title: Biosensors in forensic analysis. A review.
abstract: Forensic analysis is an important branch of modern Analytical Chemistry with many legal and socially relevant implications. Biosensors can play an important role as efficient tools in this field considering their well known advantages of sensitivity, selectivity, easy functioning, affordability and capability of miniaturization and automation. This article reviews the latest advances in the use of biosensors for forensic analysis. The different methodologies for the transduction of the produced biological events are considered and the applications to forensic toxicological analysis, classified by the nature of the target analytes, as well as those related with chemical and biological weapons critically commented. The article provides several Tables where the more relevant analytical characteristics of the selected reported methods are gathered.
authors.affiliation: University Complutense, Department of Analytical Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, Ciudad Universitaria, Madrid 28040, Spain. Electronic address: yseo@quim.ucm.es.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Yáñez-Sedeño
authors.affiliation: University Complutense, Department of Analytical Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, Ciudad Universitaria, Madrid 28040, Spain.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Agüí
authors.affiliation: University Complutense, Department of Analytical Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, Ciudad Universitaria, Madrid 28040, Spain.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Villalonga
authors.affiliation: University Complutense, Department of Analytical Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, Ciudad Universitaria, Madrid 28040, Spain.
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Pingarrón
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D015374:Biosensing Techniques / Q000295:instrumentation; D053593:Forensic Toxicology / Q000295:instrumentation; D006801:Humans
keywords: Biological weapons; Biosensors; Forensic; Illicit drugs; Poisons; Toxins