Current Trends in Coatings for Gas Sensors

Dear Colleagues,

The use of film-coated devices for monitoring gaseous pollutants in indoor and outdoor environments such as volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and carbon monoxide, ammonia, nitrogen dioxide, sulfur dioxide, carbon dioxide, methane, and hydrogen sulfide are widely deployed for this purpose. Efforts are being made to improve the performance of these air quality sensors. Current trends in gas sensing have recently received increased attention due to climate change. Global air quality is closely linked to the Earth's climate and ecosystems. Many sources of air pollution, such as burning fossil fuels, are also sources of greenhouse gas emissions. This Special Issue considers strategies for simultaneously reducing these emissions and improving air quality monitoring in living and working environments. It is important to reduce the burden of disease-related health problems caused by these harmful and dangerous air pollutants.  

In particular, the topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

• Sensors.
• Nano- and/or micro-scale multiphysics devices for gas detection and monitoring.
• Miniaturized novel chemical sensors.
• Biosensors and electronic nose.
• Electrical transducers.
• Gas sensing principle.

Dr. Steven Solethu Nkosi
Prof. Dr. David Edmond Motaung
Guest Editors

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