Collection

A special collection in memoriam Otto S. Wolfbeis

Submission status
Open
Open for submission from
01 November 2023
Submission deadline
30 June 2024

Please contact the Editors-in-Chief prior to submission!

In this special collection of invited articles, dedicated to the memory of our dear friend and colleague Otto S. Wolfbeis, who served as an Editor-in-Chief of Microchimica Acta from 2002-2019, we aim to host high-quality research works on analytical sciences and technologies from the micro- and nanoscale that fit the updated scientific coverage of Microchimica Acta.

In particular, this collection seeks to capture truly novel methods of modern chemical, biochemical, and biological analysis based on the use of advanced micro/nanomaterials including all kinds of micro- and nano-shaped particles, upconversion particles, quantum dots, micro/nano-wires, molecular frameworks, meso- and nanoporous materials, nano-sized/structured imprints, thin films, hybrid materials, related nanosized matter, as well as novel analytical methods and devices that provide expedient solutions to the most contemporary demands in (bio)chemical sensing, such as point-of-care and on-site applications, wearable (bio)sensors, in-vivo-monitoring, tissue-embedded sensor-based diagnostics, or alarm systems, (bio)sensing applications using micro/nanomotors, sensing materials based on synthetic biology, and biomedical imaging and targeting. The coverage is also extended to methods for the modification and (bio)functionalization of respective surfaces, and the characterization of the materials used. It is essential, though, that (bio)analytical applicability is being demonstrated.

Besides Original Papers, Review Articles that provide a critical assessment of research progress in any emerging topic of paramount interest in the relevant scientific fields are also welcome.

Apart from invited contributors, prospective authors are requested, before the submission, to contact the Editors-in-Chief (alberto.escarpa@uah.es or mprodrom@uoi.gr) with the title and the abstract of their manuscript.

Editors

  • Alberto Escarpa Alberto Escarpa  &

    Alberto Escarpa

    Alberto Escarpa is Professor of Analytical Chemistry and the leader of the research group “Analytical Miniaturization and Nanotechnology” at the University of Alcalá (Spain). His research activity is focused on biosensing, nanomaterials, microfluidics and micromotors. Since October 2019, he is Editor-in-Chief of “Microchimica Acta”.

  • Mamas I. Prodromidis Mamas I. Prodromidis

    Mamas I. Prodromidis

    Mamas (Mamantos) I. Prodromidis is a full Professor of Analytical Chemistry in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Ioannina, Greece. His research is focused on the development of electrochemical (bio)sensors, the generation of nanostructured materials with spark discharge, the development of diagnostic devices for point-of-care applications, the design and fabrication of screen-printed integrated analytical devices, and bipolar electrochemistry. He has co-authored more than 120 articles, reviews, book chapters and he has given several invited lectures in international symposia and seminars.

Articles (12 in this collection)