Focus on Semi-conducting Nanomaterials for Health, Environment and Security Applications
Bassem Salem, NRS, Laboratoire des Technologies de la Microelectronique, Grenoble, France
Mustafa Yavuz, Waterloo Institue for Nanotechnology, Waterloo, Canada
Céline Ternon, Univ. Grenoble Alpes, Grenoble INP, France
Rapid on-site detection of molecular species using sensors, with remote data transmission is a growing field of research. The applications are multiple, including for example, point of care diagnosis, patient follow up, environment monitoring (air and water quality), agriculture and food processing. It requires the development of innovative sensors that must be sensitive, selective, robust and reliable, and based on a label-free detection technique so that the species to be detected do not need to be labelled first. Electrical detection is perfectly adapted to these specifications and compatible with the technologies of microelectronics.
This collection presents a series of papers that cover this growing field of research. The collection is published in coordination with the 1st International Workshop on Electrical Detection of Molecules using 0D, 1D and 2D Semiconducting Nanomaterials, held from November 6–7, in Grenoble, France.