Emerging Functional Nanomaterials for Biosensors and Chemical Sensors
A special issue of Chemosensors (ISSN 2227-9040). This special issue belongs to the section "Materials for Chemical Sensing".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 15 October 2026
Special Issue Editor
Interests: surface and interface chemistry; including material chemistry; analytical chemistry; physical chemistry
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Functional nanomaterials, with their tunable physical, chemical, and biological properties (e.g., high surface-to-volume ratio, enhanced catalytic activity, and biocompatibility), have become transformative drivers for advancing biosensors and chemical sensors. These sensors play pivotal roles in addressing global demands across biomedical diagnostics, environmental monitoring, food safety, and industrial quality control—enabling rapid, sensitive, and selective detection of biological analytes (e.g., biomarkers, pathogens) and chemical species (e.g., pollutants, toxins). This Special Issue aims to showcase cutting-edge research on the design, synthesis, and application of functional nanomaterials (e.g., carbon-based nanomaterials, metal oxides, nanocomposites, and hybrid structures) in developing high-performance biosensors and chemical sensors. We invite original research and review articles that explore innovative nanomaterial integration, performance optimization, and real-world deployment of these sensors, addressing key challenges such as selectivity, stability, cost-effectiveness, and scalability.
Dr. Qing Kang
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- functional nanomaterials
- biosensors
- chemical sensors
- analyte detection
- sensor performance
- nanocomposites
- biomedical diagnostics
- environmental monitoring
- food safety
- nanomaterial synthesis
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