Special Issue "Optofluidic Sensors"
A special issue of Sensors (ISSN 1424-8220). This special issue belongs to the section "Optical Sensors".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 15 March 2024 | Viewed by 524
Special Issue Editor
Interests: nonlinear optics; optical communications and sensors; optical signal processing; ultra-sensitive opto-fluidic sensors; nanoplasmonics; polymer-based photonic structures and applications; non-linear nanophotonics and biophotonics
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
In recent years, optofluidics, which intimately associates fluid mechanics and photonics, especially at the micro- and nanoscale, has widely developed towards diverse applications in biochemistry, catalysis, cell manipulation, and chemical or biological sensing. Optofluidic sensors display extreme sensitivities in tiny analyte volumes and allow real-time analysis within a lab-on-a-chip approach.
This Special Issue will report on the most recent advances in optofluidics from a photonics perspective and will address diverse aspects ranging from the control of the photonic device performance to its integration within appropriate fluidic circuits. Various optical light–matter interactions can be addressed: fluorescence- or laser-based versus label-free detection processes, surface-enhanced spectroscopy, optical fibers, waveguides and microresonators, photonic crystal structures, and plasmonics and nanoplasmonics. The relevance of the choice of optical material (silicon, inorganic or organic dielectrics, metallic or hybrid nanomaterials, metasurfaces) will be discussed in relation to its adequacy with the target application and considering the cost and complexity of the fabrication technologies. Special attention should be paid to optoelectronic integration and miniaturization, fast-response and low-cost devices, and their application potential in the domain of environmental investigation (detection or chemical or biological pollutants) and biomedicine, in particular DNA and antibody recognition, and bacteria or virus detection.
Prof. Dr. Isabelle Ledoux-Rak
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- optics
- microfluidics
- integration
- microtechnology
- nanotechnology
- lab-on-chip
- fabrication
