Biosensors for Biomedical and Environmental Applications, Volume 2

Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to announce a Special Issue of Micromachines focusing on "Biosensors for Biomedical and Environmental Applications, Second Edition".

Biosensors are powerful tools in the detection of biomarkers, pollutants, xenobiotics and contaminants, and their evolution has the power to significantly improve medical diagnosis processes as well as environmental health monitoring. The last two years witnessed a boost in interest towards biosensing technologies, mostly due to the pandemic’s effects, but also due to ecological concerns related to the global environmental emergency.

Biosensors can be categorized depending on their sensing element, the relevant support, the transduction mechanism or their intended application, and great scientific effort has been devoted to improving and optimizing all these aspects in order to enhance the selectivity and sensitivity of existing sensors, while exploring novel devices. Contributions stemming from chemistry, biology, physics, engineering, computation and medicine intertwine and complement one another, making research in this multidisciplinary field vibrant and dynamic.

This Special Issue aims to provide an overview regarding recent advances in the design and production of novel biosensors, with a special focus on novel sensing elements, immobilization techniques, detection strategies and miniaturization. Particular emphasis is placed on aspects related to the micro- and nano-conception of these devices. 

Dr. Antonella Battisti
Guest Editor

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