Application of Biosensors in Water Quality and Aquatic Environment Monitoring
A special issue of Water (ISSN 2073-4441). This special issue belongs to the section "New Sensors, New Technologies and Machine Learning in Water Sciences".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 July 2026 | Viewed by 21
Special Issue Editors
Interests: environmental monitoring; analytical chemistry; biosensors; environmental health; emerging contaminants analysis
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The preservation of water resources is a critical global challenge, necessitating advanced monitoring tools that deliver rapid, sensitive, and on-site analysis of pollutants. Traditional methods often involve complex, time-consuming laboratory procedures, hindering real-time response. Biosensors, which integrate a biological recognition element with a physicochemical transducer, offer a powerful alternative. They provide the potential for high specificity, portability, and continuous monitoring of a wide range of aquatic contaminants, from nutrients and heavy metals to organic micropollutants and pathogens.
This Special Issue aims to gather the latest research and review articles on the development, innovation, and practical application of biosensors for aquatic environments. We seek to highlight advancements that enhance the feasibility of biosensors for real-world water quality assessment and environmental surveillance.
Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Development of novel biorecognition elements (enzymes, antibodies, aptamers, whole cells).
- Nanomaterial-enhanced biosensing platforms for improved sensitivity and selectivity.
- Lab-on-a-chip and microfluidic biosensors for field-deployable water analysis.
- Biosensors for detection of emerging contaminants (e.g., antibiotics and antibiotic resistance genes, PFAS, EDCs, microplastics).
- Validation and application of biosensors in complex water matrices (e.g., river water, sewage, groundwater, industrial wastewater).
- Real-time and continuous biosensor networks for long-term environmental monitoring.
Dr. Jisui Tan
Dr. Xu Zhu
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- environmental monitoring
- biosensor
- emerging contaminants
- portable device
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