Special Issue "Immunosensors"

Guest Editor
Prof. Dr. Loïc J. Blum
Université Claude Bernard Lyon1, Institut de Chimie et Biochimie Moléculaires et Supramoléculmaires, ICBMS-UMR5246 Bâtiment CPE, 43 Boulevard du 11 novembre 1918, F-69622 Villeurbanne Cédex, France
Website: http://www.icbms.fr/
E-Mail:
Phone: +33 4 72 43 13 97
Fax: +33 4 72 44 79 70
Interests: chemi- and bio-luminescence; electrochemiluminescence; immunosensors; biochips; fiberoptic biosensors

Dear Colleagues,

Immunosensors are biosensors based on specific antigen-antibody interactions and in which the transducer detect either directly or indirectly the immunochemical reactions. In the indirect approach, the detection of the immune complex is achieved through the labelling of either the antibody or the antigen depending on the immunoassay format (sandwich type, competition, capture). Most often, an optical detection (fluorescence chemiluminescence, electrochemiluminescence, absorbance) is used although electrochemical detection has been also described. Direct detection approaches are label-free methods, in which the specific binding event between the antibody and the target analyte (the antigen) is monitored by a change or a variation in physicochemical properties. In that case, the detection methods include electrochemical impedance spectroscopy, microgravimetry and surface plasmon resonance (SPR). In addition, these direct detection methods can also provide kinetics information on the antigen-antibody reaction.
Beyond the specific detection of analytes, the constant search for high-performance systems has led with the help of micro and nanotechnologies and the integration of microfluidics to the development of miniaturized immunosensor-based devices with for some of them high-throughput analytical properties. Not only clinical analysis, the traditional field of application of immunoanalysis, will benefit from these new developments but also environmental analysis, quality control in pharmaceutical and food industries, biosecurity and prevention of bioterrorism and finally the proteomic era with protein profiling and protein-protein interaction studies.

Prof. Dr. Loïc Jacques Blum
Guest Editor

Submission

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. Papers will be published continuously (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are refereed through a peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Sensors is an international peer-reviewed Open Access monthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 1600 CHF (Swiss Francs).

• immunosensors
• immunoassays
• immunoanalysis
• electrochemical immunosensors
• chemiluminescent immunosensors
• capacitive immunosensors
• protein immobilization
• Langmuir-Blodgett films
• total internal reflection fluorescence (TIRF)
• Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) immunosensors
• Surface Plasmon Resonance (SPR)
• label-free immunosensors
• antigen immobilization
• antibody immobilization
• protein chips
• immunochips
• microarrays
• flow immunosensors
• Immuno-PCR