Membrane-Based Sensors
A special issue of Membranes (ISSN 2077-0375). This special issue belongs to the section "Membrane Applications".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 March 2021) | Viewed by 3079
Special Issue Editors
Interests: pharmaceutical chemistry; organic chemistry; biological studies; heterocyclic and macrocyclic synthesis
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The Special Issue “Membrane-Based Sensors” will focus on the development of polymeric materials with novel chemical sensing ability, mechanism, and transduction principles. It seeks to bring an inclusive perspective to the development of materials for chemosensors where the mechanism of signal transduction emerges from the properties of the materials. The section may include approaches for the design, synthesis, characterization, and modeling of materials for membrane and sensors applications. Different classes of materials will be included: inorganic, organic, and hybrid nanomaterials (quantum dots, metallic, and semiconducting nanoparticles, carbon nanomaterials), two-dimensional materials, metal–organic frameworks, supramolecular systems (macrocyclic compounds, cavitand molecules), smart soft materials (stimuli-responsive hydrogels and polymers), molecularly imprinted polymers, and DNA-based sensors.
The purpose of this Special Issue is to collect advances in fundamental research and technology development, as well as innovative sensors for different applications such as water monitoring, including different sensor platforms and configurations, sensing mechanisms, and applications. Reviews must offer a critical overview of the state-of-the-art of fundamentals, technologies, and applications pertinent to water quality monitoring.
Potential topics include but are not limited to the following:
- Chemo- and biosensors;
- Imprinted polymers and their uses;
- Polymeric membranes based on chromatography, electrophoresis, colorimetry, enzymes and antibodies;
- Theoretical and simulation studies;
- Multiplexing of several physical and chemical parameters of sensors based on polymeric materials;
- Applications, such as agricultural, livestock, food processing and aquaculture activities, harsh environments or monitoring of water-intensive industries.
Prof. Dr. Abd El-Galil Elsayed Amr
Prof. Dr. Ayman H. Kamel
Guest Editors
Manuscript Submission Information
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