Diagnostic Sensors

Dear Colleagues,

Sensors are essential elements in the healthcare system, where it is necessary to report on key parameters associated with the development, progression, and treatment of specific pathologies. However, as evidenced by the current COVID-19 crisis, many advances are still necessary to meet the needs of a connected, changing, and demanding society. Sensors are now facing important challenges regarding sensitivity and selectivity, response time, simplicity, cost, portability, automation, robustness, and cost, most of them impossible to attain with current technologies and systems. This Topic Collection will highlight the most recent advances in sensor development for the next generation of diagnostic systems, including the following:

• Sensor design and fabrication protocols/technologies
• New transduction methods
• Sensors miniaturization and (bio)functionalization strategies
• Sensors integration in the following:
  • Microanalytical platforms
  • Wearables
  • Microfluidic architectures
  • Electronic components for control of measurement, signal processing, data transmission, powering, etc.

This is a collection of top quality papers published free of charge in open access form by the Editorial Board Members, or those invited by the editorial office and the Editor-in-Chief. The papers should be long research papers (or review papers) with a full and detailed summary of the author's work so far.

Dr. Xavier Muñoz-Berbel
Dr. Michele Dei
Dr. Miguel A. Pellitero
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

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Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Diagnostics is an international peer-reviewed open access semimonthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2600 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.