Recent Advances in Optical Fiber Biosensor
A special issue of Biosensors (ISSN 2079-6374). This special issue belongs to the section "Optical and Photonic Biosensors".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 October 2023) | Viewed by 4361
Special Issue Editors
Interests: biosensors; optical fiber sensing technology; surface plasmon resonance detection technology; optical interference detection technology; immunology detection; fluorescence detection
Interests: biomedical optics; nanobiotechnology; label-free bioassays; photonic-crystal biosensor; in vivo fiber-optic fluorescence biosensing; photoacoustic imaging; drug delivery
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Dear Colleagues,
The main topic of this Special Issue is optical fiber biosensors as miniaturized devices for sensitive and specific detection of chemical and biological samples in different fields, including biomedical research and applications, life sciences, healthcare, food safety, and environmental monitoring.
Optical fiber biosensors have several important features, including low loss, which enables long-distance signal transmission; low cost, which enables manufacturing disposable biosensors to effectively avoid cross-contamination; anti-electromagnetic interference abilities, which enable detection in environments with strong electromagnetic interference such as that caused by nuclear magnetic resonance; and good compactness and biocompatibility, which enable in vivo detection. Moreover, optical fiber biosensors can facilitate various sensing functions through different sensing principles and structure designs, as specific detection of target molecules can be achieved through surface functionalization.
Any contributions of a paper related to fiber optical biosensors are welcome to this Special Issue, including new trends in the design of biosensors, new methods to improve the sensor performance, biological detection applications of the biosensors, and optimization of optical fiber detection system.
If you are interested in submitting a manuscript, or if you have any questions, please contact us.
Dr. Yuzhi Chen
Prof. Dr. Jing Yong Ye
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- surface plasmon resonance
- optical fiber biosensor
- immunology detection
- disposable biosensors
- specific detection
- healthcare monitoring
- environmental monitoring
- immobilization techniques
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