Manufacturing of low-cost enzymatic biosensors using thick film processing

Single-use disposable biosensors are of importance in many applications related to health care, patient management, environmental monitoring, food and water quality analysis, personal safety and national security. Enzymatic biosensors using electrochemical detection techniques can be considered a platform technology. This study focuses on the development of high performance enzymatic biosensors based on this platform technology and their manufacturing methods. The applications of thick-film screen printing and ink-jet printing techniques to manufacture the single-use, disposable biosensors are feasible and technically attractive. Experimental results will be presented to demonstrate the effectiveness of the printing technologies in the manufacturing of these biosensors with high performance characteristics.