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