Advances in Biosensors for Food Safety Control and Management
A special issue of Foods (ISSN 2304-8158). This special issue belongs to the section "Food Analytical Methods".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 November 2023) | Viewed by 219
Special Issue Editors
Interests: mental disorders; nanomaterials; surface chemistry processes; diagnosis-based methods; biosensors; DNA-based sensors; genosensors
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Interests: electroanalytical methodologies for pharmaceutical, clinical, environmental and food applications
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Food safety is critical for nutrition, health, and overall quality of life. As a result, there is an increasing demand for food safety and quality control. Biosensors can be specifically designed for this purpose because they have the potential to enable low-cost, time-effective, fast, precise, and accurate measurements. Biosensors are generally highly selective, offering several options for onsite and real-time food safety assessment. Additionally, to increase their sensitivity, transducer surfaces can be modified with several materials, such as metallic- and/or carbon-based nanoparticles and magnetic materials. To broaden the use of biosensors, advancements in transducer materials, equipment, and software, as well as multiplexed analysis, are necessary.
Several biosensors have been developed to assess common food contaminants, such as (illegal) additives, pesticides, antibiotics, pathogens, toxins, and drugs. Therefore, biosensors are expected to play an increasingly essential role in food safety control and management.
Dr. Maria Fátima Sá Barroso
Prof. Dr. Hendrikus Petrus Antonius Nouws
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- biosensor
- immunosensor
- genosensor
- enzymatic sensor
- molecularly imprinted polymer sensor
- optical, mechanical, and electrical signals
- metal-based nanoparticles
- carbon-based nanomaterials
- food safety
- food contaminants
