Immunoassays and Immunosensors
A special issue of Biosensors (ISSN 2079-6374). This special issue belongs to the section "Biosensor and Bioelectronic Devices".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 28 February 2027 | Viewed by 292
Editor
Interests: biosensors; redox cycling; immunosensors; DNA sensors; aptasensors
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Immunosensors and immunoassays based on the specific antigen–antibody recognition are biosensing technologies that convert immune responses into detectable electrical and optical signals with transducers. They can primarily be divided into labeled and unlabeled types, such as enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays and lateral flow immunoassays. Its core components include antibody/antigen recognition elements and signal conversion devices. Immunosensors and immunoassays have evolved into general technologies for detecting different antigens/analytes with high-affinity antibodies for molecular recognition and appropriate labels for signal amplification. Recent studies have focused on developing innovative and efficient nanomaterials, artificial enzyme mimics, and nucleic acid labels to modulate the performances in a controlled and predictable manner to meet specific requirements. This Special Issue compiles novel research and review papers on advanced immunosensors and immunoassays. Signal amplification methods include metal nanoparticles, carbon nanomaterials, semiconductor nanoparticles, metal oxide nanostructures, natural enzymes, artificial enzyme mimics, nucleic acids, etc. Transduction elements encompass electrochemical, optical, pressure, temperature, mass change, and other methods. We warmly welcome multimodal platforms with different signals for simultaneous detection of multiple biomarkers and machine learning-assisted methods to improve diagnosis accuracy.
Prof. Dr. Ning Xia
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- immunosensors
- immunoassays
- multimodal platforms
- machine learning
- signal amplification
- nanomaterials
- artificial enzyme mimics
- nucleic acid-based amplification
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