Skin-Interfaced Biosensors and Bioelectronics for Personalized Healthcare
A special issue of Biosensors (ISSN 2079-6374). This special issue belongs to the section "Wearable Biosensors".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 December 2025 | Viewed by 59
Special Issue Editors
Interests: biosensors; bioelectronics; molecular and physiological sensing; nanomanufacturing; additive manufacturing
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
In recent years, skin-interfaced biosensors and bioelectronics have gained increasing recognition as a promising class of next-generation personalized healthcare technologies, enabling a wide range of applications from physiological to molecular sensing. These devices are being actively investigated for use in point-of-care diagnostics, continuous health monitoring, sports performance analysis, and human–machine interfaces. Unlike conventional biosensing platforms, skin-interfaced systems provide real-time, continuous data collection through non-invasive or minimally invasive approaches, enhancing clinical utility. The development of such technologies, however, presents complex challenges—particularly in the design of sensing mechanisms, transduction systems, and skin-compatible form factors. As such, these devices require a highly interdisciplinary approach, integrating expertise from biochemistry, materials science, mechanical engineering, and electrical engineering. Recent advancements in skin-interfaced biosensors include sweat sensors and microneedle-based platforms capable of detecting a broad spectrum of molecular biomarkers, such as glucose, lactate, cortisol, and inflammatory proteins, as well as wireless wearable devices that monitor physiological parameters like temperature, pressure, blood flow, and motion.
This Special Issue welcomes original research papers and review articles that highlight recent advancements across the spectrum of skin-interfaced biosensors and bioelectronics. Spanning the fields of biochemical, biomedical, mechanical, and electrical engineering, it aims to showcase innovations that address current challenges and explore the future directions of skin-interfaced biosensor technologies. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: skin-interfaced biosensing platforms, wearable health monitoring systems, novel biorecognition elements (e.g., aptamers, enzymes, and synthetic receptors), innovative biochemical and biophysical sensing mechanisms, advanced materials (e.g., stretchable, self-healing, and biodegradable) for skin-compatible devices, novel device architectures and form factors; scalable manufacturing techniques (e.g., 3D printing); practical device designs for use in resource-constrained environments, energy harvesting and self-powered sensing systems, signal processing and data analytics for real-time monitoring, machine learning for wearable analytics, wireless communication and transmission schemes, and systems integration approaches for comprehensive wearable sensing platforms.
Dr. Jean Won Kwak
Dr. Claire Liu
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- skin-interfaced bioelectronics
- wearable electronics
- stretchable sensors
- optical sensors
- electrochemical sensors
- biochemical sensors
- physiological sensors
- MEMS sensors
- microneedle-based sensors
- sweat sensors
- point-of-care sensors
- additive manufacturing-based sensors
- wireless devices
- bioinspired materials
- personalized healthcare
- global health
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