Hydrogel-Based Biosensors: From Design to Applications
A special issue of Biosensors (ISSN 2079-6374). This special issue belongs to the section "Biosensor and Bioelectronic Devices".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 15 August 2025 | Viewed by 54
Special Issue Editors
Interests: hydrogels; tissue engineering; theranostics
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Interests: biosensors; drug development; PROTAC
Interests: hydrogels; blood purification; microrobots; drug delivery; bio-inspired systems; 3D printing
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
With the development of nanomaterials and sensing technology, hydrogel-based biosensors have attracted considerable attention due to their various advantages over conventional detection systems. Their excellent physicochemical properties, such as variable wettability, high biocompatibility, richness in functional groups, easy engineering, and tunable mechanical characteristics, offer substantial improvement for the design of novel sensing systems for the diagnosis of cells, microorganisms, tissues, organoids, bloods, and whole bodies.
This Special Issue aims to consolidate recent advancements in hydrogel-based biosensors, focusing on their design, fabrication, and diverse applications in various fields such as healthcare, organoids, biopharmaceuticals, tumor treatment, nutrients, environmental monitoring, and food safety. We welcome submissions on, but are not limited to, the following topics:
- Novel designs or strategies for hydrogel-based biosensors, including the immobilization of bioreceptors, biosignal transducing strategies, etc.
- New applications for hydrogel-based biosensors: clinical diagnostics for biomarkers and metabolites, drug sensing, environmental pollutant detection, etc.
- Hydrogel-based biosensors loaded with proteins, aptamers, antibodies/antigens, and DNA/RNA for cell, bacteria, fungi, and organoid sensing and detection.
- Incorporation of nanomaterials such as noble metals, upconversion materials, quantum dots, and conjugated organic structures into hydrogel biosensors to enhance sensitivity and specificity.
Dr. Hongya Geng
Dr. Ying Tan
Dr. Xin Song
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- hydrogels
- tissue engineering
- gels
- biosensors
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