Quantum dots for bioelectrochemical applications
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2019
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Electrochemical biosensors based on quantum dots (QDs) have been used for medical, environmental, and food analysis applications due to their unique characteristics, such as high electron transfer ability, large surface area, good interfacial properties, applicability for surface modification, and excellent biocompatibility. All of these characteristics provide signal amplification, selectivity, and reproducibility for electrochemical biosensors. These nanoparticles have been used as electrode modifiers, as active components interacting with the targets, and also as support material for immobilization of recognition elements. Because of their inherent dynamical relation characteristics, mathematical modeling is generally a powerful way to investigate the main effects on the overall bioelectrochemical system (BES) performance. The aim of this chapter is to give brief information about the structure, characteristics, and synthesis of electrochemical sensing properties, bioelectrochemical applications, and finally modeling and optimizations of QDs. © 2020 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.