Nanostructured Platforms Integrated to Biosensors: Recent Applications in Agriculture

Abstract

Recently, various nanomaterials, such as nanostructured platforms, are being used for the development of biosensors. This chapter provides a brief explanation of the classification of biosensors according to their detection methods, and then it talks about the materials that are commonly used as nanostructured platforms in the manufacturing of biosensors. The field of nanotechnology continues to be a rapidly growing and developing field, and researchers are very actively inventing and discovering new nanomaterials. In this chapter, the most used sensors in the agricultural sector are cataloged and then presented in detail. The nanomaterials selected for this purpose ranges from metallic nanoparticles, magnetic nanoparticles, different types of nanomaterials derived from carbon, silicon, nanoMOF, and quantum dots. Finally, some recent works related to the subject are detailed, which have combined fast and efficient detection methods with the incorporation of nanomaterials that improve the characteristics and improve the biosensors in search of a more sensitive, selective, low cost, and reliable determination.