Electrochemical Sensing: Carcinogens in Beverages

• Main Authors: Zia, Asif Iqbal (Author), Mukhopadhyay, Subhas Chandra (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Series: Smart Sensors, Measurement and Instrumentation, 20
• Subjects: Engineering.; Biotechnology.; Food > Biotechnology.; Electrochemistry.; Nanotechnology.; Electronics.; Microelectronics.; Electronics and Microelectronics, Instrumentation.; Food Science.; Nanotechnology and Microengineering.

This book describes a robust, low-cost electrochemical sensing system that is able to detect hormones and phthalates – the most ubiquitous endocrine disruptor compounds – in beverages and is sufficiently flexible to be readily coupled with any existing chemical or biochemical sensing system. A novel...