Biosensor
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[DEFINITION]
A generic term for sensors that use organic substances in the device,
that are intended for measurement of organism related subsystems, or that mimic an organism.
[DESCRIPTION]
A typical biosensor consists of the biologically originated
specific material such as an enzyme or an antibody that identifies the object of measurement and the
device that measures a physical or chemical quantity change related to the identifying reaction. A
semiconductor sensor or any of various types of electrodes (ex. ISFET, micro-oxygen electrode, and
fluores-cence detection optical sensor) prepared by silicon micromachining tech-nology can be used
as this device. Biosensors are used for blood analysis systems, glucose sensors, micro robots, and
so on.
[References]
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[Related Terms]
Ion sensitive field effect transistor (ISFET) , Microsensor