Advanced SPR Biosensors for Biomedical Applications
A Special Issue of Biosensors (ISSN 2079-6374) belonging to the section "Optical and Photonic Biosensors".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 25 March 2027 | Viewed by 170
Editors
Interests: high-power lasers; nonlinear optical devices; fiber optic sensing; surface plasmon resonance sensor; biomedical detection
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Interests: microcavity photonics; microcavity sensing; optical fiber sensors
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Surface plasmon resonance (SPR) biosensors have emerged as a transformative platform, uniquely combining the label-free, real-time analysis capability of traditional SPR with the inherent advantages of fiber optics: miniaturization, remote sensing, low cost and electromagnetic immunity. This Special Issue focuses on the latest breakthroughs in fiber-optic SPR (Fiber-SPR) technology and their expanding role in biomedical applications, where in vivo or point-of-care detection remains challenging.
The scope covers innovative Fiber-SPR configurations, including, but not limited to, localized SPR (LSPR) on optical fibers, tilted fiber Bragg grating (TFBG) sensors, hetero-core structures and side-polished or D-shaped fibers. Emphasis is placed on novel nanomaterial coatings (e.g., 2D materials like graphene, MXenes, gold nanoparticles or hybrid nanostructures) to enhance sensitivity, stability and functionalization capacity. Key biomedical applications include real-time monitoring of biomarkers for cancer, cardiac diseases and neurological disorders; the detection of pathogens and exosomes; therapeutic drug monitoring and implantable or wearable biosensing. We invite original research articles, comprehensive reviews and short communications that advance the design, fabrication and clinical translation of Fiber-SPR platforms for improved diagnostics, prognoses and personalized medicine.
Dr. Fang Wang
Dr. Xuenan Zhang
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- optical fiber biosensors
- fiber-SPR
- localized surface plasmon resonance (LSPR)
- label-free detection
- nanomaterials
- in vivo sensing
- biomedical detection
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