Gold and Silver Nanoparticles for Selective and Sensitive Sensing Applications

Dear Colleagues,

Gold and silver nanoparticles have become the most popular materials for sensing a wide range of target analytes, such as metal ions, anions, and molecules like saccharides, nucleotides, amino acids, proteins, toxins, etc.. They offer numerous advantages including ease in preparation and functionalization, stability, biocompatibility, and size- and shape-dependent optical and electronic properties. Owing to these excellent properties, gold and silver nanoparticles can be utilized as smart nanosensors with a series of methodologies, including colorimetric, fluorescence, surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS), light scattering, and electrochemical methods. Therefore, this Special Issue of Nanomaterials devoted to Gold and Silver Nanoparticles for Selective and Sensitive Sensing Applications will offer a comprehensive selection of recent research works, short communications, and review articles focused on current developments in the use of nanosensors based on gold and silver nanoparticles for selective and sensitive sensing approaches to various kinds of target analytes, as well as nanocomposites with gold and silver nanoparticles.

Dr. Tai-Chia Chiu
Guest Editor

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