Fluorescent Nanomaterial Probes and Their Biological and Chemical Sensors Applications

Dear Colleagues,

According to their sensing mechanisms, fluorescence detection techniques based on nanomaterials have received much more attention than classical detection methods owing to their lower detection limit, easiness of use and economy. The most important issue in the construction of fluorescence sensors with high sensitivity and selectivity is to find an appropriate fluorescent material to use as a fluorescent probe. However, the probe design is a challenging job since it must demonstrate excellent chromophore sensitivity towards the targeted analyte. In the past decade, it is worth mentioning that nanomaterials have become an emerging frontier of science and technology and rapid developments have been made. Several nanomaterials have been synthesized which exhibit unique physical and chemical properties and have provided great potential applications in the field of fluorescence sensing. The metal-based quantum dots, carbon dots, graphene quantum dots, metal nanoclusters and 2D materials and their composites are among the notable fluorescent nanomaterials. This kind of fluorescent sensing has drawn much research attention in all related fields, such as analytical chemistry and biological chemistry, and it has also evolved to provide functional nanomaterials or prepare the kit of chemical sensors and biosensors developed by the new type of fluorescent novel nanomaterials.

This Special Issue titled ‘Fluorescent Nanomaterial Probes and Their Biological and Chemical Sensors Applications&rsquo covers all the different aspects of fluorescent probes from the fundamental to the applied side and aims, through all its contributions, to present the progress that has been made on these fluorescence sensors to the rest of the world and help further stimulate research in the field of fluorescence probes.

Dr. Santhana Krishna Kumar Alagarsamy
Guest Editor

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• fluorescent probe

• nanomaterials
• biological sensor
• chemical sensor
• carbon dots
• nanoclusters
• semiconductor nanomaterials
• graphene quantum dots
• quantum dots
• sensor kit
• paper-based sensor