Biosensor devices: from design to practical implementation

Abstract

The Course will start with a basic introduction to biosensors, and will follow with a deep overview of the different physical transducer, with special emphasis in photonics and nanotechnology transducers. During the course, the design, fabrication, characterization, and testing of biosensor devices will be reviewed. In addition, the biofunctionalization techniques for biological receptor inclusion will be studied as well. Further integration of biosensors, microfluidics, and electronic functions on a single sensing circuit could lead to a complete ‘‘lab-on-achip’’ technological solution which could be used for performing in situ analysis. The way of the integration in ‘‘lab-on-a-chip’’ Microsystems will be also reviewed.