René Lalauze is Professor at Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Mines de Saint Etienne, France. His topics of interest focus on physico-chemistry, aspects of solid–gas interactions. He contributes towards the development of theoretical models and industrial prototypes for several gas sensors. He has been a director of a teaching and research department of the Ecole des Mines de Saint Etienne and director of a CNRS research unit.

• Preface xvChapter 1. Chemical and Biological Recognition 1Nicole JAFFREZIC-RENAULTChapter 2. Adsorption Phenomena 27René LALAUZEChapter 3. Microcantilever Transduction 49Isabelle DUFOURChapter 4. Piezoelectric Transduction (QCM) 71Hubert PERROTChapter 5. Metal Oxide Gas Sensors 93Christophe PIJOLATChapter 6. Molecular Material-based Conductimetric Gas Sensors 127Marcel BOUVETChapter 7. Responses and Electrical Properties of Gas Microsensors 143Khalifa AGUIRChapter 8. Gas Microsensor Technology 175Philippe MENINIChapter 9. Multisensors: Measurements and Behavior Models 211Philippe BREUILChapter 10. Development of Microtechnologies for the Realization of Chemical, Biochemical and/or Biological Microsensors 235Pierre TEMPLE-BOYERChapter 11. Development of Micro-preconcentrators for the Detection of Gaseous Species at Trace Level 261Jean-Paul VIRICELLEChapter 12. Microfluidics: Manipulation of Nanovolume Samples 293Louis RENAUDChapter 13. Electrochemical Biosensors 313Chantal GONDRANChapter 14. Fiber-optic Biosensors 335Neso SOJICChapter 15. In Vivo Analyses with Electrochemical Microsensors 353Stéphane ARBAULTChapter 16. Microbial Biosensors for Environmental Applications 373Gérald THOUAND and Marie José DURANDChapter 17. Biofuel Cells 409Serge COSNIERList of Authors 425Index 427

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