Emerging Research on Molecular Sensors
A special issue of Micromachines (ISSN 2072-666X). This special issue belongs to the section "C：Chemistry".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 April 2025 | Viewed by 624
Special Issue Editors
Interests: micro/nanomotors; biosensors; microfluidics; biomimetic materials; enzymatic catalysis
Interests: microwave biosenosr and gas sensor; micro-scale microwave sensor design and fabrication technology; microfluid-combined microwave sensor chip
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Interests: organic synthesis; benzimidazoles; polyphenols; neurodegenerative disorders; neuroprotection; antioxidant activity; free radical scavengers; lipid peroxidation; oxidative stress
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Molecular sensors are integrated receptor-transducer devices, which can convert molecular responses into external signals based on different approaches. The orchestration and development of molecular sensors are of primary importance for applications such as biosensing, gas sensing, and chemical sensing. Representative challenges in this field include the improvement of transducer performance, such as “3S+3R”, i.e., Sensitivity, Selectivity, Stability, Reproducibility, Response time, and Recovery time. To overcome the limitations of traditional analytical approaches and establish new methodologies, different techniques have been extensively explored to address the scientific and technical challenges in this area.
Hence, in this Special issue, we aim to further explore various emerging techniques in molecular sensing, such as artificial intelligence, micro/nanomotors, microwave, microbalance, microfluidics, electrochemistry, photochemistry, and their combinations, focusing on the fundamental mechanism updates of traditional techniques and attempts to explore novel advanced analytical techniques.
Relevant submissions for this Special Issue include, but are not limited to, the following topics based on the above-mentioned techniques:
- Design of novel analytical micro/nanomotors-based molecular sensing platforms;
- Dopamine-related molecule design and synthesis towards moleulcar recogniation;
- Design of novel nanomaterials towards the enhancement of key parameters in molecular sensing performance, such as “3S+3R”;
- Emerging Techniques and Fundamental Analysis of microwave sensors, electrochemical sensors, and photochemical sensors;
- Combination of Artificial Intelligence (AI) with sensing techniques
Prof. Dr. Lei Wang
Dr. Tian Qiang
Dr. Neda Anastassova
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- gas sensors
- micro/nanomotors
- biosensors
- cancer cell detection
- DNA detection
- molecular sensor
- dopamine
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