US EPA

19544 

Journal Article 

Review 

Biosensors in air monitoring 

Sandstrom, KJM; Turner, APF 

1999 

Yes 

Journal of Environmental Monitoring
ISSN: 1464-0325
EISSN: 1464-0333 

1 

4 

293-298 

English 

11529125 

WOS:000083696300008 

I.The methods that are commonly used in air sampling today sometimes lack some of the properties that would be considered favourable for a certain application; such properties might include high selectivity, high sensitivity, real-time monitoring, inexpensive analysis, one-step analysis, etc. Commonly used chromatographic methods usually require an air sampling procedure prior to the analysis. This time-consuming two-step analysis can be avoided by using on-site, direct-reading instruments, and such instruments can be developed using biosensor technology. Biosensors can also offer greater selectivity than the commonly used direct-reading instruments. Many attempts have been made to produce biosensors with these kinds of characteristics for air monitoring and biosensors are now important tools that can successfully be used for air monitoring.