About this Research Topic
The past few decades have witnessed flourishing advancement of fluorescent sensors because of its simple, sensitive, in situ, and real-time monitoring capability in vitro as well as in vivo. Fluorescent sensors are usually based on organic small molecules, nanoparticles, proteins, or their combinations, which comprise a recognition or reaction site for the target analyte and a signaling chromophore for readout of the associated emission changes. Recently, a wide diversity of innovative concepts, strategies and multidisciplinary technologies has been integrated into designing and constructing fluorescent sensors as practical tools for monitoring of various analytes (such as pH, cations, anions, biomolecules and proteins), which have been widely applied in many diverse fields such as biology, physiology, pharmacology, and environmental sciences.
This Research Topic intends to provide an academic platform presenting the recent inroads in innovative fluorescent sensors and their applications across a wide range of fields, including basic biological/physiological research, clinical diagnostics, precision medicine, inhibitor screening, drug discovery and efficacy assessment, environmental monitoring and food safety. Our goal is to bring together researchers active in the development of innovative optically activated materials for the advancement of biophotonics.
In this topic, we welcome original research, communications, reviews, minireviews and perspectives on themes including, but not limited:
•Strategies for Designing of Reaction-Based Fluorescent Sensors
•Fluorescence-Based Probes for Tracing Disease Biomarkers
•Enzyme Activity-Based Fluorogenic Probes and Their Applications
•Fluorogenic Sensors for Biological Reactive Oxygen, Nitrogen, and Sulfur Species
•Fluorescent Probes for Environmental Monitoring and Food Safety
This Research Topic intends to provide an academic platform presenting the recent inroads in innovative fluorescent sensors and their applications across a wide range of fields, including basic biological/physiological research, clinical diagnostics, precision medicine, inhibitor screening, drug discovery and efficacy assessment, environmental monitoring and food safety. Our goal is to bring together researchers active in the development of innovative optically activated materials for the advancement of biophotonics.
In this topic, we welcome original research, communications, reviews, minireviews and perspectives on themes including, but not limited:
•Strategies for Designing of Reaction-Based Fluorescent Sensors
•Fluorescence-Based Probes for Tracing Disease Biomarkers
•Enzyme Activity-Based Fluorogenic Probes and Their Applications
•Fluorogenic Sensors for Biological Reactive Oxygen, Nitrogen, and Sulfur Species
•Fluorescent Probes for Environmental Monitoring and Food Safety
Keywords: Fluorescent sensors, fluorescence imaging, applications, semiquantitative analysis, analytes tracing, enzyme activity, disease biomarkers, clinical diagnostics, inhibitor screening, drug discovery, precision medicine, environmental monitoring, food safety
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