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Bio-devices and Materials

A special issue of Materials (ISSN 1996-1944).

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (16 August 2010) | Viewed by 22242

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Dr. Hiroyuki Kudo

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Department of Biomedical Devices and Instrumentation, Institute of Biomaterials and Bioengineering, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, 2-3-10 Kanda-Surugadai, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 101-0062, Japan
Interests: biosensors; biochemical gas sensors; optical sensors; microsystems
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Prof. Dr. Kohji Mitsubayashi

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Department of Biomedical Devices and Instrumentation, Institute of Biomaterials and Bioengineering, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, 2-3-10 Kanda-Surugadai, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 101-0062, Japan
Interests: biomedical sensors for human monitoring; biochemical gas sensors; organic actuators
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Prof. Dr. Ulrich Simon

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Inorganic Chemistry and Electrochemistry, RWTH Aachen University, Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, RWTH Aachen University, Landoltweg 1, 52056 Aachen, Germany
Interests: synthesis of metal and metal oxide nanoparticles; synthesis of ionic conductors and of semiconducting nanostructures; electrical properties of nanomaterials; molecular self-assembly; biofunctional materials
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Currently, sensors are recognized to be essential devices as interfaces of advanced information systems. Adding suitable functions to sensors is effective way to place and enhance value on information. For instance, an RFID reader which can scan every item in a shopping basket may provide a beneficial impact to customers, and continuous in-vivo biomonitoring with flexible and biocompatible sensors drastically improves the quality-of-life of patients and promotion of health by home healthcare. Fusion of new sensing methods, device technologies and advanced materials assumes important role in such “sensing” breakthroughs. This combined special issue entitled “Bio-devices and Materials” is intended to be a reflection of timely research topics, in the area of device technologies, methods and materials to open new window of sensing technologies.

Prof. Dr. Kohji Mitsubayashi
Dr. Hiroyuki Kudo
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Keywords

  • Biosensors
  • Biomicrosystems
  • Biomaterials
  • Bioinstrumentations
  • Polymers

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Growth and Structure of ZnO Nanorods on a Sub-Micrometer Glass Pipette and Their Application as Intracellular Potentiometric Selective Ion Sensors
by Muhammad H. Asif, Omer Nur, Magnus Willander, Peter Strålfors, Cecilia Brännmark, Fredrik Elinder, Ulrika H. Englund, Jun Lu and Lars Hultman
Materials 2010, 3(9), 4657-4667; https://doi.org/10.3390/ma3094657 - 9 Sep 2010
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This paper presents the growth and structure of ZnO nanorods on a sub-micrometer glass pipette and their application as an intracellular selective ion sensor. Highly oriented, vertical and aligned ZnO nanorods were grown on the tip of a borosilicate glass capillary (0.7 µm [...] Read more.
This paper presents the growth and structure of ZnO nanorods on a sub-micrometer glass pipette and their application as an intracellular selective ion sensor. Highly oriented, vertical and aligned ZnO nanorods were grown on the tip of a borosilicate glass capillary (0.7 µm in diameter) by the low temperature aqueous chemical growth (ACG) technique. The relatively large surface-to-volume ratio of ZnO nanorods makes them attractive for electrochemical sensing. Transmission electron microscopy studies show that ZnO nanorods are single crystals and grow along the crystal’s c-axis. The ZnO nanorods were functionalized with a polymeric membrane for selective intracellular measurements of Na+. The membrane-coated ZnO nanorods exhibited a Na+-dependent electrochemical potential difference versus an Ag/AgCl reference micro-electrode within a wide concentration range from 0.5 mM to 100 mM. The fabrication of functionalized ZnO nanorods paves the way to sense a wide range of biochemical species at the intracellular level. Full article
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Optical and Electric Multifunctional CMOS Image Sensors for On-Chip Biosensing Applications
by Takashi Tokuda, Toshihiko Noda, Kiyotaka Sasagawa and Jun Ohta
Materials 2011, 4(1), 84-102; https://doi.org/10.3390/ma4010084 - 29 Dec 2010
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In this review, the concept, design, performance, and a functional demonstration of multifunctional complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) image sensors dedicated to on-chip biosensing applications are described. We developed a sensor architecture that allows flexible configuration of a sensing pixel array consisting of optical and [...] Read more.
In this review, the concept, design, performance, and a functional demonstration of multifunctional complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) image sensors dedicated to on-chip biosensing applications are described. We developed a sensor architecture that allows flexible configuration of a sensing pixel array consisting of optical and electric sensing pixels, and designed multifunctional CMOS image sensors that can sense light intensity and electric potential or apply a voltage to an on-chip measurement target. We describe the sensors’ architecture on the basis of the type of electric measurement or imaging functionalities. Full article
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