Trends in Nanophotonic/Wearable Biosensors
A special issue of Biosensors (ISSN 2079-6374). This special issue belongs to the section "Wearable Biosensors".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 September 2024) | Viewed by 5846
Special Issue Editors
Interests: optical and photonic biosensors; nano- and micro-technologies in biosensors; plasmonic biosensors
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Nanophotonics and wearable electronics are state-of-the-art technologies for the innovation of next-generation multi-parametric biosensors with ultra-sensitivity and rapid sensing schemes. Nanophotonics exploits light manipulation at the nanoscale level to develop highly sensitive biosensing approaches, coupling with highly specific surface activation strategies for target analytes and biomarkers. On the other hand, wearable biosensors leverage flexible electronic materials to implement noninvasive biosensors for real-time and continuous biophysiological monitoring of biochemical markers in biofluids, which is of great relevance to clinical diagnoses such as metabolic disorders. Most importantly, nanophotonic/wearable biosensors facilitate multiplex biosensing and miniaturization with the integration of microfluidic sampling and transport mechanisms.
The scope of this Special Issue is to gather the latest research and development trends in nanophotonic or wearable biosensors for point-of-care diagnostics or longitudinal healthcare monitoring. We welcome submissions that involve the following topics:
- Nanophotonic-based (silicon photonics, fiber optics, plasmonics, photonic crystals, metamaterials, etc.) biosensors for disease diagnosis, biofluid molecular profiling, environmental and food biocontamination monitoring, and detection, etc;
- Wearable devices based on electrochemical or optical biosensing approaches to measure and monitor biochemical markers (metabolites, hormones, etc.) in biofluids (saliva, sweat, tears, etc.) for longitudinal healthcare monitoring;
- Related technologies such as novel materials and fabrication methods, system-level integration, point-of-care applications, benchmark studies, etc.
Dr. Lip Ket Chin
Dr. Meng Zhang
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- nanophotonics
- wearable devices
- biosensors
- point-of-care devices
- biophysical sensors
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