Recent Progress in Bioplasmonics Technologies

Dear Colleagues,

I am very pleased to invite you to contribute to this Special Issue on bioplasmonics, which are emerging research subjects with various applications, from the biomedical field (from early diagnosis to therapy monitoring) to food quality control and environmental analyses.

Bioplasmonic sensors for biomedical applications are receiving increasing attention in scientific communities. Bioplasmonics have been used for fast, real-time, and label-free probing of biologically relevant analytes, where the main challenges are to detect small molecules at ultra-low concentrations and produce compact devices for point-of-care (PoC) analysis. Substituting existing bulky and expensive instrumentation with smart sensors that have a reduced size, lower cost-analysis systems, lab-on-a-chip, or paper-based devices is a challenge from the perspective of precision medicine, point-of-care analyses, and personalized pharmacological treatment.

Therefore, the rapid developments that have occurred in plasmonic biosensors, such as concepts in structural design, fabrication techniques, sensing materials, numerical simulation, gas sensing, and diagnostic applications, are contributing to significantly progressing the accurate and highly sensitive detection in future clinical applications.

Manuscripts presenting comprehensive reviews for the detailed analysis of sensor performance characteristics are welcome to showcase the current trends and challenges in plasmonic biosensing.

Scope of the Special Issue:

• Plasmonic biosensors (prism-based, grating-based, waveguide-based etc.);
• Plasmonic nanostructures, nano-antenna etc.;
• Plasmonic instrumentation systems;
• Plasmonic sensing material;
• Plasmonic surface-enhanced Raman (SERS) spectroscopy;
• Plasmonic biomedical applications.

This Special Issue plans to not only provide an overview of recent achievements, but also to stimulate ideas around current and future research in the bioplasmonic sensor field. Both original research and review articles are welcome.

Prof. Dr. Nan-Fu Chiu
Dr. Shih-Chung Wei
Dr. Guo-Chung Dong
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

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Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Biosensors is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.

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