Electrochemical Biosensing at the Frontier: Materials, Mechanisms, and Applications
A special issue of Biosensors (ISSN 2079-6374). This special issue belongs to the section "Biosensor Materials".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 15 May 2026 | Viewed by 9
Special Issue Editors
Interests: ECL, EC, and PEC sensing; ratiometric and visual sensors; rapid detection for food, environmental, and biomedical analysis
Interests: electrochemiluminescence; porphyrins and their derivatives; biosensing analysis; food analysis; environ-mental analysis
Interests: chemical and biosensing technologies; scientific instrument development; environmental remediation; the study of new energy materials and their catalytic applications
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues
In recent years, advanced photoelectrochemical (PEC), electrochemiluminescence (ECL), and electrochemical (EC) technologies have made significant strides in enabling highly sensitive and selective detection across a wide range of applications. These emerging approaches hold great promise for tackling global challenges such as food safety, environmental pollution, and early disease diagnosis.
This Special Issue highlights recent advances in the design, synthesis, and application of novel materials and sensing platforms based on PEC, ECL, and EC techniques. Particular emphasis is placed on innovative strategies and multifunctional sensing systems for the rapid, accurate, and cost-effective detection of food contaminants (e.g., pesticides, antibiotics, and additives), environmental pollutants (e.g., heavy metals and endocrine-disrupting chemicals), and clinically relevant tumor biomarkers.
We welcome original research articles, reviews, and short communications that contribute to the understanding and development of these interdisciplinary sensing technologies. Submissions may cover, but are not limited to, the following topics:
- Photoelectrochemical sensors.
- Electrochemiluminescence sensors.
- Electrochemical sensors.
- Ratiometric, multi-channel, or visual sensor platforms.
- Porous materials (e.g., MOFs, COFs, and metal nanomaterials) in sensing applications.
- Signal amplification and conversion strategies.
- Portable and point-of-care detection systems.
- Sensing applications in food safety, environmental monitoring, and biomedical diagnostics.
The goal of this Special Issue is to bring together cutting-edge research and foster cross-disciplinary collaboration between material scientists, chemists, biotechnologists, and environmental/biomedical engineers to advance real-world sensing solutions.
Prof. Dr. Dan Wu
Dr. Beibei Wang
Prof. Dr. Qin Wei
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- photoelectrochemical
- electrochemiluminescence
- electrochemistry
- sensors
- food safety
- environmental monitoring
- tumor biomarker detection
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