Biosensor Materials
A section of Biosensors (ISSN 2079-6374).
Section Information
The Biosensor Materials Section mainly focuses on various biosensing applications based on advanced materials. Manuscripts on novel materials and their biosensing applications are especially welcome.
Biosensors and devices are often fabricated from a large variety of materials to simplify assay and ensure the requirements of reproducibility, biocompatibility, low cost, and suitability for mass production. Novel materials are thus needed to improve the mechanical and chemical stability of the sensor for practical applications in various conditions and to improve the immobilization scheme to ensure sensor stability and the spatial control of biomolecules. The most important materials for chemical and biochemical sensors include organic polymers, sol–gel systems, and semiconductors, among other conducting composites.
Potential topics:
- FET Biosensors
- Plasmonic Biosensors
- Graphene-based Biosensors
- Carbon NanoTube-based Biosensors
- MXenes-based Biosensors
- Semiconductor-based Biosensors
- 2D/Low Dimension Materials for Biosensors
- Metallic Nanomaterials for Biosensors
- Nanoporous Materials-based Biosensors
- Natural polymer-based Biosensors
- Conducting Polymer-based Biosensors
- Metal-Organic Framework-based Biosensors
- Liquid Crystal-based Biosensors
- Flexible Bioelectronics
- Flexible Photonics-based Biosensors
- Paper-based Biosensors
- Magnetic particles-based Biosensors;
- Micro/nanofluidic Biosensors
- Biological and Synthetic Materials for Biosensing
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Special Issues
Following special issues within this section are currently open for submissions:
- Advanced Electrochemical Biosensing: Materials, Mechanisms, and Applications (Deadline: 15 May 2026)
- Nano-Carbons in Biosensors (Deadline: 31 May 2026)
- Functional Materials for Biosensing Applications (2nd Edition) (Deadline: 31 May 2026)
- Nano-Biosensors and Their Applications for In Vivo/Vitro Diagnosis—3rd Edition (Deadline: 15 June 2026)
- Micro and Nano Optic-Based Biosensing Technologies and Strategies—2nd Edition (Deadline: 20 June 2026)
- Fluorescent Materials with Excellent Biocompatibility and Their Application in Bio-Sensing, Bio-Imaging (3rd Edition) (Deadline: 30 June 2026)
- Nanostructured Metal Oxide-Based Hybrid Materials for the Fabrication of Electrochemical Biosensors (Deadline: 30 June 2026)
- Advances in Nanopore Biosensors (Deadline: 30 June 2026)
- Advances in Biosensors Based on Framework Materials (Deadline: 30 June 2026)
- Functional Nanomaterials for Biosensors (Deadline: 1 July 2026)
- Development and Application of Functional Nanomaterial-Based Biosensors (Deadline: 31 July 2026)
- Cutting-Edge Nanozyme Biosensing Strategies for Biomedical and Environmental Applications (Deadline: 31 July 2026)
- Functional Nanomaterials for Advanced Biosensing: From Molecular Design to Real-World Applications (Deadline: 31 July 2026)
- Material-Based Biosensors and Biosensing Strategies (Deadline: 31 August 2026)
- Polymer-Based Biosensors: Innovations, Applications and Device Integration (Deadline: 31 August 2026)
- Advances in Nanozyme-Based Biosensors (Deadline: 31 August 2026)
- Biosensors Based on Electrochemical Catalysis, Biofuels, or Functional Nanomaterials (Deadline: 20 September 2026)
- Advanced Hybrid Materials and Innovative Transduction Mechanisms for Next-Generation Biosensing Platforms (Deadline: 30 September 2026)
- Functional Nucleic Acid-Based Biosensors: Progress and Future Directions (Deadline: 30 September 2026)
- CRISPR/Cas-Based Biosensors (Deadline: 2 October 2026)
- Aptamer-Based Sensing: Designs and Applications (Deadline: 15 October 2026)
- Advanced Biosensors Based on Molecular Recognition (Deadline: 20 October 2026)
- Nanobiosensors Based on Electrochemical Principles (Deadline: 30 October 2026)
- Functional Nucleic Acid-Based Biosensors: From Fundamentals to Applications (Deadline: 31 October 2026)
- Emerging Materials for Biosensing in Nano/Microfluidics (Deadline: 31 October 2026)
- Nanomaterial-Based Biosensing Platforms: From Drug Discovery to Precision Nanomedicine (Deadline: 31 October 2026)
- New Advances in Bioimaging and Biosensing Based on Nanomaterials (Deadline: 31 October 2026)
- Immunoassays and Biosensing (2nd Edition) (Deadline: 31 October 2026)
- Micro/Nanofluidic System-Based Biosensors (Deadline: 25 November 2026)
- Microbial Biosensor: From Design to Applications—3rd Edition (Deadline: 30 November 2026)
- Fundamental Innovation and Device Engineering of Biosensors Driven by Advanced Functional Materials (Deadline: 30 November 2026)
- Nanomaterial-Enabled and Molecularly Imprinted Polymeric Biosensors (Deadline: 30 November 2026)
- Design, Fabrication, and Applications of 3D-Printed Biosensors (Deadline: 1 December 2026)
- Advanced Materials for Electrochemical Sensors and Biosensors Development—2nd Edition (Deadline: 15 December 2026)
- Aptamer-Based Biosensors for Point-of-Care Diagnostics—2nd Edition (Deadline: 30 December 2026)
- Design and Application of Microfluidic Biosensors in Biomedicine—2nd Edition (Deadline: 31 December 2026)
- Advanced Biosensors for Food and Agriculture Safety (Deadline: 31 December 2026)
- Research Progress of Nanomaterial-Mediated Biosensors: From Fabrication to Signal Amplification (Deadline: 31 December 2026)
- Electrochemical and Nanostructured Biosensors for Advanced Analytical Applications (Deadline: 31 December 2026)
- Gas Biosensors: From Design to Application (Deadline: 15 January 2027)
- Functional Nanomaterials for Biosensing Application (Deadline: 31 January 2027)
- Novel Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology: From Fabrication Methods and Improvement Strategies to Applications in Biosensing and Biomedicine (3rd Edition) (Deadline: 31 January 2027)
- Advanced Nanomaterial-Based Electrochemical Biosensors and Their Applications (Deadline: 31 January 2027)
- Biomaterials for Biosensing Applications—2nd Edition (Deadline: 28 February 2027)
- Polymers-Based Biosensors and Bioelectronics: Designs and Applications—2nd Edition (Deadline: 15 April 2027)
- Nanomaterials for Biosensing and Biochip (Deadline: 1 June 2027)