Advanced Optical Biosensors in Disease Diagnosis and Health Monitoring
A special issue of Biosensors (ISSN 2079-6374). This special issue belongs to the section "Optical and Photonic Biosensors".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 March 2027 | Viewed by 1988
Editor
Interests: nanomaterial based optical strategies for cancer theranostics; micro-structured optical fiber sensors; optical micro-cavity based lasers for intracellular sensing
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Optical biosensors have become an indispensable tool in modern biomedical diagnostics and health monitoring, offering superior sensitivity, rapid response, real-time analysis, and the ability to perform label-free detection. By converting biomolecular interactions into measurable optical signals, such as changes in fluorescence, surface plasmon resonance, photonic crystal resonance, or interferometric patterns, these sensors enable precise and non-invasive detection of a wide range of analytes.
Recent advances in nanophotonics, metamaterials, and hybrid sensing platforms have significantly enhanced the performance and versatility of optical biosensors. Innovations in device miniaturization, wearable integration, and smart data interpretation further support their application in point-of-care diagnostics, continuous health monitoring, and personalized medicine.
This Special Issue, titled “Advanced Optical Biosensors in Disease Diagnosis and Health Monitoring,” aims to gather cutting-edge research on the development, optimization, and real-world implementation of optical biosensing technologies. We welcome original research articles and reviews that explore novel sensing mechanisms, material innovations, system integration, clinical validation, and translational challenges.
Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Novel optical sensing mechanisms and transduction platforms.
- Nanomaterial-enhanced optical biosensors (e.g., plasmonic, photonic crystal, and fiber-optic).
- Wearable and implantable optical biosensors for continuous health monitoring.
- Integrated microsystems and lab-on-a-chip optical sensing devices.
- Smart optical biosensors with AI-driven signal processing and diagnostics.
- Clinical applications in early disease detection, biomarker tracking, and therapeutic monitoring.
- Optical biosensors for infectious disease diagnosis and outbreak surveillance.
- Point-of-care and home-use optical biosensing devices.
- Multiplexed optical biosensing for multi-analyte detection.
- Biocompatibility, stability, and reproducibility in optical biosensor design.
Dr. Xiuhong Wang
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- optical biosensors
- disease diagnosis
- health monitoring
- point-of-care testing
- biomarker detection
- wearable sensors
- nanophotonics in biosensing
- clinical diagnostics
- real-time monitoring
- personalized healthcare
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