Emerging Functional Materials for Sensor Applications
A special issue of Sensors (ISSN 1424-8220). This special issue belongs to the section "Optical Sensors".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 September 2023) | Viewed by 3438
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Interests: organic chemistry; polymer and hydrogel synthesis; molecular imprinting; biosensing; drug delivery
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Interests: Nanotechnology; Nanomaterials; Quantum dots; Sensors
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Nanotechnology and nanoscale materials are a new and exciting field of research. In this Special Issue of Sensors, original peer-reviewed papers covering all aspects of nanosensors will be published. Original theoretical and experimental papers will be considered, as well as review papers. The use of sensor materials based on nanoscience and nanotechnology enables easy miniaturization, automation, affordability, suitability, and sustainability of sensing systems and devices. Subjects include but are not limited to several nanostructures, including nanoparticles, nanotubes, nanorods, quantum dots, carbon dots, embedded nanostructures, graphene, nanogels, nanospheres, porous silicon, self-assembled materials, hybrid nanostructure, nanocomposites, etc., that are currently used in the development of nanosensors: chemosensors, biosensors, electrical and thermal-based sensors, gas sensors, radiation sensors, mass-sensitive and fiber-optic sensors, optoelectronic and photonic sensors, electrochemical sensors, all types of physical sensors and applications for food industry, environmental monitoring, and human health. In general, this section provides a platform for nanomaterials-based sensors for the publication of original and scientific research that is likely to have a large general impact, also with the aim of initiating other special issues.
The aim of this Special Issue is to gather new developments and future trends in sensors based on functional nanomaterials including nanoparticles, hybrid nanomaterials, and nanocomposites for environmental, food industry, and human health monitoring and their utility. We welcome both original research and review articles.
Thus, the fields of interest include (but are not limited to): sensors and sensor systems based on nanomaterials, hybrid nanostructures, and nanocomposites in biomedical science and engineering, sensing in the liquid and gas phases, environmental and food industry.
Dr. Kasper Eersels
Dr. Poushali Das
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- nanosensors
- nanobiosensors
- nanocomposites
- nanomaterials
- hybrid nanostructures
- quantum dots
- carbon dots
- chemosensors
- electrical and thermal-based sensors
- gas sensors
- radiation sensors
- mass-sensitive and fiber-optic sensors
- optoelectronic and photonic sensors
- electrochemical sensors
- all other types of physical sensors
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