication.
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3. Materials
in Micro- and Nano-Engineered Biosensors.
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4. Lab-on-a-chip for
disease detection.
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5. Microneedle Sensors for On-Skin Sensing.-
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6. Advances in Wearable, Ingestible, and Implantable Biosensor
Technologies.
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7. Design and Development of Self-Powered Biosensors.-
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8. Molecularly Imprinted Nanozymes in Biosensors.
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9.
Fundamentals and Innovations in CRISPR-Cas for Biosensing Applications.-
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10. Biosensor-based Detection of Autophagy-Mediated Therapeutic
Resistance in Tumors.
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11. Biosensors for Agriculture and Farming
Applications.
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12. Nanomaterial enhanced sensors for wastewater
treatment monitoring.
Dr. Buddhadev Purohit is currently a Biodesign Fellow at Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, where he works at the intersection of bioengineering, nanotechnology, and translational diagnostics. He has 7+ years interdisciplinary research experience in development of electrochemical sensors, optical biosensors, and advanced medical diagnostic platforms. He has obtained his Ph.D. from Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, India, and completed his postdoctoral training at Technical University of Denmark. He has published 30+ articles/book chapters, and one edited book in Springer Nature.
Prof. Pranjal Chandra is currently Head and an Associate Professor at the School of Biochemical Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology (BHU) Varanasi, India. He earned his Ph.D. from Pusan National University, South Korea, and did postdoctoral training at Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Israel. With over 15 years of professional experience, he focuses on interdisciplinary research in biotechnology, nanobiosensors, and biochemical diagnostics. His group has designed several commercially viable biosensing prototypes that can be operated for onsite analysis for diverse applications. He has two international patents (South Korea), four national patents granted, and several others in processing and has authored more than 200 journal articles/invited chapters in top-tier journals/books. He has published more than 20 books on various aspects of biosensors/diagnostics/material engineering from IET London, Springer Nature, and CRC Press USA, and many books are in press/under preparation. Chandra's work has been greatly highlighted/featured in over 450 news agencies/media outlets globally. He is an associate editor/editorial board member of various international journals, including Sensors and Actuators A: Physical, ACS Chemical and Biomedical Imaging, Scientific Reports, Sensors International, Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, Molecules, Frontiers in Sensors, and Green Analytical Chemistry. Prof. Chandra is the recipient of many prestigious awards, coveted honors, and fellowships, including the elected Fellow of the National Academy of Sciences, India (FNASc); elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Biology, London (FRSB); Associate fellow of Indian National Science Academy (INSA); Fellow of Indian Chemical Society (FICS); Prof. B.K. Bachhawat Memorial Young Scientist Lecture Award 2022 by the National Academy of Sciences (NASI), Prayagraj, India; Shakuntala Amir Chand Prize 2020 by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR); Eat Right Research Award 2022 by the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI); DST Ramanujan fellowship (Government of India); Early Carrier Research Award (ECRA) (DST, Government of India); BK-21 and NRF fellowship, South Korea; Technion Post-Doctoral Fellowship, Israel; Nano Molecular Society India Young Scientist Award; Biotech Research Society India (BRSI) Young Scientist Award; Young Engineers Award 2018; ACS/Elsevier Outstanding Reviewer Awards; highly cited Corresponding authors in The Royal Society Of Chemistry (RSC), Cambridge, London; Top 10% cited articles in the General Chemistry Section of the RSC Journal, Cambridge, London; the Gandhian Young Technology Innovation Award (GYTI) 2020 and 2023, etc. He is listed among the world's top 2% scientists from the last 5 years by Stanford University, USA. Prof. Chandra is also an expert member/reviewer of various national and international funding agencies.
