PEDOT Composite Films for Electrochemical and Electronic Sensing
A special issue of Chemosensors (ISSN 2227-9040). This special issue belongs to the section "Materials for Chemical Sensing".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 September 2021)
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Conducting polymers have made great contributions to the development of novel sensors for multiple applications, in healthcare, environmental monitoring, gas sensing, and many other fields. Among the many members of the conducting polymer family, poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) (PEDOT) represents a unique material, with outstanding characteristics in terms of conductivity, stability, transparency, and biocompatibility.
Since its inception in the late 1980s, PEDOT penetrated the scene as a highly conducting and stable polymer, compatible with a wide range of operations and functions, even in aqueous environments.
Investigations on PEDOT have further been carried out in many ways thereafter, from the fundamental aspects to the applied field, including the improvement of synthesis, solubility, hydrophility, processability, and flexibility, making this polymer advantageous in many electrochemical and bioelectronic applications.
In particular, more advanced developments have been made, including its tailored functionalization, and various aspects, such as its incorporation into nanocomposites, the utilization of functionalized hybrids towards enhanced electrochemical and/or electric/electronic sensing, and so on.
To present recent advancements in this exciting field, here we would like to invite contributions from scientists who are actively involved in research related to the design, synthesis, and sensor/biosensor/device applications of PEDOT.
Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Knoll
Dr. Omar Azzaroni
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- PEDOT
- conducting polymer
- biosensing
- bioelectrochemistry
- field-effect transistors
- organic devices
- electrochemical devices
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