Quantum Sensors and Their Biomedical Applications
A special issue of Sensors (ISSN 1424-8220). This special issue belongs to the section "Physical Sensors".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 June 2024) | Viewed by 2896
Special Issue Editors
Interests: quantum magnetic sensors; Josephson devices; SQUIDs; magneroencegalography; superconducting quantum bit
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Interests: quantum magnetic sensors; Josephson devices; SQUIDs; organic electronics; superconducting quantum bit
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
High-performance magnetic sensing is a powerful tool used for probing biological, chemical, and physical systems. Indeed, many sophisticated research experiments and applications rely on the measurement of extremely weak magnetic fields (such as biomagnetism and magnetic microscopy). Furthermore, magnetic sensing at the nanoscale level is a promising and interesting research topic within nanoscience.
Therefore, in recent decades, many efforts have been devoted to the development of different ultrasensitive magnetic sensors, such as atomic magnetometers, based on detecting the Larmor spin precession of optically pumped atoms, surface-enhanced Raman scattering sensors, diamond magnetometers based on nitrogen-vacancy centers in room-temperature diamond, and micro- and nano-superconducting quantum interference devices (SQUIDs).
In addition to the study of complex organs (such as the brain and the heart), some of the aforementioned sensors can also be successfully used for the study of molecules of biological interest.
The aim of this Special Issue is to provide an updated overview on the development of ultra-high-sensitivity sensors and their biomedical applications. Both original research articles and reviews are encouraged.
Prof. Dr. Carmine Granata
Dr. Antonio Vettoliere
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- ultra-high-sensitivity superconducting magnetometers
- optically pumped magnetometers
- giant magneto-resistant (GMR) sensors
- magnetic sensing with a nitrogen vacancy in diamond
- surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) sensors
- spin exchange relaxation-free (SERF) magnetometers
- nanoelectromechanical and microelectromechanical systems (NEMSs and MEMSs)
- magnetoencephalography
- susceptometry
- magnetic relaxation immunoassay
- low fled magnetic resonance imaging
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