Conducting Polymers Based Coatings for Sensors and Other Technological Applications

Dear Colleagues,

This Special Issue aims to bring together articles on the application of various conducting polymers and electrochemically and chemically deposited polymeric structures (including nanostructures) that can be utilized for a number of technological applications, including anticorrosion coatings, coatings for electromagnetic shielding, solar cells, “smart windows”, electrochromic devices, organic electronics, bioelectronics, biomedical devices, sensors, and biosensors. Significant attention will be given to conducting polymers which improve charge transfer and are applied in the design of enzymatic biosensors and affinity sensors. Some conducting polymers can be used as redox mediators and even be involved in direct charge transfer from redox enzymes. Articles that discuss the application of conducting polymers combined with nanomaterials (gold-based nanomaterials, carbon-based nanomaterials such as carbon nanotubes, fullerenes, graphene, reduced graphene, nanodiamond, etc.) and semiconducting metal oxides (such as TiO2, ZnO, WO3, V2O5 and many others) are also welcome. Research addressing the development of immunosensors based on conducting polymers will be also accepted.

Prof. Dr. Arũnas Ramanavičius
Guest Editor

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