Advanced Hybrid Materials and Innovative Transduction Mechanisms for Next-Generation Biosensing Platforms
A special issue of Biosensors (ISSN 2079-6374). This special issue belongs to the section "Biosensor Materials".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 September 2026 | Viewed by 1515
Special Issue Editor
Interests: conductive polymers; biosensors; bioelectronics; tissue regeneration; cancer
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Dear Colleagues,
The rapid evolution of biosensing technologies is driven by innovative materials and transduction mechanisms that enable sensitive, selective, and real-time detection of biological and chemical analytes. Conductive polymers remain a cornerstone of this field due to their excellent electrical conductivity, biocompatibility, tunable properties, and ease of integration into hybrid systems. However, the integration of diverse advanced materials—such as nanomaterials, hybrid composites, and biomimetic structures—with a wide array of sensing mechanisms (including electrochemical, optical, photonic, field-effect, mechanical, and piezoelectric) is expanding the capabilities of biosensors toward more robust, multifunctional platforms.
This Special Issue aims to showcase cutting-edge research and comprehensive reviews on advanced hybrid materials in biosensors, with a particular emphasis on conductive polymer-based systems while encompassing broader material innovations and integrated device platforms. Contributions are invited on novel material designs, signal transduction strategies, device fabrication, and/or practical implementations that address key challenges in sensitivity, stability, scalability, device integration, and pathways to commercialization.
We welcome multidisciplinary submissions exploring real-world applications, including point-of-care health diagnostics, wearable and implantable devices, environmental monitoring, food safety and quality control, and personalized medicine. Works that bridge materials science, bioengineering, nanotechnology, and application-focused development are especially encouraged, as they pave the way for next-generation biosensors that meet global health, sustainability, and safety needs.
Example Topics of Interest
- Synthesis and functionalization of conductive polymers and their hybrids with nanomaterials (e.g., graphene, carbon nanotubes, and metal nanoparticles);
- Organic electrochemical transistors (OECTs) and field–effect transistor-based biosensing platforms;
- Electrochemical, optical, photonic, surface plasmon resonance (SPR), and piezoelectric transduction mechanisms;
- Integration of CMOS-compatible sensors, flexible electronics, and microfluidic systems;
- Wearable, implantable, and point-of-care biosensing devices;
- Biosensors for biomarker detection in health diagnostics and personalized medicine;
- Applications in environmental monitoring, pollutant detection, and food safety analysis;
- Strategies for improving selectivity, stability, reproducibility, and miniaturization;
- Signal amplification techniques, multimodality sensing, and data integration;
- Challenges and advances in scalability, manufacturing, and commercialization of biosensing technologies.
Dr. Abijeet S. Mehta
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- conductive polymers
- organic electrochemical transistors (OECTs)
- CMOS-based image sensors
- piezoelectric biosensors
- surface plasmon resonance (SPR) sensors
- hybrid biosensors
- biomedical diagnostics
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