Nanotechnology-Based Bio(sensors): In COVID-19 Outbreak
A special issue of Chemosensors (ISSN 2227-9040). This special issue belongs to the section "(Bio)chemical Sensing".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 August 2022) | Viewed by 6674
Special Issue Editors
Interests: electrochemical biosensors; electrocatalysis; nanoparticles
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The world is facing the COVID-19 outbreak. This challenges both our private and personal life. We are all playing a role in the fight against this pandemic. Researchers in the field of chemistry and especially (bio)sensors are dedicating a part of their work to developing analytical tools for the rapid detection of COVID-19 virus.
Chemosensors is dedicating a Special Issue to nanotechnology for developing (bio)sensors. Although this concerns sensors developed for the detection of this virus, the Special Issue aims to include (bio)sensors targeting other analytes. In fact, in this issue, authors who have struggled and succeeded in using nano-based technology for developing all kind of sensors during the COVID-19 pandemic are encouraged to submit their work.
What is the current status of the nanotechnology and its use for developing (bio)sensors? Are the nano-objects still used to improve limit of detection? Is there any influence of the size and shape of the nano-objects on the analytical performances of the sensor? What is the nature of the nano-objects; are they metallic, semi-conductors, organic? Could their efficiency be altered by adjuvants, surfactants, ad-atoms? Besides the answers that experimental work could bring to these questions, diverse types of modelling (computational, micro-kinetic, etc.) are emerging as new tools to help understanding the benefits brought by nanotechnology.
In this frame, authors whose work could reply to some of these questions are invited to submit their article to this Special Issue of Chemosensors: “Nano-technology Based Bio(sensors): in Covid-19 Outbreak”.
Dr. Vasilica Badets
Dr. Stéphane Arbault
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- nanotechnology
- sensors
- biosensors
- COVID-19
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