“…Mass-dependant devices, in addition, are also very useful systems in aptasensors because they offer a label-free system. However, in detection of small organic chemicals, these methods including surface plasmon resonance (SPR), quartz crystal microbalance (QCM) and cantilever methods, are not efficient because the molecular weight of the target chemicals is generally too small to generate an efficient signal (Liss et al, 2002;Minunni et al, 2004;Schlensog et al, 2004;Gronewold et al, 2005;Misono and Kumar, 2005). Herein, we have developed an electrochemical method for 17-estradiol detection using a DNA aptamer immobilized on a gold electrode chip.…”