Devices and Wearable Devices toward Innovative Applications

Dear Colleagues,

Biosensors are analytical tools capable of converting a biological interaction into a measurable signal. The technologies used to design and create new devices have had a vertiginous growth in the number of sensors and biosensors with new horizons and applications in the last two decades. Developing fast analytical tools for on‐site analysis is a strongly desired goal, particularly to detect biologically‐relevant molecules in complex samples. Real-time monitoring is indispensable to predict tragic events caused by contamination with hazardous substances or changes in normal levels of a biomarker, followed by a decision and subsequent actions in a few minutes after any unexpected event occurs. With very small response times, electrochemical biosensors provide chemical information leading to decision-making with analytical evidence at the point-of-need. Biosensors may fulfill the requirements mentioned due to their portability, low cost, and power consumption with a high analytical performance in terms of sensibility, low limits of detection and selectivity for several analytes. Biosensing tools for on-site chemical analysis of hazardous materials and biomarkers are important for rapid decision-making process in the field. For this purpose, the wearable devices can be exploited for monitoring of biomarkers in humans and plants indicating health conditions. This Special Issue is dedicated to the advanced nanotechnologies applied in the field of biosensing, including new concepts and designs for analytical devices, wearable devices, detection systems, sensors fabrication, big data, internet-of-things, personalized sensors, and biosensors focused upon clinical, food, environmental, agriculture, quality control, security, biomedical, personalized medicine, and therapeutic drug monitoring applications.

Dr. Paulo A. Raymundo-Pereira
Guest Editor

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