Advanced Functional Films and Materials for Sensors Application
A special issue of Coatings (ISSN 2079-6412). This special issue belongs to the section "Thin Films".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 November 2023) | Viewed by 11123
Special Issue Editors
Interests: third nonlinear optical properties of polymers; semiconductors; optical power limiting materials for eye and sensor protection; second harmonic generation in organic crystals
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Dear Colleagues,
Gas sensors have become vital in the era of IoT. The current issue focuses on recent developments in the area of sensing using functional films and materials and aims to pave the way toward new ideas in the expansion of sensing technologies. Sensors are significant in realizing the Internet of Things (IoT)-enabled smart cities in which air quality monitoring is an integral part. A network of sensors is essential to realize the real-time monitoring and assessment of air quality in a smart city. Sensors should be able to work with high sensitivity and selectivity. Industrial IoT needs excellent selectivity and robustness. There is a pressing need to develop sensors by addressing the limiting factors that will pave the way toward the next generation of intelligent sensors.
This Special Issue focuses on the synthesis, design, fundamental science, modeling, fabrication, simulation, and characterization of sensors based on functional materials. We cordially invite you to submit original research articles and communications covering the experimental and theoretical studies that examine new sensing materials/preparation methods/sensing technology to the Special Issue. In addition, review articles on the above topics are invited for submission.
Dr. P. Poornesh
Dr. K. B. Manjunatha
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- metal oxide semiconductors
- thin films
- gas sensing
- polymers
- low dimensional materials
- carbon-based nanostructures
- composite materials
- modeling and simulations of gas sensors
- fabrication technologies for gas sensors
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