Biomimetic Sensor Technology

The first ever book devoted to the development and use of taste and odour sensors.

Kiyoshi Toko (Author)

9780521017688, Cambridge University Press

Paperback, published 22 August 2005

224 pages, 147 b/w illus.
24.4 x 17 x 1.2 cm, 0.365 kg

'This book addresses the development of intelligent sensors and systems to detect taste and odour. These sensors have been harder to develop than other forms of sensor as the number of chemicals to be measured is so very large. Biomimetic Sensor Technology will be of interest to researchers in food science, biochemistry, biophysics, medical science, biotechnology and electronic and mechanical engineering.' Sensor Review

This book deals with biomimetic sensors that can quantify taste and smell - the electronic tongue and nose. Of all sensor technologies, these have been widely considered as the most difficult to realise and the development of these sensors significantly contributes to the understanding of the reception mechanisms in gustatory and olfactory systems. The author begins by dealing with the basic principles of measurement and multivariate analysis. Reception mechanisms in biological systems are briefly reviewed. Several types of biosensor, including enzyme-immobilized membranes, SPR, the quartz resonance oscillator and IC technologies are explained in detail. This book is the first to focus on artificial taste and smell sensors and also reviews conventional biosensors, such as enzyme sensors, in detail.

1. Sensors and measurement
2. Chemical sensors
3. Biomimetic membrane devices
4. Biosensors
5. Odour sensors
6. Taste sensors
7. Other methods of measuring taste
8. Towards a sensor to reproduce human senses.

Subject Areas: Electronics & communications engineering [TJ]