Smart Materials for Chemical and Biosensing
A special issue of Biosensors (ISSN 2079-6374). This special issue belongs to the section "Biosensor Materials".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 September 2023) | Viewed by 46450
Special Issue Editor
Interests: photonic crystals; chemical and biosensors; optical sensors; smart materials; wearable devices
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Dear Colleagues,
Smart materials, also known as stimuli-responsive materials, can respond to external stimuili such as pH, temperature, humidity, electric or magnetic fields, stress, light, and chemical or biological stimuli via changing their shape, color, or size. Smart materials such as piezoceramics, shape-memory alloys, and dielectric elastomers have been widely developed in recent years for application in sensors and actuators, medicine, engineering, etc. In recent years, novel smart materials such as hydrogels, liquid crystals, nanomaterials (e.g., gold nanoparticles, quantum dots, carbon nanotubes, MOF, graphene), responsive polymers and biopolymers, shape memory metals, piezoelectric materials, and biomaterials have been widely used for applications in chemical and biosensing.
In this Special Issue, we would like to focus on smart materials for chemical and biosensing applications. We welcome the submission of original research or review articles on the chemical or biosensing applications of any types of smart materials.
Prof. Dr. Zhongyu Cai
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- smart materials
- intelligent materials
- nanomaterials
- biomaterials
- hydrogels
- organogels
- responsive polymers
- actuators
- chemical sensors
- biosensors
- wearable devices
- soft robotics
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