Optical Sensing for Liquids: Science and Technology
A special issue of Photonics (ISSN 2304-6732). This special issue belongs to the section "Biophotonics and Biomedical Optics".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 15 December 2025 | Viewed by 623
Special Issue Editor
Interests: optical (bio)sensors; optofluidic; opto-electronics; optical instrumentation and measurements; artificial intelligence for optical sensing
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Dear Colleagues,
Optofluidics, nominally the technological area where optics and fluidics merge, is an interesting research field. Over the last two decades, it has caught the attention of the worlds of academia and industry. Indeed, there is growing interest in the development of innovative sensing devices and platforms for analyzing fluids for a wide plethora of applications and, in particular, in the fields of biology, medicine, physics, chemistry, and nanotechnology. Indeed, optical sensors offer several advantages, such as high sensitivity, minimal invasiveness, the possibility of miniaturization, and low costs. Thus, they are particularly suitable for the analysis of fluids, which are also of biological origin.
This Special Issue will showcase the manuscripts that introduce the latest advancements on research and technology development in the field of optical sensing for liquids and fluids for medical, biological, and chemical applications.
Both theoretical and experimental papers will be accepted.
The submission of original research articles is recommended, but review papers are also welcome. Topic of interest may include (but are not limited to) the following:
- Sensors to measure the refractive index of fluids;
- (Bio)sensors based on surface plasmon resonance;
- Fiber-optic sensors for fluid analysis;
- Spectroscopy for fluid investigation;
- Interferometry-based techniques for fluid investigation;
- Opto-electronic techniques for measuring the properties of liquids;
- Fluorescence (bio)sensors;
- Speckle pattern for the study of fluids;
- Innovative optofluidic sensing platforms for real-world applications;
- Optical imaging for analysis of fluids;
- Optofluidic bioMEMS;
- Artificial intelligence for optical sensing applied to fluid investigation.
I look forward to receiving your contributions.
Dr. Valentina Bello
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- optofluidics
- optical (bio)sensors
- refractive index (bio)sensors
- spectroscopy
- opto-electronic techniques for fluid investigation
- fluorescence
- interferometry-based (bio)sensors
- optical imaging for fluid analysis
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