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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• van der Linden, Heiko J
• Herber, Sebastiaan
• Olthuis, Wouter
• Bergveld, Piet

Titel

Stimulus-sensitive hydrogels and their applications in chemical (micro)analysis

Ist Teil von

• Analyst (London), 2003-04, Vol.128 (4), p.325-331

Ort / Verlag

England

Erscheinungsjahr

2003

Link zum Volltext

Quelle

Alma/SFX Local Collection

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• In this tutorial review the use of stimulus-sensitive hydrogels as sensors and actuators for (micro)analytical applications is discussed. The first part of the article is aimed at making the reader familiar with stimulus-sensitive hydrogels, their chemical composition and their chemo-physical behavior. The prior art in the field, that comprises a number of sensors ranging from metal ion-sensitive sensors to antigen-sensitive sensors and a few actuators, is also treated in this part. The second part of the article focusses on the use of stimulus-sensitive hydrogels for microsensors and microactuators as well as their application in micro total analysis systems. The benefits of stimulus-sensitive hydrogels, their miniaturisation and the use of 365 nm UV-photolithography as a fast economical manufacturing technique are discussed.