Design, viualisation and utilisation of enzyme microstructures built on solid surfaces
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Summary, in English
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Immobilized bioelements offer additional sensitivity and/or selectivity in analytical techniques, in biotechnological devices, and in different medical applications. Great research interest has recently been focused in all these fields on miniaturization techniques, special attention being accorded to the patterning of biomolecules (e.g. enzymes) on solid surfaces with micrometer resolution. Novel microanalysis systems consider the use of enzyme microstructures as e.g. part of mu- Total Analysis System platforms as biochemical microreactors or detection units. This mini-review highlights recent advances in the creation of enzyme microstructures by indirect methods (photolithography, microcontact printing. etc.) and active placement methods (electrospraying, microdispensing, etc.). Some key visualization techniques of enzyme microstructures (fluorescence microscopy, scanning electrochemical microscopy, etc.) are also mentioned together with examples of their applications or application possibilities.
Immobilized bioelements offer additional sensitivity and/or selectivity in analytical techniques, in biotechnological devices, and in different medical applications. Great research interest has recently been focused in all these fields on miniaturization techniques, special attention being accorded to the patterning of biomolecules (e.g. enzymes) on solid surfaces with micrometer resolution. Novel microanalysis systems consider the use of enzyme microstructures as e.g. part of mu- Total Analysis System platforms as biochemical microreactors or detection units. This mini-review highlights recent advances in the creation of enzyme microstructures by indirect methods (photolithography, microcontact printing. etc.) and active placement methods (electrospraying, microdispensing, etc.). Some key visualization techniques of enzyme microstructures (fluorescence microscopy, scanning electrochemical microscopy, etc.) are also mentioned together with examples of their applications or application possibilities.
Publishing year
2002
Language
English
Pages
245-266
Publication/Series
Reviews in Analytical Chemistry
Volume
21
Issue
4
Document type
Journal article
Publisher
Freund Publishing House Ltd
Topic
- Analytical Chemistry
- Medical Engineering
Keywords
- scanning electrochemical microscopy
- enzyme microstructures
- microdispenser
Status
Published
ISBN/ISSN/Other
- ISSN: 0048-752X