Metal Nanoparticles and Their Biosensing Applications
A special issue of Molecules (ISSN 1420-3049). This special issue belongs to the section "Nanochemistry".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 October 2020) | Viewed by 8151
Special Issue Editor
2. Queensland Micro- and Nanotechnology Centre, Griffith University, Nathan Campus, 170 Kessels Road, Nathan, QLD 4111, Australia
Interests: point-of-care devices; molecular diagnostics; microfluidics devices; electrochemical sensors
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Recent advances in nanotechnology and nanomaterials have now given rise to a large number of potentially useful nanomaterials for the development of novel biomolecular sensing methods for disease-specific biomolecules (i.e., biomarkers). In particular, engineered multicomponent and multifunctional magnetic nanomaterials have been widely used in developing robust biosensing methods due to their intrinsic magnetic, electrochemical, and optical properties. However, biosensors that offer the advantages of rapid and sensitive quantification of disease-specific molecules in complex biological samples, easy and alterable biorecognition of ligands, antibodies, and receptor molecules, and unified point-of-care or in-field/on-farm integration, have yet to be achieved. In this Special Issue, we will focus on the major nanomaterials and methods that have been used in developing electrochemical, electromechanical, and optical biosensor strategies for biomedical, agricultural, and environmental applications, highlighting the grand challenges associated with the functionality and analytical performance of these strategies.
Dr. Muhammad J. A. Shiddiky
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- Metal nanoparticles
- Nanoarchitectured materials
- Nanomaterials
- Biosensors
- Porous nanoparticles
- Nanozymes
- Electromechanical devices
- Optical biosensors
