Biosensors: Emerging Technologies and Real-Time Monitoring
A special issue of International Journal of Molecular Sciences (ISSN 1422-0067). This special issue belongs to the section "Biochemistry".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 February 2026
Special Issue Editor
Interests: real-time monitoring; point-of-care diagnostics; biomarker detection; wearable biosensors; smart functional nanomaterials; electrochemical sensors; optical sensors; wireless technologies; breath analysis; AI-integrated sensing; IoT-enabled monitoring; biomarkers; bioelectronics
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Biosensors sit at the forefront of contemporary diagnostics and monitoring, pairing selective biological recognition elements with sensitive transducers to measure target analytes with exacting accuracy. Demand for accurate real-time operation has grown sharply, fueled by needs that range from continuous glucose or chronic-disease biomarker tracking in medicine to on-site pollutant surveillance and rapid feedback in industrial controls. Yet many conventional biosensors are challenged by limited portability, sluggish response, matrix interferences, and weak links to modern data analytics pipelines. A new generation of platforms, bolstered by AI, wireless telemetry, microfluidics, and skin-conformal or implantable form factors, is beginning to overcome these barriers. Non-invasive, multiplexed, and truly continuous sensing now looks achievable, laying essential groundwork for early-stage disease detection, personalized therapeutic management, and reliable remote health oversight. The field, however, still needs rigorous research to optimize performance, manufacturability, and scalability.
This Special Issue, therefore, calls for cutting-edge contributions on biosensor systems engineered for real-time monitoring. We welcome original research papers, reviews, and short communications that present novel sensor architectures; advanced functional materials, including smart composites; improved signal-processing devices and approaches; and seamless integration with AI/ML or Internet-of-Things frameworks for data interpretation. Particular emphasis falls on wearable and implantable devices, point-of-care diagnostics, electrochemical and optical transduction schemes, breath-analysis technologies, energy-frugal sensing strategies, and environmental applications. By gathering these studies in one venue, we aim to accelerate the translation of laboratory innovation into robust, deployable biosensing solutions.
Dr. Velmurugan Thavasi
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- biosensors
- real-time monitoring
- wearable sensors
- electrochemical detection
- optical biosensors
- point-of-care (POC) diagnostics
- biomarker identification and analysis
- wireless technologies
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