Advances in Wearable and Implantable Biosensors: Materials, Design, and Applications
A special issue of Sensors (ISSN 1424-8220). This special issue belongs to the section "Biosensors".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 March 2026 | Viewed by 5
Special Issue Editors
Interests: wearable and implantable electrochemical sensors and biosensors
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Dear Colleagues,
This Special Issue highlights recent advances in wearable and implantable biosensors, focusing on innovative materials, device design, and biomedical applications. It showcases cutting-edge research enabling real-time, continuous, and personalized health monitoring—key pillars of next-generation digital health and precision medicine. Topics include flexible and stretchable electronics that conform to the body’s contours, advanced biocompatible and bioresorbable materials to minimize immune response, miniaturized and implantable sensing platforms for long-term in vivo operation, seamless wireless integration for data transmission, and multiplexed detection of critical biomarkers. Contributions span from fundamental material synthesis and surface functionalization to device fabrication, system integration, and clinical translation. Applications range from early disease diagnosis and intraoperative monitoring to management of chronic conditions like diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, and neurological disorders, as well as remote and home-based healthcare enabled by mobile connectivity. We welcome original research and comprehensive reviews that address persistent challenges in sensor sensitivity, long-term stability, power efficiency, mechanical robustness, and biocompatibility. By fostering interdisciplinary collaboration among materials science, electrical engineering, biomedical engineering, chemistry, data science, and clinical medicine, this Special Issue aims to accelerate the innovation and translation of next-generation biosensors, ultimately advancing proactive, patient-centric, and personalized healthcare solutions.
Dr. Zhanhong Li
Dr. Cheng Yang
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- wearable biosensors
- implantable sensors
- flexible electronics
- biocompatible materials
- real-time monitoring
- point-of-care diagnostics
- multiplexed sensing
- wireless biosensing
- personalized medicine
- smart healthcare
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