Sassolas, A.Prieto Simon, B.Marty, J.L.2025-12-172025-12-172012American Journal of Analytical Chemistry, 2012; 3(3):210-2322156-82512156-8278https://hdl.handle.net/1959.8/156072Due to the large amounts of pesticides commonly used and their impact on health, prompt and accurate pesticide analy- sis is important. This review gives an overview of recent advances and new trends in biosensors for pesticide detection. Optical, electrochemical and piezoelectric biosensors have been reported based on the detection method. In this review biosensors have been classified according to the immobilized biorecognition element: enzymes, cells, antibodies and, more rarely, DNA. The use of tailor-designed biomolecules, such as aptamers and molecularly imprinted polymers, is reviewed. Artificial Neural Networks, that allow the analysis of pesticide mixtures are also presented. Recent advances in the field of nanomaterials merit special mention. The incorporation of nanomaterials provides highly sensitive sens- ing devices allowing the efficient detection of pesticides.enCopyright 2013 the authors and Scientific Research Publishing. This work and the related PDF file are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)biosensorspesticidesJournal article10.4236/ajac.2012.33030