Sensors and Biosensors Based on Layered Double Hydroxides (LDHs) and Their Nanocomposites
A special issue of Sensors (ISSN 1424-8220). This special issue belongs to the section "Biosensors".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 June 2023) | Viewed by 5980
Special Issue Editors
Interests: nanostructured materials; thin films; physical characterization of novel functional materials; sensors
Interests: sensors; biosensors; immunosensors; foods; drugs; nutraceuticals
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Interests: nanostructured materials; thin films; physical characterization of novel functional materials; sensors; biosensors; energy harvesting
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Continued advances in materials science, chemistry, biology, nano-technology and microelectronics are greatly contributing to the proliferation of sensor science, which finds promising markets in the fields of medicine, industrial processes, pharmaceutical research, environmental monitoring, and food or beverage control.
Layered double hydroxides (LDHs) are two-dimensional nanostructured materials able to incorporate anionic species in the interlayer space, with a wide range of possibilities for tuning structures, stoichiometry, and functionalization. LDHs can be synthesized by relatively simple and numerous techniques, mainly starting from chip, non-toxic and common inorganic precursors. The particular structure and properties of these materials have allowed their use in various fields: industry, energy, catalysis, environment, biomedicine, and so on.
Furthermore, in the field of electrochemical sensors, biosensors and optical sensing, LDHs are attracting attention due to their porosity and the anion (inorganic or organic) exchange capability in the interlayer gallery.
This Special Issue aims to collect publications concerning pristine LDHs-based sensors and biosensors, including devices engineered with nanocomposites obtained in combination with other organic or inorganic nano-entities (inorganic species with different functionalities, carbon nano-allotropes, polymers, enzymes, and many others).
Original research papers and review articles are welcome, especially (but not exclusively) covering the topics of electrochemical chemosensors, biosensors, or optical sensors, by exploiting functionalized LDHs and nanocomposites.
Dr. Pier Gianni Medaglia
Prof. Dr. Mauro Tomassetti
Dr. Riccardo Pezzilli
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- LDH-based chemical sensors
- LDH-based biosensors
- composites-based sensors
- composites-based biosensors
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