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We’re pleased to announce that the first annual Sensors & Diagnostics Emerging Investigators collection has now been published online!

Sensors & Diagnostics is proud to present this collection of invited contributions from early career researchers who are making significant contributions to the field of sensing technologies and diagnostic systems. Congratulations to all of the featured researchers!

All articles included in the collection can be found below. Read the full collection at https://rsc.li/sdemi25. All articles in Sensors & Diagnostics are open access and free to read.

Editorial

First annual Sensors & Diagnostics Emerging Investigators collection

Sens. Diagn., 2026, Advance Article

Profile

Contributors to the Sensors & Diagnostics Emerging Investigators Collection 2025

Sens. Diagn., 2026, Advance Article

Reviews

Dermal-fluid-enabled detection platforms for non-invasive ambulatory monitoring

Asmita Veronica, Yanan Li, Yue Li,  I-Ming Hsing and Hnin Yin Yin Nyein

Sens. Diagn., 2023,2, 1335-1359 DOI: 10.1039/D3SD00165B

Technological trends in medical robotic sensing with soft electronic skin

Yiru Zhou, Yao Tang and You Yu

Sens. Diagn., 2024,3, 218-237 DOI: 10.1039/D3SD00284E

Papers

Development of a selective-iodide indicator for live-cell imaging and evaluation of CFTR activity

Jared Morse, Prasanna Ganesh, Kathrine Cowart, Gabriella Ballestas, Fung Kit Tanga and Kaho Leung

Sens. Diagn., 2025,4, 833-838 DOI: 10.1039/D5SD00086F

A near-infrared fluorescent aptananosensor enables selective detection of the stress hormone cortisol in artificial cerebrospinal fluid

Jessica Kretli Zanetti, Maria Celina Stefoni, Catarina Ferraz, Amelia Ryan, Atara Israela and Ryan M. Williams

Sens. Diagn., 2025,4, 1103-1113 DOI: 10.1039/D5SD00085H

High-wavenumber Raman spectroscopy for the detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in saliva

Alec B. Walter, Luke Whitehead, Amelia L. Taylor and Andrea K. Locke

Sens. Diagn., 2025,4, 1091-1102 DOI: 10.1039/D5SD00092K

Quantitative single-particle profiling of extracellular vesicles via fluorescent nanoparticle tracking analysis

Yiting Liu, Anthony James El-Helou, Bill Söderström, Juanfang Ruan and Ying Zhu

Sens. Diagn., 2026, Advance Article DOI: 10.1039/D5SD00119F

Reversible dual-mode detection of Cu²⁺ and tandem capture of cysteine using a salphen-conjugated microporous polymer

Nilojyoti Sahoo, Atul Kapoor, Monika Yadav, Saurabh Kumar Rajput and Venkata Suresh Mothika

Sens. Diagn., 2025,4, 846-855 DOI: 10.1039/D5SD00097A

A digital nonenzymatic nucleic acid amplification assay for ultrasensitive detection of cell-free microRNA in human serum

Tao Yu, Aditi Dey Poonam, Amy Halbing, Shengwei Zhang, Yingmiao Liu, Zheng Li, William Marx, Andrew B. Nixon and Qingshan Wei

Sens. Diagn., 2025,4, 856-868 DOI: 10.1039/D5SD00057B

Deciphering target-binding selectivity of waste printed circuit board-derived carbon nanozymes for pyrophosphate sensing

Kai-Yu Zheng, Jia-Wei Kuo, Cheng-Yan Yeh, Yang-Wei Lin and Chong-You Chen

Sens. Diagn., 2025,4, 884-894 DOI: 10.1039/D5SD00070J

Novel approach to monitor local tissue ischemia associated with pressure ulcers using an optical fibre carbon dioxide sensor

Nadia Afroze, Serhiy Korposh, Ricardo Correia, Peter R. Worsley, Barrie R. Hayes-Gill,  Seung-Woo Lee and Stephen P. Morgan

Sens. Diagn., 2025,4, 791-802 DOI: 10.1039/D5SD00043B

Passivating quantum dots against histag-displaying enzymes using blocking peptides: salient considerations for self-assembling quantum dot biosensors

Christopher M. Green, David A. Hastman, Kimihiro Susumu, Joseph Spangler, David A. Stenger, Igor L. Medintz and Sebastián A. Díaz

Sens. Diagn., 2023,2, 1521-1530 DOI: 10.1039/D3SD00149K

Spectrally separated dual functional fluorescent nanosensors for subcellular lysosomal detection of hypochlorous acid and chloride

Yunxin Cui, Jianhong Wu, Jingying Zhai, Yifu Wanga and Xiaojiang Xie

Sens. Diagn., 2024,3, 319-326 DOI: 10.1039/D3SD00275F

Sustainable agriculture with LEAFS: a low-cost electrochemical analyzer of foliage stress

Sina Khazaee Nejad, Haozheng Ma, Abdulrahman Al-Shami, Ali Soleimani, Mona A Mohamed, Preston Dankwah, Hannah J. Leea and Maral P. S. Mousavi

Sens. Diagn., 2024,3, 400-411 DOI: 10.1039/D3SD00296A

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