Integration of reaction (retention) and spectroscopic detection in continuous-flow systems. Invited lecture

Abstract

A review of the essential features and potential of (bio)chemical sensors, based on the immobilisation of the components of a chemical reaction (analyte, reagent, catalyst and products) in a flow cell placed in the light path of a molecular spectroscopic detector included in some of the continuous configurations based on flow-injection principles, is presented. The kinetic implications of these new approaches in which reaction, and/or retention, is simultaneous with detection are also discussed.