About this Research Topic
A variety of emerging advanced nanomaterials and nanostructures have become the basis for sensors of significantly enhanced performance for biomedical applications. Among the nanomaterials and nanostructures, the representatives include low-dimensional materials (graphene, carbon nanotubes, and nanoparticles), nanopores, nanochannels, metamaterials, metasurfaces, and nanocomposites. Using these nanomaterials and nanostructures as the core sensing elements, a lot of nanosensors based on different transducing mechanisms have been developed. Examples include plasmonics sensors, electromagnetic sensors, ion current sensors, nanophotonic sensors, nonlinear and chiral photonic sensors, nanomechanical sensors, electrochemical sensors, photoacoustic sensors, just to name a few. These sensors have been widely used for disease biomarker detection including both protein and nucleic acid biomarkers, single-molecule detection, volatile organic compounds (VOCs) sensing, neural sensing, pressure sensing such as intraocular pressure (IOP) monitoring, and skin sensing.
In this Research Topic, new research on the development of the nanomaterials and nanostructures-based nanosensors and their biomedical applications is covered. The goal is to disseminate the latest progress and the novel applications of these types of sensors to the research community. We accept Original Research papers, Reviews, and Mini-Review papers covering, but not limited to, the following research topics:
• Design, fabrication, and testing of sensors using nanomaterials or/and nanostructures
• Optimization of the nanomaterials and nanostructures for enhanced sensitivity
• Sensor surface functionalization/modification for specificity enhancement
• Development of biomedical sensors and point-of-care devices for disease diagnostics
• Development of wearable biomedical sensors
Keywords: Advanced Nanotmaterials, Advanced Nanotstructures, Surface Nanochemistry, Colloidal Chemistry, Surface Nano-Pattering, Nanosensors, Biomedical Applications, Disease Biomarkers, Single Molecules
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