Low-Cost and Miniaturized Biosensors for Homecare Diagnostics
A special issue of Biosensors (ISSN 2079-6374). This special issue belongs to the section "Biosensors and Healthcare".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (10 August 2021) | Viewed by 2857
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Interests: biological sensing based on multi-gate silicon field-effect transistors and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy; field-effect transistors based on the electrostatically-formed nanowire; light trapping based on arrays of nanostructures; photovoltaics; photocarrier collection; omnidirectional broadband absorption of solar radiation
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Interests: chemical and biological sensing; analytical techniques - IR spectroscopy (FTIR, Raman, photo-acoustic); ion mobility spectrometry; electrochemical and electronic sensors; sampling techniques; ambient desorption-ionization; low temperature plasma; spray ionization techniques; sensor decision making systems; chemometrics; machine learning
Interests: molecular interfaces; hybrid devices; nanowires; 2D materials; charge transfer; green energy; surface functionalization & characterization
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The ever-growing need for improved medical diagnostics has expanded during the recent years to applications of point of care diagnostics and at home, self-use diagnostics. The recent outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic has crystallized the emerging need for low-cost self-use diagnostic capabilities for homecare applications. A corollary of the COVID-19 pandemic is the global tendency of both physicians and patients to avoid patients visiting medical centers unless unavoidable, which, together with the increase in self-care and wellness, scales up the need for home care medicine and particularly homecare diagnostics. The future of homecare diagnostics will be based on research and development in the fields of sampling, data acquisition technology, and analysis. The underlying disciplines of these three building blocks include, to name a few, microfluidic and paper-based separation systems for sampling, optical, electrochemical, electronic, and acoustic signal transduction schemes, and informatics, chemometrics, and machine learning for the analysis of the data. Using this toolbox should aim at reaching excellence in performance that is expressed in various parameters such as sensitivity, specificity, versatility (multiplexing), analysis time, size, cost, ease of use, robustness, and more.
In recent years, a tremendous scientific progress has been reported for biosensing based on novel electronic and optical approaches compatible with homecare diagnostics requirements. In the current Special Issue, we are focusing on biosensors as smart analytical diagnostic tools with potential implementation in point-of-care (POC) and homecare applications needed for personalized health care/management. Therefore, we invite authors to publish, in this Special Edition, scientific articles and/or reviews on, but not limited to, the following topics:
- Novel biosensing applications;
- Biological sensing technologies for homecare and/or point-of-care (e.g., optical/photonic, electrochemical, electronic, acoustic, MEMS/NEMS);
- Biosensing approaches: specific/non-specific, labelled/label-free, affinity/activity assays, etc.;
- Sample preparation and introduction/transport;
- Informatics, chemometrics, and machine learning for the data analysis;
- Analog design for biosensors;
- Lab on a chip (microfluidics, etc.);
- Surface modifications and surface characterization (chemical, biological, topography, etc.).
Dr. Gil Shalev
Dr. Izhar Ron
Dr. Muhammad Bashouti
Guest Editors
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