Index
absorbance (optical)
accelerometer
acetylcholine receptor
acid dissociation
acids
action potential
active sensor
active transport across membrane
activity coefficient
activity coefficient of ions in solution
activity gradient
adipocyte
ADP
advection
aerofoil
amino acid
amperometric biosensor
amperometry
amphipathic molecule
ampholyte
amphoteric
amplification
analytical noise
anode
antibody
antibody immobilisation
antibody-antigen interaction
antigen
anti-stokes shift
apoptosis
applying Kirchhoff's laws to fluid flow
aquaporin
ATP
ATP synthesis
avidin-biotin system
Avogadro's hypothesis
Avogadro's number
bacteria
bacteria growth
base physical quantities
bases
B-cell
Beer-Lambert law
Bernoulli's equation
biocompatibility
BioFET
biomimetic sensor
biosensor
biosensor format
biosensor pH response
biosensor temperature response
biosensor,1st,2nd and 3rd generation
blood composition
blood cells
blood group
blood viscosity
bond number
bootstrapping
botttom-up approach
British Medicines Healthcare Regulatory Agency
Brokaw bandgap voltage reference
Buckingham's π-theorem
buffer amplifier
buffers
Butler-Volmer equation
calcium channel (pump)
capacitive sensors
capillary action
capillary characteristic length
capillary electrophoresis
capillary number
capillary time scale
carbohydrates
cardiac action potential
catalyst
cathode
CCD
cell chemical components
cell culture
cell cycle
cell signalling
cell wall
cell-cell communication
cells
cells, electrical properties
cells, transmembrane ion distribution
central dogma of molecular biology
characteristic time scales
charge-transfer resistance
chemical bonds
chemical concentrations
chemical equilibrium constant
chemical reaction
chemiluminescence
chlorophyll
chromophore
chromosome
CMOS
CMOS Camera
codon
common mode rejection ratio
complementary colour
complex plane impedance plot
concanavalin A
concept of similarity
condensation reaction
conductometric biosensor
conservation of energy
conservation of mass
conservation of momentum
contact wetting angle
continuity equation
continuum model of fluid
continuum versus molecular model
convective time scale
corrosion of iron
Couette flow
Coulomb energy
Coulomb potential
Coulomb's law
counter electrode
current amplifier
current clamp
current follower
cyclic voltammetry
cytometry
cytoplasm
cytoskeleton
Daniell cell
Debye screening length
Debye-Hückel equation
dendrite
density
derived physical quantities
deterministic simulations
diabetes
dielectric permittivity of water
dielectrophoresis
differential amplifier
diffusion
diffusion coefficient
diffusion gradient
diffusion time scale
diffusion, facilitated
dimensional analysis
dimensional homegeneity theorem
dimensionless parameters
dipole-dipole interaction
DNA
DNA length
DNA replication
DNA sensor
DNA-RNA transcription
Donnan equilibrium
double layer capacitance
drug discovery
dynamic pressure
dynamic viscosity
E. coli
Einstein-Smoluchowski equation
electrical double layer
electrochemical cell
electrochemical gradient
electrochemical half-cell
electrochemical impedance spectroscopy
electrochemistry
electrode potential
electrode reactions
electrolysis
electromagnetic radiation
electron spin resonance (ESR)
electron transfer mediator
electron transfer reaction
electronegativity scale
electronic spectroscopy
electronic transitions between energy levels
electro-osmosis
electrophoresis
electrophoretic mobility
electroplating of copper
electrostatic potential
electrowetting on dielectric (EWOD)
energy
enthalpy
entropy
enzyme cofactor
enzyme immobilization
equilibrium constant
erythrocyte
eukaryotic cell
European Medicines Agency
evanescent wave
FACS
Faradaic reaction
fat cell
fatty acid
feedback
Fermi energy
ferri/ferrocyanide redox couple
FET
Fick's equations
field effect transisor
finite difference method
finite element method
finite volume method
flatband voltage
flavoenzyme
FLIM
flow resistance
fluid conservation equations
fluid dynamics
fluid pressure
fluid shearing force
fluidic junction
fluidic lever
fluorescence
fluorescence intensity
fluorescence lifetime
fluorescence microarrays
fluorophore
Förster resonance energy transfer (FRET)
Frank-Condon principle
FRET
fungal cell
gap junction
gas constant
gas viscosity values
gated-ion sensor
gauge factor
Gaussian (normal) distribution
genetic code
genome
Gibbs free energy
glucose
glucose sensor
glycoprotein
golden rules (for operational amplifiers)
Gouy-Chapman-Stern equation
Gram stain
gramicidin channel
granulocytes
green fluorescent protein (GFP)
Grotthuss mechanism
haemoglobin
Hagen-Poiseuille relationship
hard sphere model
heart muscle membrane
Helmholtz-Smoluchowski equation
Henderson-Hasselbalch equation
histone
HIV
Holliday junction
hydration forces
hydration shell
hydraulic diameter
hydraulic press
hydrodynamic radius
hydrogen bond
hydrophobic forces
hydroxyl group
hypertonic solution
hypotonic solution
ideal gas law
ideal polarised electrode
immune response
immune system
immunoglobulin
impedance spectroscopy
impedimetric biosensor
implantable sensor
infrared spectroscopy
instrumentation amplifier
interdigitated transducer
inverting amplifier
ion channel
ion channel conductance
ion channel dysfunction
ion electrical mobility
ion pump
ion selective electrode
ion transport across membrane
ion-dipole interaction
ionic bond
ionic double layer
ions in membrane
ions in protein
ions in water
ion sensitive field effect transistor
ISFET
ISFET fabrication
ISFET instrumentation
isoelectric focussing
isoelectric point
isotonic solution
Kelvin measurement
kinematic viscosity
kinetic theory of gases
Knudsen number
lab-on-chip device
laminar flow
Laplace's law
law of mass action
laws of thermodynamics
Lennard-Jones potential
leukocyte
light dependent resistor
lipids
liquid junction potential
liquid viscosity values
liquids
luminescence
lymphocyte
macrophage
mass transfer
Maxwell distribution of molecular speeds
MEA
mediated amperometric biosensor
membrane action potential
membrane capacitance
membrane equilibrium potential
membrane excitation
membrane hyperpolarisation
membrane ion channel
membrane mosaic model
membrane resistance
membrane, active electrical response
membrane, passive electrical response
meso scale
messenger rna
microdevice design
microelectrode array
microelectrodes
mitochondria
mobility
molar absorption coefficient
molar mass
molar solution
molarity
molecular mass
molecular mean free pathlength
molecular model
molecular simulations
molecular speed, Maxwell distribution
molecule kinetic energy
monocyte
Monte Carlo simulation
MOSFET
Murphy's Law
myelin
myocyte
Navier-Stokes equations
Nernst equation
Nernst potential
Nernstian
nerve (axon) membrane
neuron
neuron action potential
neutrophils
Newtonian fluid
Newton's law
non-inverting amplifier
nonpolar bond
nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR)
nucleic acid
nucleosome
nucleotide
oligopeptide
op-amp limitations
operational amplifier
optical fibre sensor
optode
optometric biosensor
osmolarity
osmole
osmosis
osmotic pressure
osmotic properties of cells
over-potential
oxidation
pacemaker cell
parasitic capacitance
partition coefficient
Pascal's law
Pascal's triangle and pyramid
passive sensor
patch-clamp
Peclet number
peptide bond
pH
pH electrode
pH scale
phagocyte
phospholipid
phosphorescence
photobleaching
photodiode
photometric biosensor
photomultiplier tube
piezoelectric effect
piezoresistive effect
pK
Planck's constant
plant cell
plasma
plasma membrane
plasmids
platelets
platinum resistive thermometer
p-n junction diode
Poiseuille's law
Poisson equation
Poisson's ratio
Poisson-Boltzmann equation
polar bond
polypeptide
potassium channel
potentiometric biosensor
potentiostat
Prandtl number
pressure
pressure sensor
principle of superposition
prion
prokaryotic cell
protein folding process
protein molecular weight determination
protein structure
proteomics
proton mobility
protons
PRT
PTAT sensor
QCM
QCM equivalent circuit
QCM instrumentation
quantum mechanical theory
quartz crystal microbalance
quenching
Ramachandran plot
Raman spectroscopy
Randles equivalent circuit
random (drunken sailor) walk
ratiometric detection
Rayleigh time scale
Rayleigh waves
red blood cell
redox reaction
reduction
reduction-oxydation reaction
reference electrode
regenerative medicine
resistance temperature detector
retrovirus
Reynold's number
ribosome
RNA
rotational spectroscopy
RTD
saccharide
salt bridge
salt dissociation in water
saturated-calomel electrode
SAW
scaling
second law of thermodynamics
self-assembled monolayers (SAMS)
sensor acccuracy
sensor bandwidth
sensor decision limit
sensor detection limit
sensor drift
sensor dynamic range
sensor hysteresis
sensor noise
sensor precision
sensor resolution
sensor response time
sensor selectivity
sensor sensitivity
sensor transfer function
serpentine channel
shear stress
silver-silver chloride reference electrode
similarity
single photon avalanche detector
smart sensor
Snell's law
soap bubble
sodium channel
sodium-potassium pump
soft sphere model
soma
SPAD
specific heat
spectroscopy
squid axon
stability
standard conditions
standard electrode potential
standard free energy change
standard hydrogen electrode
standard reduction potential
stem cell
stochastic simulations
Stokes shift
Stokes viscous force
Stokes-Einstein equation
strain gauge
sugars
surface acoustic wave
surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy
surface plasmon resonance
surface tension
surface wetting
surfactants
switched capacitor circuits
synapse
T-cell
temperature definition
temperature sensor
thermistor
thermodynamics, Laws of
three-electrode system
threshold voltage
TIRF
tissue engineering
titration curve
tonicity
top-down approach
total internal reflection fluorescence (TIRF)
transfer coefficient
transfer function
transimpedance amplifier
translation of DNA code
transmittance
T-type calcium channel
turbulent flow
turgor pressure
ultra-microelectrode
vaccine
van der Waals force
van der Waals radius
vibrational spectroscopy
virus
viscosity
visible EM spectrum
voltage amplfier
voltage clamp
voltage follower
voltage gated channel
voltage reference
wall tension
Warburg impedance
water
water dipole moment
water dissociation
Weber number
Wheatstone bridge
white blood cell
working electrode
wound healing
X-chromosome
Y-chromosome
Young's equation
Young's modulus
zeta potential