Fiber Optical Sensors and Biosensors
A special issue of Sensors (ISSN 1424-8220). This special issue belongs to the section "Optical Sensors".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 November 2025 | Viewed by 29
Special Issue Editors
Interests: optics; fiber optic sensors; biosensors; aerospace sensors
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Interests: optical methods for tissue diagnostics; bio-molecular spectroscopy; x-ray diffraction; computational biophysics and drug design; molecular modeling
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Fiber optic sensors have emerged as effective tools for sensing in a number of applications, including civil, aviation, and naval engineering, as well as medical and bio-sensing, due to their compactness, sensitivity, resistance to electromagnetic interference, biocompatibility, and remote sensing. In engineering applications, they can measure stress, temperature, ice thickness on the wings of aircraft, and other parameters. Similarly, in biosensing applications, these sensors translate (bio)chemical interactions into measurable optical signals, enabling the real-time monitoring of biological systems, dermatology, clinical diagnostics, environmental sensing, food safety, and numerous industrial applications.
This Special Issue invites original research articles and reviews addressing the latest progress, technological innovations, and practical applications in the area of fiber optic sensors and biosensing. Contributions exploring novel sensing mechanisms, fiber design and fabrication, integrated sensing systems, and biomedical and environmental applications, as well as reviews highlighting future perspectives and remaining challenges in this field, are welcome.
Dr. Aris Ikiades
Dr. Nikolaos Kourkoumelis
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- fiber optic sensors
- FBG stress and temperature sensing
- ice detection in aviation
- biosensing
- optical fiber technology
- biomedical applications
- environmental monitoring
- nanomaterial-enhanced sensors
- surface functionalization
- multiplexed sensing
- biophotonics
- point-of-care diagnostics
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