Cutting-Edge Research on Nanosensors
A special issue of International Journal of Molecular Sciences (ISSN 1422-0067). This special issue belongs to the section "Molecular Nanoscience".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 August 2025 | Viewed by 125
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Interests: nanostructured chemioresistive sensors; sensory receptor; Ionic transporter; signal transduction
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Dear Colleagues,
Nanosensors are devices made from nanostructured materials, designed to detect physical, chemical, or biological stimuli at a very small scale. Their tiny size, increasing miniaturization, high surface area, exceptional sensitivity, cost-effectiveness, and long-term stability make them highly attractive to researchers worldwide. Currently, nanosensors are widely used in various fields, such as healthcare, environmental monitoring, food safety, and industrial processes. For example, in healthcare, they can detect diseases like cancer, diabetes, and infectious diseases by identifying specific biological markers. In environmental monitoring, they can detect harmful pollutants even at very low concentrations. Several types of nanosensors have been developed so far, each varying in sensing mechanisms, material composition, and applications. The most popular ones include chemical nanosensors, which detect compounds through chemical reactions between the sensing material and the analyte; electrochemical nanosensors, which generate electrical signals based on chemical interactions; and biological nanosensors, which detect biological molecules or pathogens, among others. Additionally, optical, magnetic, mechanical, thermal, magnetoelastic, nano-optomechanical, and quantum nanosensors are finding increasingly wider applications. Each type of nanosensor is highly versatile, offering unique characteristics that make them suitable for a broad range of uses. However, many improvements and discoveries are still needed to fully unlock their potential.
This Special Issue is led by Dr. Giorgio Rispoli and assisted by Dr. Michele Astolfi (Department of Neuroscience and Rehabilitation, University of Ferrara, Italy).
Dr. Giorgio Rispoli
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- nanostructure
- microfabrication
- nanoparticles
- nanoscale
- nanotechnology
- nanomaterials
- sensor response
- sensitivity
- miniaturization
- analyte selectivity
- smart materials
- molecular recognition
- sensing mechanism
- real-time monitoring
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