Trends in Nanophotonic/Wearable Biosensors

A special issue of Biosensors (ISSN 2079-6374). This special issue belongs to the section "Wearable Biosensors".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 September 2024 | Viewed by 1997

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Department of Electrical Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Interests: optical and photonic biosensors; nano- and micro-technologies in biosensors; plasmonic biosensors

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School of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou 510006, China
Interests: flexible electronics; wearable electronics; microfluidics; biosensors

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Nanophotonics and wearable electronics are state-of-the-art technologies for the innovation of next-generation multi-parametric biosensors with ultra-sensitivity and rapid sensing schemes. Nanophotonics exploits light manipulation at the nanoscale level to develop highly sensitive biosensing approaches, coupling with highly specific surface activation strategies for target analytes and biomarkers. On the other hand, wearable biosensors leverage flexible electronic materials to implement noninvasive biosensors for real-time and continuous biophysiological monitoring of biochemical markers in biofluids, which is of great relevance to clinical diagnoses such as metabolic disorders. Most importantly, nanophotonic/wearable biosensors facilitate multiplex biosensing and miniaturization with the integration of microfluidic sampling and transport mechanisms.

The scope of this Special Issue is to gather the latest research and development trends in nanophotonic or wearable biosensors for point-of-care diagnostics or longitudinal healthcare monitoring. We welcome submissions that involve the following topics:

  • Nanophotonic-based (silicon photonics, fiber optics, plasmonics, photonic crystals, metamaterials, etc.) biosensors for disease diagnosis, biofluid molecular profiling, environmental and food biocontamination monitoring, and detection, etc;
  • Wearable devices based on electrochemical or optical biosensing approaches to measure and monitor biochemical markers (metabolites, hormones, etc.) in biofluids (saliva, sweat, tears, etc.) for longitudinal healthcare monitoring;
  • Related technologies such as novel materials and fabrication methods, system-level integration, point-of-care applications, benchmark studies, etc.

Dr. Lip Ket Chin
Dr. Meng Zhang
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • nanophotonics
  • wearable devices
  • biosensors
  • point-of-care devices
  • biophysical sensors

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Terahertz Metamaterials for Biosensing Applications: A Review
by Wu Zhang, Jiahan Lin, Zhengxin Yuan, Yanxiao Lin, Wenli Shang, Lip Ket Chin and Meng Zhang
Biosensors 2024, 14(1), 3; https://doi.org/10.3390/bios14010003 - 21 Dec 2023
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In recent decades, THz metamaterials have emerged as a promising technology for biosensing by extracting useful information (composition, structure and dynamics) of biological samples from the interaction between the THz wave and the biological samples. Advantages of biosensing with THz metamaterials include label-free [...] Read more.
In recent decades, THz metamaterials have emerged as a promising technology for biosensing by extracting useful information (composition, structure and dynamics) of biological samples from the interaction between the THz wave and the biological samples. Advantages of biosensing with THz metamaterials include label-free and non-invasive detection with high sensitivity. In this review, we first summarize different THz sensing principles modulated by the metamaterial for bio-analyte detection. Then, we compare various resonance modes induced in the THz range for biosensing enhancement. In addition, non-conventional materials used in the THz metamaterial to improve the biosensing performance are evaluated. We categorize and review different types of bio-analyte detection using THz metamaterials. Finally, we discuss the future perspective of THz metamaterial in biosensing. Full article
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