Development of Innovative Sensor Platforms for Field Analysis
A special issue of Micromachines (ISSN 2072-666X). This special issue belongs to the section "B:Biology and Biomedicine".
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The development of innovative and miniaturized sensor platforms for field use is of great importance. For example, in the field of environmental monitoring and sustainable growth, anthropogenic activities, as well as the diffusion of foreign pathogens, can today represent severe risks and, as a consequence, novel approaches for distributed data collection are necessary. Similarly, the biomedical sector requires active aging monitoring tools and near-to-bed solutions to fulfill the needs of long-term care facilities for elderly people.
Nowadays, several analyses are carried out in a traditional laboratory. In this respect, the availability of miniaturized sensor platforms for in-field analysis can reduce time and increase cost-effectiveness beyond enabling real-time surveillance and remote-sensing.
The aim of this Special Issue is to report on progress and new directions in the field:
- Progress in miniaturized sensor platforms for field use and their performance/reliability assessment with respect to traditional laboratory approaches;
- Development of high-tech analytical platforms based on the integration of cutting-edge sensors, innovative packaging technologies, and advanced electronic interfaces;
- Use and integration of sensor technologies in wearable devices, distributed monitoring stations or with drones and autonomous vehicles.
We welcome both research or review papers regarding progress in sensors technologies and their integration with sample processing components, electronic interfaces, and/or in distributed monitoring networks or autonomous vehicles with applications from environmental monitoring to agro-food as well as the biomedical field.
Prof. Dr. Giuseppe Maruccio
Dr. Elisabetta Primiceri
Dr. Maria Serena Chiriacò
Dr. Anna Grazia Monteduro
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- sensors
- miniaturization
- field use
- on-site monitoring
- low-cost devices
- sensor integration
- micro-total analysis systems
- lab-on-chip
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