Symposium 11
Sensors and biosensors

Sponsoring Divisions: Division 1, 2 and 4

This symposium aims to present a broad overview on developments in electrochemical sensors. Thus it covers fundamental approaches which can lead to a better understanding of electroanalytical and bioelectrochemical sensing systems, new sensor architectures but also applications in medicine, industry and environmental monitoring.
Two aspects of modern sensor research will be given special attention: The first focus will be on all problems of in vivo sensing. This is an important area in medicine with increasing needs. However until now only few commercialisations have been seen. Thus the symposium wants to discuss the perspectives and current problems. The second focus is on miniaturisation down to the nanoscale and on techniques for the characterisation of these sensorial nanostructures. With this the symposium wants to follow the actual developments in methods of nanostructure preparation, their application in sensors and the better understanding of their properties.

Thus the symposium will include following topics:
- Examples of in vivo sensing
- Calibration strategies for in vivo sensor application and materials issues
- Miniaturization of sensing structures
- Imaging techniques for sensor surface characterization (eg. STM, AFM, SECM)
- Application of nanostructures
- Nanobiochips
- New sensor concepts
- Biomimetics

Symposium organizers
Fred Lisdat, (Coordinator) Wildau University, Germany
flisdat@igw.tfh-wildau.de
Wolfgang Schuhmann, Ruhr-Universitaet Bochum, Germany
wolfgang.schuhmann@rub.de
Alexander Vaskevich, Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel
alexander.vaskevich@weizmann.ac.il
Alain Walcarius, University of Nancy, France
alain.walcarius@lcpme.cnrs-nancy.fr
Féthi Bédioui, ENSCP, Paris, France
fethi-bedioui@enscp.fr