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Application of Luminescent Materials for Sensing, 2nd Edition
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Application of Luminescent Materials for Sensing, 2nd Edition

A special issue of Chemosensors (ISSN 2227-9040). This special issue belongs to the section "Optical Chemical Sensors".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 January 2026 | Viewed by 1932

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Prof. Dr. Shounian Ding

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School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing 211189, China
Interests: biosensors; electrochemiluminescence; electroanalytical chemistry
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Dear Colleagues,

Owing to the merits of simple manipulation, high sensitivity, selectivity, and real-time functionality, luminescent material sensing technology has been widely applied in fields of biosensing, clinical diagnosis, food safety, and environmental pollution monitoring. Previous reports have proved that luminescent material-based sensing technology provides quantitative, multi-component analysis, with high sensitivity and high specificity (i.e., more accurate), in addition to being convenient, rapid, and economical. The current research regarding luminescent material-based sensing technology mainly includes, but is not limited to, quantum dots; carbon-based luminescent materials; MOF; AIE; small-molecule fluorophores; and upconversion nanoparticles applied to fluorescence, electrochemiluminescence, and photoelectrochemical sensing.

This research topic aims to become a point of reference for the latest advances in luminescent material-based sensing technology. We aim to collect research concerning advances in the areas mentioned above.

We welcome original research articles, reviews, mini reviews, and perspective articles regarding topics including, but not limited to, the following:

  • Optical/electrochemical sensors.
  • POCT luminescence sensors.
  • Smartphone-based luminescence biosensors.
  • New luminescent materials in sensing applications.
  • Luminescent materials in food safety monitoring.
  • Luminescent materials in environmental analysis.
  • Luminescent materials in the traceability analysis of pathogenic microorganisms.

Prof. Dr. Shounian Ding
Guest Editor

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Keywords

  • luminescent materials
  • ultra-sensitive detection
  • photoluminescence
  • ECL
  • PEC

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Development of Polyphenol–Metal Film-Modified Colored Porous Microspheres for Enhanced Monkeypox Antigen Detection
by Wei-Zhi Zhang, Chen-Fei Zhang and Shou-Nian Ding
Chemosensors 2025, 13(4), 142; https://doi.org/10.3390/chemosensors13040142 - 12 Apr 2025
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The Monkeypox virus (MPXV), a DNA virus classified under the Orthpoxvirus genus alongside variola virus, has recently garnered significant global health attention due to its increasing transmission and emerging genomic mutations. Point-of-care testing is essential for effective clinical response and outbreak mitigation. In [...] Read more.
The Monkeypox virus (MPXV), a DNA virus classified under the Orthpoxvirus genus alongside variola virus, has recently garnered significant global health attention due to its increasing transmission and emerging genomic mutations. Point-of-care testing is essential for effective clinical response and outbreak mitigation. In this article, we developed a novel class of colored microspheres designed for application in a lateral flow immunoassay (LFIA) platform targeting MPXV-specific biomarkers. Polystyrene-maleic anhydride (SMA-MAA) microspheres were synthesized with a high-temperature soap-free emulsion polymerization optimized in our lab. Subsequent alkali and acid treatments were employed to introduce porosity into the microsphere matrix. Solvent Red 27 and Disperse Red 60 were incorporated via solvent-swelling and thermal-swelling methods, respectively, to generate high brightness (HB) carriers. A surface coating composed of a tannic acid–iron (TA–Fe3⁺) coordination complex was applied to form a stable metal–polyphenol film (MPF). This coating not only minimized dye leaching by establishing a robust shell but also improved dye distribution, thereby enhancing overall color intensity. The final HB-LFIA system, configured in a sandwich immunoassay format, demonstrated favorable sensitivity and linear detection range for Monkeypox antigen, indicating strong potential for clinical diagnostic use. Full article
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A Biomimetic Chip with Dendrimer-Encapsulated Platinum Nanoparticles for Enhanced Electrochemiluminescence Detection of Cardiac Troponin I
by Yun Hui, Weijun Kong, Weiliang Shu, Zhiting Peng, Fengshan Shen, Mingyang Jiang, Zhen Xu, Tianzhun Wu, Wenhua Zhou and Xue-Feng Yu
Chemosensors 2024, 12(10), 214; https://doi.org/10.3390/chemosensors12100214 - 16 Oct 2024
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The measurement of cardiac troponin I (cTnI) is of vital importance for the early diagnosis of acute myocardial infarction. In this study, an enhanced electrochemiluminescent immunoassay for the highly sensitive and precise determination of cTnI was reported. A biomimetic chip with nepenthes peristome [...] Read more.
The measurement of cardiac troponin I (cTnI) is of vital importance for the early diagnosis of acute myocardial infarction. In this study, an enhanced electrochemiluminescent immunoassay for the highly sensitive and precise determination of cTnI was reported. A biomimetic chip with nepenthes peristome surface microstructures to achieve single-layer microbead arrays and integrated microelectrode arrays (MEAs) for ECL detection was microfabricated. Ru@SiO2 nanoparticles were prepared as signal amplificators labeling immunomagnetic beads. Dendrimer-encapsulated platinum nanoparticles (Pt DENs) were electrochemically modified on ITO MEAs. The resulting Pt DEN-modified ITO MEAs preserved good optical transparency and exhibited an approximately 20-fold ECL signal amplification compared to that obtained from bare ITO. The method made full use of the biomimetic chip with Pt DENs to develop single-layer immunomagnetic bead arrays with increasingly catalyzed electrochemical oxidation of the [Ru(bpy)3]2+–TPA system. Consequently, a limit of detection calculated as 0.38 pg/mL (S/N = 3) was obtained with excellent selectivity, demonstrating significant potential for the detection of cTnI in clinical diagnostics. Full article
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