Dear Colleagues,

Noble metal nanoparticles, particularly gold, silver, and platinum nanoparticles, are widely employed in diagnosis due to their unique optical and catalytic properties. The collective oscillation of free electrons under light irradiation results in tunable light–matter interactions, surface-enhanced Raman scattering, and photothermal conversions for multiplexed detection and photoacoustic imaging. The enzyme-like catalytic properties, on the other hand, are widely highlighted to achieve significant signal amplification for developing high-performance in vitro diagnostic devices. The customizability of noble metal nanoparticles via mechanisms including aggregation/dispersion and etching endows them with the capability to quantitatively detect analytes from physiological fluids for point-of-care diagnosis of various diseases. Furthermore, size-, shape-, and surface-dependent properties are critical for improving their performance in high-profile disease detection. The field of noble metal nanoparticles is largely dependent on methodologies of fabrication and engineering to greatly promote sensing performance.

This Special Issue entitled “Noble Metal Nanoparticle-Based Nanoplatforms for Biosensors” is devoted to recent advancements in noble metal nanoparticles, which address the challenge of diagnostic agents. We invite up-to-date manuscripts in engineering and fabrication of noble metal nanoparticles for biomedical applications. This issue will showcase recent developments in chemistry to prepare and modify different noble metal nanoparticles and highlight emerging biosensors.

Dr. Hongya Geng
Dr. Haipeng Li
Guest Editors

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• noble metal nanoparticles
• imaging
• diagnosis
• sensing
• photothermal
• catalysis
• point-of-care diagnosis
• biosensors