Amperometric and Impedance Monitoring Systems for Biomedical Applications

This book describes the different electronic architectures and technologies used in electrochemistry and biomedicine, particularly in Point-of-Care and Lab-on-a-Chip devices. The book addresses how the electronics are designed and implemented for increased performance and functionality while addressing the issues present in actual devices. The book covers topics such as device design complexity, the many techniques used in electrochemical and biomedical fields, application to different transducers, analytes and targets, and the ability to output reliable data in a standard table-top device. It addresses three main approaches: voltammetric techniques, amperometric techniques and impedance detection, focusing primarily on the impedance technique and its impact in several fields of application, particularly in electrochemistry and biomedicine. The book also presents the conception and realization of a pervasive electronic architecture for electrochemical and biomedical applications. The is designed to work as front-end instrumentation and back-end data post-processing, enabling its application in different areas and across a variety of techniques, analytes, transducers and environments. It also describes its use in pervasive biomedical applications, through instantaneous and non-destructive cellular monitoring, as a Point-of-Care application and its integration in Lab-on-a-Chip devices. The book covers the implementations of the electronics for these particular biomedical applications, and will be of use to those working in any field where the presented electronic techniques, in particular impedance detection, are utilised.