Micro/Nano Biosensors—Fundamentals, Fabrication, and Applications

A special issue of Biosensors (ISSN 2079-6374). This special issue belongs to the section "Nano- and Micro-Technologies in Biosensors".

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Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Missouri University of Science and Technology, Rolla, MO 65409, USA
Interests: micro/nanofluidics; micro–nanofabrication; lab on a chip; cell separation; microfluidic technology; acousto/magneto/electro-microfluidics
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Department of Mechanical Engineering, Instituto Superior Tecnico, University of Lisbon, 1049-001 Lisbon, Portugal
Interests: nanofluids; nanomaterials; microfluidics; nanofluidics; cooling and energy technologies; thermophysical properties and thermal transport
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ZJU-UIUC Institute, International Campus, Zhejiang University, Haining 314400, China
Interests: advanced nanomanufacturing; bio-inspired sensing; micro/nano-sensors; lab on chip
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Dear Colleagues,

Advancements in micro and nanotechnology have enabled novel, sensitive, portable, wearable, and low-cost biosensors, which find broad uses in a variety of fields, including personalized medicine, point of care diagnostics, drug discovery, public health, and environmental health monitoring.

We are pleased to invite you to contribute to this Special Issue on “Micro/Nano Biosensors—Fundamentals, Fabrication, and Application”. This Special Issue focuses on reporting innovations on a variety of topics in micro/nano biosensors, from fundamental principles and advanced micro/nanomanufacturing techniques to novel materials and metamaterials, platform integration, and biological and medical applications. Topics of interest include novel development in microfluidic/nanofluidic sensors, flexible/wearable electronic sensors, as well as biosensors that use electrochemical, optical, acoustic, magnetic, and other principles. The scope of the journal is wide on biosensing, including but not limited to the following areas:

• Micro/nano biosensing;
• Microfluidics and nanofluidic biosensors;
• Micro and nanofabrication;
• Lab-on-a-chip sensors;
• Electrochemical sensing;
• Optofluidic sensing;
• Physiological signal detection;
• Detection of viruses and bacteria;
• Flexible and wearable electronic biosensors;
• Novel materials, e.g., 2D, metamaterials, and liquid metals, for biosensing;
• Field effect transistors (FET) for biosensing.

Both original research and topical reviews on recent developments in the field will be considered for publication.

Dr. Cheng Wang
Prof. Dr. S. M. Sohel Murshed
Dr. Huan Hu
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • Micro/nano biosensing
  • Microfluidics and nanofluidic biosensor
  • Micro and nanofabrication
  • Lab-on-a-chip sensors
  • Electrochemical sensing
  • Optofluidic sensing
  • Physiological signal detection
  • Detection of viruses and bacteria
  • Flexible and wearable electronic biosensors
  • Novel materials, e.g., 2D, metamaterials, and liquid metals, for biosensing
  • Field effect transistors (FET) for biosensing

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Water Sampling Module for Collecting and Concentrating Legionella pneumophila from Low-to-Medium Contaminated Environment
by Khalid Moumanis, Lilian Sirbu, Walid Mohamed Hassen, Eric Frost, Lydston Rodrigues de Carvalho, Pierre Hiernaux and Jan Jerzy Dubowski
Biosensors 2021, 11(2), 34; https://doi.org/10.3390/bios11020034 - 27 Jan 2021
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The detection of water contamination with Legionella pneumophila is of critical importance to manufacturers of water processing equipment and public health entities dealing with water networks and distribution systems. Detection methods based on polymerase chain reaction or biosensor technologies require preconcentration steps to [...] Read more.
The detection of water contamination with Legionella pneumophila is of critical importance to manufacturers of water processing equipment and public health entities dealing with water networks and distribution systems. Detection methods based on polymerase chain reaction or biosensor technologies require preconcentration steps to achieve attractive sensitivity levels. Preconcentration must also be included in protocols of automated collection of water samples by systems designed for quasi-continuous monitoring of remotely located water reservoirs for the presence of L. pneumophila. We designed and characterized a water sampling module for filtration and backwashing intended for analysis of low-to-medium contaminated water, typically with L. pneumophila bacteria not exceeding 50 colony-forming units per milliliter. The concentration factors of 10× and 21× were achieved with 0.22 and 0.45 µm filters, respectively, for samples of bacteria prepared in clean saline solutions. However, a 5× concentration factor was achieved with 0.45 µm filters for a heavily contaminated or turbid water typical of some industrial water samples. Full article
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