Special Issue: "Probing in Micro World Using Electrochemical Microsensors, Progress and Challenge" - Sensors JournalGuest EditorDr. Xueji ZhangSr. Vice President of Science, World Precision Instruments, Inc.175 Sarasota Center Boulevard, Sarasota, FL 34240-9258, USATel. 941 870 8182(office), 941 371 1003(Secretary), Fax: 941 377 5428Email: xueji@wpiinc.com; http://www.wpiinc.comDr. Xueji Zhang is also Courtesy ProfessorDepartment of Chemistry, University of South Florida4202 E. Fowler Avenue, CHE 205A, Tampa, FL 33620-5250 USAEmail: xzhang@cas.usf.edu; Tel. 941 321 7903, Fax 941 371 2534; http://chemistry.usf.edu/faculty/xzhang/Associate Editor, Frontiers in Bioscience; http://www.bioscience.org, http://www.bioscience.org/editboar.htmDeadline for Paper submission: 31 January 2008
SummaryProbing
in micro world using electrochemical microsensors, progress and
challenge will be covered in this special issue. Electrochemical
microsensors have been studied for the last 3 decades as highly
sensitive and selective yet relatively inexpensive device to probe
micro world for applications ranging from chemical and biological
sensing to clinical and medical care. This wide range of applications
is due to electrochemical microsensors high sensitivity, selectivity,
fast response time and low manufacture cost. In this special issue
different electrochemical sensors and their applications will be
described.KeywordsElectrochemical Microsensors, Ultramicrosensors, Nanosensors Design, Fabrication, Application and Potential CommercializationSubmission
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formatting and/or English corrections.).Submitted PaperTitle: "Medical Nanorobot for Defense in Battlefield"Author: Adriano Cavalcanti; CAN Center for Automation in Nanobiotech; E-mail: adrianocavalcanti@canbiotechnems.com;
http://www.canbiotechnems.comhttp://www.nanorobotdesign.com/papers/biosensor.pdfAbstract:
This work presents a new approach with details on the hardware
architecture for nanorobots with application on epidemic control,
enabling real time detection against biohazard contamination. The
recent developments in the field of nanoelectronics, with transducers
progressively shrinking down to smaller sizes through nanotechnology
and carbon nanotubes, are expected to result in innovative biomedical
instrumentation possibilities, with new therapies and efficient
diagnosis methodologies. The use of integrated system devices, smart
biosensors, and programmable nanodevices, may enable the development of
molecular machines. It may provide advanced pervasive biomedical
monitoring with real time data transmission. The use of nanoelectronics
as embedded systems is the natural pathway towards manufacturing
methodology to achieve nanorobot applications out of laboratories
sooner as possible. To demonstrate the practical application of medical
nanorobotics, a 3D simulation address how to integrate communication
with nanorobots using RFID, cell phones, and satellites, applied to
long distance ubiquitous surveillance and monitoring control for troops
in battlefield. Therefore, the presented approach can be also used to
prevent and save a population against the case of some targeted
epidemic disease.Keywords: Biohazard
defense system, biosensor, CNT, CMOS, electromagnetic coupling, IC,
medical nanorobotics, molecular machine prototyping, nanobioelectronics.Mr. Matthias BurkhalterAssistant EditorMDPI Center - Sensors OfficeMatthaeusstrasse 11 - CH-4057 Basel / SwitzerlandE-mail: sensors@mdpi.orgTel +41 61 683 7734, Fax +41 61 302 8918http://www.mdpi.org/sensorsMDPI - Matthias Burkhalter - 12 March 2008