Nano Carbon Sensors

Dear Colleagues,

The world has been changing at an extremely fast pace due to significant advances in information, nano, and biotechnology. Newer biochemical sensor and device systems are being developed in this tech-driven society using new material systems and devices whose operations are supported by appropriate theories. These miniaturized, energy-efficient, integrated, and intelligent smart sensors are expected to play key roles in the future sensor industry. Sensors made with carbon nanomaterials are of particular interest, as carbon-based nanomaterials are extremely sensitive to their surrounding environment along with having excellent electronic, thermal, and physical properties. Carbon nanomaterials have recently been exploited to develop sensors for sensing a wide range of chemical, biochemical, and biological molecules as the target. This Special Issue will highlight the state-of-the-art research on sensors developed using carbon nanomaterials, including but not limited to carbon nanotubes, graphene, graphene oxide, reduced graphene oxide, nano diamond, carbon quantum dot, and their derivatives. A wide range of submissions focused on understanding the principles, materials, chemistry, biotic/abiotic interfaces, biomimetics, biochemistry, analytics, instruments, and devices in composing chemo/biosensors are welcomed for submission to this Special Issue.

Scope of the Special Issue:
• Sensor solutions using carbon nanomaterials and their derivatives
• Nanotechnology and novel materials applied to gas sensors and biosensors
• Development of biofunctionalization strategies for carbon nanomaterial-based sensors
• Reliability and drift in carbon nanomaterial-based sensors
• Methods for overcoming biofouling effects
• Application of carbon nanomaterial-based sensors in biomedical applications and diagnostics
• Application of carbon nanomaterial-based sensors in environmental monitoring
• Application of carbon nanomaterial-based sensors in gas sensing

This Special Issue aims to highlight the most recent advances in carbon nanomaterial-based sensors and their development and applications. Both reviews and original research papers are welcome.

Dr. Steve S. Kim
Dr. Ahmad Ehteshamul Islam
Prof. Dr. Masahiro Ishigami
Dr. Rajesh R. Naik
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

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• Carbon nanomaterials
• Biotic–abiotic interfaces
• Biochemical sensor
• Biosensor
• Biofunctionalization