Advances in Electrochemical Sensors and Biosensors
A special issue of Coatings (ISSN 2079-6412). This special issue belongs to the section "Surface Coatings for Biomedicine and Bioengineering".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 August 2024) | Viewed by 8958
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
In recent decades, much attention has been paid to the development of electrochemical sensors and biosensors, providing remarkable features such as fast response, handling ease, robust, cost-effectivity sensitivity, portability, simplicity of design, ease of miniaturizing, and low sample volume. The commonly observed interest in this group of sensors results from the relatively low production and operating costs as well as good metrological and operational parameters. The signal of their response is a change in current, or potential, which provides wide possibilities of further advanced signal processing at the analogue level. The versatility of these tools ensures a broad spectrum in the sensing of biological and chemical analytes in respect of electrochemical change of electrode/electrolyte interfacial characteristics. The advantage of biosensors over traditional analytical methods will certainly lead to their even greater use in environmental monitoring food safety, medicine, including clinical diagnostics or monitoring and control of industrial processes in the near future.
The selection of the working electrode material and its appropriate modification play a crucial role in the development of sensitive electrochemical platforms for the detection of target molecules. Progress is constantly being observed with the implementation of new advanced platforms for the design of biosensors, such as graphene, carbon nanotubes or nanofibers, nanoclusters, nanoparticles, etc. Due to outstanding advances in nanotechnology, nanomaterial-based signal amplification strategies have an enormous impact on improving parameters such as sensitivity and selectivity of electrochemical sensors and biosensors. The optimal signal amplification strategy can increase the intensity of its response several times.
We are pleased to invite you to broaden the field of electrochemical sensors and biosensors, describing fundamentals and application of sensor technology.
This Special Issue aims to focus on advances in electrochemical sensors and biosensors: the novel strategies in their development technology, future trends, and advanced materials used in the construction of these devices.
In this Special Issue, original research articles and reviews are welcome. Research areas may include (but not be limited to) the following:
- Development of novel sensing layers,
- Nanomaterials in sensors technology,
- Novel sensors technology including miniaturization
- Electrochemical sensors and biosensors for medical application, environmental monitoring, or the food industry.
We look forward to receiving your contributions.
Dr. Kamila Malecka-Baturo
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- sensor and biosensor technology
- redox-active layers
- signal amplification strategies
- novel nanomaterials in sensor/biosensor design
- miniaturization technologies in electrochemical sensor/biosensor design
- electrochemical sensors and biosensors
- medical diagnostics
- environmental monitoring
- food industry
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