Sensor Array and Analytical Systems for Volatile Organic Compound

Dear Colleagues,

Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) are chemical organic molecules that have a high tendency to evaporate in normal atmospheric conditions, which are products of biological or man-made process. They are involved in many communication models and play a major role in sensing in both nature and olfactory systems. Some VOCs are anthropogenic and human health hazards. Therefore, there is an ongoing increase in the interest shown in new technological approaches, such as analytical technologies and novel sensors or sensor arrays. The main areas that draw special attention are different clinical and biological applications (e.g., disease diagnostic, breath analysis, artificial olfaction, etc.), security (e.g., biometric technology, CBRNE, etc.), environmental monitoring (e.g., pollution, agriculture, etc.), and process analysis (e.g., food safety, industrial production lines, etc.). New studies and developments need to cope not only with the classic requirements, such as accuracy, precision, sensitivities, selectivity, detection limits, and more, but also with the new IoT requirements, such as globalization, data transfer and data security, cloud based informatics, and capabilities.

Thus, the aim of the current Special Issue is to collect the recent research and developments in the field of VOC detection, as well as in sensor technologies and monitoring in these wide scientific fields. Potential topics include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Biosensors and chemical sensors
• Gas\VOC sensors
• Mass sensors
• Optical sensors
• Electronic nose
• Analytical systems for VOC analysis
• Artificial olfactory
• Disease diagnostics
• Breath analysis
• Nature inspired sensing
• VOC-based security sensing
• VOC-based environmental sensing
• Process sensing
• Data-mining of sensor and VOC information

Dr. Yoav Broza
Guest Editor

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• Sensors
• Volatile metabolites
• Analytical approaches
• Hybrid sensors
• Nanotechnology
• Electronic nose
• Artificial olfactory
• Biosensors and chemical sensors
• Disease diagnostics
• Breath analysis
• VOC analysis
• Clinical studies