Biomolecules & Bioseparations: From Materials to Emerging Technologies
A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Applied Biosciences and Bioengineering".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 March 2021) | Viewed by 2143
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
This Special Issue, "Biomolecules & Bioseparations: From Materials to Emerging Technologies", focuses on emerging applications of novel methodologies for a mechanistic study on the functions of biomolecules and on bioseparations, including biosensors. For example, a centered topic is the development of methodologies to monitor, scan, and visualize the target phenomena using micro-/nano-scopic or spectroscopic methods, combined with other complemetary techniques (a use of immobilization technique of probes or big data). Advances in bioseparations are the separation and purification of biomacromolecules or pathological factors using lab-on-chip device, microchannel electrophoresis, advanced aqueous two-phase systems, and others. If these characteresitcs are involved, work regarding biomaterials, such as biomimetic and (bio)hybrid materilas, and directed self-assembled biomaterials, will be also centeral topics of this Special Issue.
In the medical field, detecting and separating early stage pathological factors from a patient’s blood is demanded. Key molecules exploited by means of chemical biology, drug discovery, and other omics research have been integrated to emerge a novel platform. For example, a tailored-made multi-functional molecule has opened up new fields in search of de novo or in silico design, and accelerated the integration of novel biosensor and diagosis systems (i.e., a dynamic responsive nature, like soft matter, is required in the mulit-functional molecule.
Prof. Toshinori Shimanouchi
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- biomaterials
- bioseparation
- nanobiotechnology
- biosensor
- soft matter
- dynamic response
- early-stage diagonosis
