Novel Sensor-Based Plasmonic Nanotechnology for the Assessment of Food, Agricultural and Environmental Hazards
A special issue of Sensors (ISSN 1424-8220). This special issue belongs to the section "Nanosensors".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 May 2024) | Viewed by 249
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Dear Colleagues,
We are pleased to invite you to contribute your research to this Special Issue titled “Novel Sensor-Based Plasmonic Nanotechnology for the Assessment of Food, Agricultural and Environmental Hazards”. Contaminants in food, agriculture, and the environment, such as heavy metals, pathogens, toxins, pesticides, and other damaging substances, represent a global challenge. Recently, plasmonic nanomaterials and the science surrounding them have been actively developed and applied in many fields, especially in sensing systems. The growth of plasmonic sensors has revolutionized not only the biomedical and diagnostic fields but also food, agriculture, and environmental assessment, with a number of advantages such as label-free detection, high reusability, high sensitivity, and real-time monitoring ability. The implementation strategy of sensor-based plasmonic nanomaterials is due to surface plasmon resonance and the tunability of optical properties with various sizes, shapes, and structures. The intense sensor-based plasmons exhibit high sensitivity through surface plasmon resonance (SPR), localized SPR, surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS), surface-enhanced fluorescence (SEF), and surface-enhanced infracted absorption spectroscopy (SEIRA).
Sensor-based plasmonic nanotechnologies are also found to be used in visual colorimetric sensing, and electrical and chemical analytical systems. There is a demand to explore novel sensor-based plasmonic nanomaterials and their developments. This Special Issue aims to showcase the recent research and advances in the fabrication, characterization, and application of sensor-based plasmonic nanotechnology for the analysis and assessment of biological and chemical hazards in foods, agriculture, and the environment. Original research articles and comprehensive reviews covering this topic are welcome. Research areas may include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Fabrication and characterization of novel sensor-based plasmonic nanomaterials;
- Sensing systems of 2D and 3D plasmonic nanomaterials;
- Optical-fiber sensors integrated with SPR/LSPR;
- Hybrid plasmonic nanomaterials and substrates;
- Analysis and detection of contaminant hazards in food, agriculture, and the environment.
Dr. Kieu The Loan Trinh
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- biosensors
- chemical sensors
- electrical sensors
- optical sensors
- plasmonic sensors
- hybrid nanomaterials
- SERS
- SPR
- LSPR
- Raman
- molecular analysis
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