Organic Thin-Film Transistor towards Biomedical Applications
A special issue of Chemosensors (ISSN 2227-9040). This special issue belongs to the section "Applied Chemical Sensors".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 December 2021) | Viewed by 11177
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Organic thin-film transistors (OTFTs) are attracting rising interest within the context of the development of innovative biochemical sensors. Thanks to the unique qualities of organic materials, OTFTs can be endowed with several characteristics, such as cost-effectiveness, biocompatibility, mechanical flexibility and transparency. OTFT-based sensors have been demonstrated to be effective for the detection of most of biochemical species, and progress in material sciences and processes has significantly increased their reliability and electrical performance. The next challenge for OTFT-based biochemical sensors is therefore represented by the shift from the laboratory environment to real application scenarios.
This Special Issue will explore the most up-to-date research promoting the employment of OTFT-based biochemical sensors in biomedical applications. This includes the detection of biochemical species for the diagnosis of disease (biomarkers) and for biometric monitoring (for occupational and sport medicine), with devices for in vitro testing and for in vivo monitoring, such as wearable sensors. We welcome submissions which consider OTFT-based sensors in the context of both laboratory testing and point-of-care diagnosis.
Dr. Stefano Lai
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- Organic biochemical sensors
- Biomarker detection
- Wearable devices
- In vitro/in vivo detection
- Lab-on-chip
- Wearable sensors
- Point-of-care testing
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