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Chemical Sensors and Biosensors

Electronic Design and Practical Implementation

  • 1st Edition - November 1, 2026
  • Latest edition
  • Authors: Giorgio Pennazza, Marco Santonico, Alessandro Zompanti
  • Language: English

Chemical Sensors and Biosensors: Electronic Design and Practical Implementation covers both foundational concepts and practical applications across various scientific discip… Read more

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Description

Chemical Sensors and Biosensors: Electronic Design and Practical Implementation covers both foundational concepts and practical applications across various scientific disciplines to outline the development of chemical sensors. Section I, Fundamentals, explains sensor working principles, including key elements such as sensitivity, resolution, LOD, selectivity, repeatability, and reproducibility, along with calibration procedures. This section also outlines electronic interfaces needed for optimal sensor performance based on the theoretical knowledge established in the earlier sections. Section II, Practical Implementation, introduces application driven design and conceptual models for sensor development, including troubleshooting and common solutions across various sensors and their myriad applications.

The final section discusses the future of sensors and sensing technologies and provides a tutorial to provide step-by-step guidance on understanding various methods and procedures associated with chemical sensor development and design. This is a invaluable resource for post graduate students and researchers both in academia and industry working with any kind of chemical sensor technology. Additionally, this book will be useful for engineers, physicists, chemists, and technical personnel and postgraduate students engaged in precision measurements with advanced instruments.

Key features

  • Provides a comprehensive guide for using chemical sensors and biosensors, covering both foundational concepts and practical applications across various scientific disciplines
  • Includes a tutorial to provide step-by-step guidance on understanding various methods and procedures associated with chemical sensor development and design
  • Incorporates case studies throughout, serving as real-world examples of various chemical sensors and their usage and applications
  • Details methodologies and common troubleshooting for developing chemical sensors and managing sensor networks

Readership

Post graduate students and researchers both in academia and industry working with any kind of chemical sensor technology; engineers, physicists, chemists, and technical personnel and postgraduate students engaged in precision measurements with advanced instruments

Table of contents

Section I: Fundamentals

1. Characteristic Parameters

2. Working Principles

3. Electronic Interfaces

4. Functionalization

Section II: Practical Implementation

5. Application Driven Design

6. Custom Vs Commercial: Effective Balance

7. Sensor Arrays

8. Sensor Systems

9. Sensor Networks

10. Sensor Sustainability

Section III: A Vision Beyond

11. Sensors and Perception

12. Roadmap

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Published: November 10, 2026
  • Language: English

About the authors

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Giorgio Pennazza

Giorgio Pennazza has participated and still participates in numerous national and international projects. He is the author of over 60 publications in journals, book chapters and conference proceedings. He has been teaching in this field for the past 8 years, and his main research interest is in sensors with biomedical applications.
Affiliations and expertise
Associate Professor of Electronics, Head of the Unit of Electronics for Sensor Systems, Italy

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Marco Santonico

In 2012 Marco Santonico was a founding member of the company INNOSENSOR Ltd., founded as a spin-off of the University of Rome "Tor Vergata." INNOSENSOR is concerned with the research and development of sensory systems, bio-sensory and their electronic and chemical interfaces. He is the author of over 50 publications in journals, book chapters and proceedings of conferences. He is actively teaching in this field and his main research interest is the development and characterization of sensors and their electronic interfaces for biomedical applications.
Affiliations and expertise
Assistant Professor, Universita Campus Bio-Medico di Roma, Unit of Electronics for Sensor Systems, Department of Engineering, Rome, Italy

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Alessandro Zompanti

Alessandro Zompanti graduated from the University Campus Bio-Medico di Roma, Rome, Italy, in 2010 and received the Ph.D. degree in Bio-Engineering and Bio-Sciences from the same University in 2017. Since 2021 he has been an assistant professor at University Campus Bio-Medico di Roma, joining the Research Unit of Electronics for Sensor Systems. His research activities are mainly focused on the design and development of electronic systems and electronic interfaces for sensors for medical and food applications. His is currently engaged in many industrial collaborations, oriented to the development of custom sensor-systems for specific applications. His main research activity is devoted to the study of the electronic circuits driving and interrogating capacitive, conductometric, acoustic and electrochemical sensors. His teaching activity is mainly held in laboratory sessions to introduce students to the comprehension on field of sensor working principles.

Affiliations and expertise
Assistant Professor, University Campus Bio-Medico di Roma, Italy