Recent Process in Micro/Nano-Photonic Biosensors for Biomedical Diagnostics
A special issue of Biosensors (ISSN 2079-6374). This special issue belongs to the section "Biosensors and Healthcare".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 1
Special Issue Editors
Interests: photonic devices; optical biosensing; optical trapping; optical communications
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Interests: nanophotonics; biosensing; resonant imaging; microscopy; holography
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Micro- and nano-photonic technologies are emerging as powerful enablers of next-generation biosensors, offering unprecedented sensitivity, miniaturization, and integration capabilities. By exploiting tailored light–matter interactions at the nanoscale, these systems enable label-free detection and real-time monitoring of clinically and environmentally relevant biomarkers. Such advances are driving progress toward decentralized diagnostics, precision medicine, and sustainable monitoring solutions. This Special Issue will focus on recent developments in micro/nano-photonic biosensors, ranging from optical microcavities and plasmonic nanostructures to dielectric metasurfaces and integrated photonic platforms. Topics of interest include innovative device design and fabrication strategies, methods for single-particle detection and molecular profiling, robust functionalization and biointerfaces for use in complex fluids, and system integration with microfluidics and lab-on-chip approaches. Applications will span early disease detection, point-of-care diagnostics, antimicrobial resistance monitoring, liquid biopsy (including extracellular vesicles), and environmental sensing. We welcome submissions of original research articles, reviews, and communications that highlight novel architectures, translational methodologies, or emerging interdisciplinary directions, such as AI-assisted data analysis and portable device development, shaping the future of micro/nano-photonic biosensing.
Dr. Donato Conteduca
Dr. Isabel Barth
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- micro/nanophotonic biosensors
- metasurfaces
- optical microcavities
- nanoplasmonics
- integrated photonics
- single-particle detection
- extracellular vesicles
- point-of-care diagnostics
- precision medicine
- lab-on-a-chip
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