Advances in Nanomaterials and Printing Approaches for Electrochemical and Bioelectrochemical Systems
A special issue of Nanomaterials (ISSN 2079-4991). This special issue belongs to the section "Nanoelectronics, Nanosensors and Devices".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 January 2026 | Viewed by 62
Special Issue Editors
Interests: electrochemical (bio)sensors; nanomaterials; electrochemistry; microfluidic analytical techniques; bioelectrochemical systems; printing technologies
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2. Water Research Institute (IdRA), University of Barcelona (UB), Martí i Franquès 1-11, 08028-Barcelona, Spain
Interests: nanomaterials; electroanalysis; 3D printing; active colloids; analytical chemistry
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Recent advances in nanoscience and nanotechnology have led to the development of novel nanometer-scale devices and materials. This progress has been driven by the demand for miniaturized electronic, optical, sensing, and actuating systems and components. Carbon nanomaterials are a cornerstone of nanotechnology, and nanocomposite carbon-paste electrodes (NC-CPEs), comprising various dispersed, conductive carbon nanostructures within an insulating polymer, have become pivotal in analytical electrochemistry.
Examples of carbon nanoallotropes include carbon nanohorns, carbon nanotubes, carbon nanofibers, graphene, and graphite. These materials can be effectively modified with nanoparticles, enzymes, antibodies, aptamers, or chemical (bio)recognition agents to enhance selectivity. Their excellent ability to directly interact with a broad spectrum of analytes, their applicability in aqueous media, and their superb electrical conductivity make them ideal for integration as the core of (bio)sensing printed platforms.
Printing technologies have opened up new avenues for fabricating (bio)sensing platforms. Inkjet printing, for instance, enables the rapid, low-cost, and highly reproducible production of miniaturized electrodes. This is largely due to the absence of masks, which significantly accelerates the design and testing of sensing applications.
Three-dimensional printing represents another promising and highly versatile technology. With a wide array of polymeric materials offering solvent-resistant, electrically conductive, elastic, or transparent properties, 3D printing facilitates the creation of newly designed analytical platforms. These platforms can integrate all stages of an analytical procedure, from sample pre-treatment to detector coupling.
This Special Issue of Nanomaterials aims to explore current trends in the application of carbon-based nanocomposite electronic devices and printing technologies for (bio)sensing. This includes all nanoallotropic carbon forms and their tuning and (bio)functionalization with nanoparticles, biological elements, active biomolecules, or magnetic beads, encompassing both inkjet- and 3D-printed approaches.
Dr. Mireia Baeza
Dr. Julio Bastos-Arrieta
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- carbon nanomaterials
- functional metal nanoparticles
- biorecognition agents
- supramolecular active biomolecules
- carbon-paste electrodes
- electrochemical detection
- inkjet-printed
- 3D-printed
- microfluidic systems
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