Nanostructured Materials Systems for Optical Sensing
A special issue of Sensors (ISSN 1424-8220). This special issue belongs to the section "Optical Sensors".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 October 2024) | Viewed by 5706
Special Issue Editor
Interests: SERS, Raman imaging and TERS applied to nanoscale materials; nanostructured composites based on carbon materials; colloidal nanoparticles for optical sensing applications
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Dear Colleagues,
Nanotechnology has demonstrated great potential in the preparation of new nanostructured materials with different properties, new functions, and added value. Numerous studies have been carried out with the aim to improve the properties and performance of optical functional materials through the application of nanocomposites, metallic nanoparticles or carbon materials.
Over the last decade, optical-sensing-based nanostructured materials have arisen as a key research topic in both fundamental and applied sciences. It is known that the optical response of nanostructured materials depends on their environment, namely, pressure, temperature, pH, and humidity, resulting in sensor materials with increased sensitivities, multiplexing capabilities, and high efficiency in detecting and monitoring chemical or biological molecules.
For example, the use of surface plasmon resonances in metallic nanostructured particles for surface enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) applications has gain special interest, in the last years. This is fundamentally due to two reasons: the technological evolution observed at the level of Raman's equipment and the development of techniques/methods to enhanced the molecular probe's signal using nanostructured materials.
This Special Issue is addressed at all types of nanostructured materials that can be applied in optical sensing and detection of biomolecules, aiming to collect the latest trends and progress in the field of “Nanostructured Materials Systems for Optical Sensing”.
Dr. Sara Fateixa
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- Composites
- Nanostructured materials
- Chemical and biological sensors
- Nanoparticles
- Optical detection
- Nanofabrication
- Plasmons
- Sensing
- Surface
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