Special Issue on

Bio-inspired Sensors and Sensor Networks

Today, engineered sensors are pervasive but lack the intelligence, parallelism, sophistication and versatility of natural biological sensors. Bio-inspired or biomimetic sensors are a class of sensors that utilize natural or synthetic materials to recreate systems or functions found in nature (e.g. flight and sight of insects, self-cleaning of lotus leaves and social behavior of ants), thereby trying to mimic their selectivity, sensitivity and efficiency. With growing demand in healthcare informatics, smart bio-inspired sensors will be integrated in massively interconnected networks to rapidly screen, identify and monitor our health parameters at real-time. As bio-inspired sensors play an important role in chemical and biological detection, they would be of great interest to specialists in this area.

In this special issue, we intend to invite front-line researchers and authors to submit original research and review articles on exploring bio-inspired sensors and sensor networks. Potential topics include, but are not limited to:

• Biomimetics, biomimicry, biomotors and biomanufacturing
• Self-assembly, micro/nanofabrication and sensor integration
• Wearable, disposable and self-destructing sensors
• Wireless, distributed sensors and sensor networks
• Embedded systems, control theory, bio-inspired computing
• Characterization, imaging and testing techniques
• Health informatics and real-time health monitoring
• Algorithms, modeling, signal processing and simulation
• Novel substrates and applications

Authors should read over the journal’s Authors’ Guidelines carefully before submission. Prospective authors should submit an electronic copy of their complete manuscript through the journal’s Paper Submission System.

Please kindly notice that the “Special Issue” under your manuscript title is supposed to be specified and the research field “Special Issue - Bio-inspired Sensors and Sensor Networks” should be chosen during your submission.

According to the following timetable:

Guest Editor:

Dr. Archana Parashar

Iowa State University, USA

For further questions or inquiries

Please contact Editorial Assistant at

jbise@scirp.org