Application of Plant-Based Biomaterials
A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Applied Biosciences and Bioengineering".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 June 2025 | Viewed by 166
Special Issue Editors
Interests: ion-selective electrode; thin film; medical device; polymer sensor; ion sensor; chemical sensor
Interests: organic electronics; thin film solar cells; photoelectrochemical biosensors; quantum dots; wearable sensors
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Dear Colleagues,
Plant-based biomaterials are increasingly growing across a wide variety of fields, including electronics, healthcare, and environmental monitoring, among others. These materials have the potential to enhance the performance and durability of existing devices, including imparting them with higher flexibility, tunability, and functionality, and they can also reduce their environmental impact.
This Special Issue aims to provide an interdisciplinary forum for the latest advancements in the development and application of plant-based biomaterials in the development of new functional materials, coatings, and devices. We invite original research and review articles that explore innovative uses of these sustainable materials, and methods for their fabrication including, but not limited to:
- The application of plant-based biomaterials in the development of sensors and biosensors, including paper-based devices, or the use of plant-based biomaterials as active components in sensing;
- New approaches to the fabrication of plant-based biomaterials and devices, including thin films, microfluidics, and 3D structures;
- The characterisation of new plant-based biomaterials and their functionalisation or incorporation into composite materials to enhance their properties;
- The application of plant-based biomaterials in the development of energy storage and energy harvesting devices;
- The use of plant-based biomaterials in electronics, including flexible circuits for wearable devices, electronic textiles, or organic semiconductors, among others;
- Theoretical approaches, including theoretical and/or modelling advances, and their applications.
Dr. Antonio Ruiz-Gonzalez
Dr. Mingqing Wang
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- organic electronics
- paper-based biosensors
- energy storage
- energy harvesting
- flexible electronics
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