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Important Applications

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Biosensors: an Introduction

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Sometimes these three modes of oxidation are referred to as first-, secondand third-generation biosensors:

  • first generation—oxygen electrode-based sensors;

  • second generation—mediator-based sensors;

  • third generation—directly coupled enzyme–electrodes.

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Eggins, B.R. (1996). Important Applications. In: Biosensors: an Introduction. Teubner Studienbücher Chemie. Vieweg+Teubner Verlag, Wiesbaden. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-663-05664-5_8

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