Glucose Sensing

Michael D. Heagy (auth.), Chris D. Geddes, Joseph R. Lakowicz (eds.)0-387-29571-2, 978-0387-29571-8

Topics in Fluorescence Spectroscopy, Glucose Sensing is the eleventh volume in the popular series Topics in Fluorescence Spectroscopy, edited by Drs. Chris D. Geddes and Joseph R. Lakowicz.

This volume incorporates authoritative analytical fluorescence-based glucose sensing reviews specialized enough to be attractive to professional researchers, yet also appealing to the wider audience of scientists in related disciplines of fluorescence.

Glucose Sensing is an essential reference for any lab working in the analytical fluorescence glucose sensing field. All academics, bench scientists, and industry professionals wishing to take advantage of the latest and greatest in the continuously emerging field of glucose sensing, and diabetes care & management, will find this volume an invaluable resource.

Topics in Fluorescence Spectroscopy Volume 11, Glucose Sensing Chapters include:

Implantable Sensors for Interstitial Fluid

Smart Tattoo Glucose Sensors

Optical Enzyme-based Glucose Biosensors

Plasmonic Glucose Sensing

The Glucose Binding Protein for Sensing

Fluorescent TICT Sensors for Saccharides

Contact Lenses for Ophthalmic Glucose Monitoring

About the Editors:

Dr Chris D. Geddes is Professor of Fluorescence Spectroscopy, Director of the Institute of Fluorescence, and Associate Director of the Center for Fluorescence Spectroscopy at the University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute, Medical Biotechnology Center, Baltimore, USA. He is the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Fluorescence and both the Editor-in-Chief and Founding Editor of the Journal Plasmonics, The Who’s Who in Fluorescence, Reviews in Fluorescence and Reviews in Plasmonics annual volumes, as well as Executive Director of the Society of Fluorescence. Dr Geddes has published over 120 scientific articles, papers, review articles, books and book chapters on the principles and applications of fluorescence.

Dr Joseph R. Lakowicz is Professor of Biochemistry at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, and Director of the Center for Fluorescence Spectroscopy. Dr. Lakowicz has published over 400 scientific articles, has edited numerous books, holds 16 issued patents, and is the author of the widely used text Principles of Fluorescence Spectroscopy now in its 3rd edition.

Table of contents :
N -Phenylboronic Acid Derivatives of Arenecarboximdes as Saccharide Probes with Virtual Spacer Design….Pages 1-20
Genesis of Fluorophore Formation in Macrocycle Solutions and the Detection of Glucose and Related Sugars….Pages 21-45
Two-Component Optical Sugar Sensing Using Boronic Acid-Substituted Viologens with Anionic Fluorescent Dyes….Pages 47-87
Implantable Concanavlin a Based Sensors for Interstitial Fluid Glucose Sensing in Diabetics….Pages 89-115
Fluorescence Biosensors for Continuously Monitoring the Blood Glucose Level of Diabetic Patients….Pages 117-130
Microcapsules as “Smart Tattoo” Glucose Sensors: Engineering Systems with Enzymes and Glucose-Binding Sensing Elements….Pages 131-163
Non-Invasive Monitoring of Diabetes….Pages 165-199
Optical Enzyme-Based Glucose Biosensors….Pages 201-236
Saccharide recognition by Boronic Acid Fluorophore/Cyclodextrin Complexes in Water….Pages 237-258
Plasmonic Glucose Sensing….Pages 259-282
Optically-Based Affinity Biosensors for Glucose….Pages 283-310
Recent Chemiluminescence Applications for Glucose Sensing….Pages 311-322
The Glucose Binding Protein as Glucose Sensor….Pages 323-331
Fluorescent Tict Sensors for Saccharides….Pages 333-350
Glucose Sensing and Glucose Determination Using Fluorescent Probes and Molecular Receptors….Pages 351-375
Boronic Acid-Based Fluorescence Sensors for Glucose Monitoring….Pages 377-397
Development of Smart Contact Lenses for Ophthalmic Glucose Monitoring….Pages 399-429