Nanofiber-Based Biosensors
A special issue of Biosensors (ISSN 2079-6374). This special issue belongs to the section "Biosensor Materials".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 December 2023) | Viewed by 5586
Special Issue Editors
Interests: nanobiomaterials; nanofabrication; biosensing; tissue engineering; electrospinning; molecularly imprinting; microneedles; drug release; antimicrobials; interdisciplinary biomedical research
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
In recent years, a broad range of nanostructured materials has received significant attention in the research and development of biosensors. Conventionally, biosensing devices have relied on bulk materials at the interface of bioreceptors that presented limited responses associated with low absorption capacities, slow mass-transfer rates, and recognition heterogeneity.
As diagnostics advance, so does the demand for more sophisticated sensing platforms, obviating the need for accurate, rapid, and dependable biodiagnostic instruments capable of detecting and monitoring disease by utilizing minimally invasive methods. Fiber-based nanocomposites have shown promise in the development of sensitive and selective biosensors. This has been attributed to the distinctive properties of micro and nanofibrous biomaterials, including large specific surface areas and fiber length-to-diameter aspect ratios with improved polydispersity at the fiber surfaces and high biocatalytic properties of superior electrical conductivity.
This Special Issue welcomes original research papers and review articles that leverage the inherent properties of nanofiber-based materials for biosensing applications. The Special Issue focuses on current advancements in the fabrication and integration of micro/nanofibers as novel biosensing platforms.
All submitted papers should exclusively focus on fiber-based nanocomposites, with relevant topics including, but not limited to, conductive polymers, synthetic or naturally derived biorecognition elements, device miniaturization and wearables, electrospinning, minimally invasive biofluids, disease diagnostics, and healthcare monitoring.
Dr. Antonios Keirouz
Dr. Md. Nizam Uddin
Guest Editors
Manuscript Submission Information
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Keywords
- nanofibers
- biosensing
- nanocomposites
- electrospinning
- electrochemical sensing
- colorimetric sensing
- biofluids
- wearable technologies
- conductive polymers
- disease diagnostics and healthcare monitoring
- point-of-care
