Light-Based Technologies and Spectroscopic Techniques for Photo-Sensing and Photoinactivation of Microorganisms, Virus, and Cancer Cells
A special issue of Photonics (ISSN 2304-6732). This special issue belongs to the section "Biophotonics and Biomedical Optics".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (1 December 2022) | Viewed by 24402
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Interests: optical spectroscopy; biological systems; biomaterial; phototherapy
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The increasing emergence of microbial drug resistance, dissemination of the COVID-19 virus and the increase of incidence of cancer worldwide raises great concern and indicates an urgent need to develop new and alternative methods for the early detection and inactivation of these potential threats to avoid a devastating impact in human, animal and plant health. In this scenario, phototherapies and photo-based diagnostics emerge as promising alternatives to conventional drugs and sensing techniques to deal with all the living beings facing these health-related challenges.
This Special Issue of Photonics, entitled “Light-based technologies and spectroscopic techniques for photo-sensing and photoinactivation of microorganisms, virus and cancer cells”, will focus on the fundamentals and applications of photo-sensing and the photoinactivation of pathogenic microorganisms (bacteria, virus, fungi, etc.) and cancer cells to provide a comprehensive representation of the current research findings and technical developments in the field. Contributions focused on new materials and innovative protocols for applications in cells, animals, plants, foods, human subjects, water, environment quality control and clinical diagnosis are encouraged. This Special Issue covers, but is not limited to, the following topics: laser therapy; photodynamic therapy; photothermal therapy; photoacoustic therapy; multispectral imaging and sensing; fluorescence spectroscopy; LIF, LIBS; FTIR spectroscopy; NIR spectroscopy; Raman spectroscopy; SERS; metal enhanced fluorescence; nanoplasmonic sensor.
Review articles and regular research articles related to biophotonics and biomedical optics are welcome.
Prof. Dr. Anderson R. L. Caires
Dr. Giorgio S. Senesi
Dr. Gil Goncalves
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- laser therapy
- photodynamic therapy
- photothermal therapy
- photoacoustic therapy
- multispectral imaging and sensing
- fluorescence spectroscopy
- LIF, LIBS
- FTIR spectroscopy
- NIR spectroscopy
- Raman spectroscopy
- SERS
- metal enhanced fluorescence
- nanoplasmonic sensor
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