Electrochemical sensors between the academic world and harsh reality: a few thoughts on the past, present, and future

Essay for the Rosarium Philosophicum on Electrochemistry Electrochemical Analysis – What it was, is, and Possibly will be

“…In that issue, 53 essays have been published, in which all authors agree in the statement that any forecasts are most difficult. For electroanalysis, I see the biggest potential in developing very specific biosensors [29,30,31] . For this, electrochemistry combines some great advantages: (i) electrochemical responses can be highly specific, (ii) they can be very sensitive (down to 10 −12 mol/L and less), (iii) they do not interfere in the sample composition, (iv) the hardware for detection is on a very low‐cost level, (v) miniaturization and series production of sensors is possible.…”