Microsensors and Microchips: Fabrication, Characterization and Application
A special issue of Micromachines (ISSN 2072-666X). This special issue belongs to the section "C:Chemistry".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 November 2023) | Viewed by 6825
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Chemical microsensor and microchip-based sensors, particularly screen-printed microchips, have been attracting increasing attention in clinical, environmental, and pharmaceutical analysis. These disposable micron-scale chips with small sample volumes can gently manipulate fluid flow, thus providing more efficient and alternative tools in a broad range of applications, particularly in clinical, environmental and drug analysis. These microsensors have become more popular due to their simple operation, high throughput, parallel analysis, quick response and overall reduced costs, making it much easier to realize product transfer in practical applications. There are many merits offered by such miniaturized devises, including automation and integration feasibility and applicability with flow injection analysis as well as continuous monitoring technology. Recently, intensive efforts have been oriented towards microfabrication characterization and analytical applications of such small devices. The state of the art in this strategy comprises new fabrication methodology, novel sensing materials and versatile applications.
The goals of this Special Issue are to present high-quality and original contributions of scientists and researchers focused on microfabrication, the synthesis of new sensing materials and the realization of chemical microsensors, microelectrodes and screen-printed microchips. The applications of such devices in measuring biological, environmental and pharmaceutical species are also within the scope of this collection. This Special Issue also aims to gather recent developments in this research area and to highlight the recent trends and perspectives of such miniaturized devices.
Dr. Hassan Arida
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- chemical microsensors
- potentiometric microchip
- screen-printed microchip
- amperometric microsensors
- microfabrication
- automation of microchip
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