Sensing and Characterization of Biosensors, Materials and Biological Tissues

Dear Colleagues,

Electric, chemical and mechanical properties are fundamental characteristics of materials, especially in the field of biomedical and biological applicative contexts, where their characterization is of the utmost importance for assessing performance, compatibility, resistance or other types of properties.

At the state of the art, there are different methods, systems and sensing equipment that can be used to measure specific properties of materials. By contrast, the choice of the system depends on the nature of the material (e.g., liquid, granular, solid). Additionally, the final accuracy of results and costs influence the suitability of systems. As a result, the scientific community is still challenged by the need to investigate innovative solutions that could offer a trade-off of cost, accuracy and applicative performance.

In addition to this, the importance of measuring properties goes beyond the characterization of a material; in fact, characteristics are often measured to infer other properties (not necessarily electric) of the system under test. For example, in the medical industry, material properties are important for assessing the quality or the compatibility with biological environments.

This Special Issue is aimed at collecting the recent progress in the characterization of materials with both conventional and unconventional techniques, including (but not limited to) biomaterials and biological tissues. We encourage submissions covering key aspects of biosensors, including design, characterization and application-focused research.

Starting from these considerations, this Special Issue is open to research and review contributions related to 1) innovative methods and systems for the characterization of properties of materials and 2) innovative sensing and monitoring systems that resort to measurement of properties to retrieve other information on the system under test.

The list of topics includes, but is not limited to, the following:

• Enhancement of the accuracy of existing measurement systems;
• Development and validation of innovative models;
• Development of innovative sensing systems, methods and monitoring systems for characterizing tissues or biomedical materials.

Prof. Dr. Andrea Cataldo
Dr. Christian Demitri
Prof. Dr. Egidio De Benedetto
Guest Editors

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