Innovative Schemes for Bio/Chemical Sensors Based on Specialty Optical Fibers, Metasurfaces and Optofluidics

Dear Colleagues,

This Special Issue will focus on intriguing sensing approaches for developing probes used in bio/chemical sensing. These methods include the utilization of plastic optical fibers (POFs), specialty optical fibers, metasurfaces, and optofluidics. For instance, there is a significant interest in using innovative POF-based extrinsic or intrinsic schemes, such as “MathMaterial interfaces” combined with POF probes for machine and deep learning in bio/chemical sensing approaches. Moreover, using different receptor layers combined with optical probes to detect specific substances in different application fields is equally intriguing. This Special Issue wants to collect research manuscripts or review manuscripts about POF-based platforms, metasurface-based sensors, optofluidic-based sensor systems, and biosensors or chemical sensors implemented by extrinsic or intrinsic optical fiber schemes and using specific (biomimetic, biological, or chemical) receptor layers or machine and deep learning approaches.

Prof. Dr. Nunzio Cennamo
Dr. Francesco Arcadio
Guest Editors

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