Fabrication, Characterization and Application of Chemical Sensors
A special issue of Materials (ISSN 1996-1944). This special issue belongs to the section "Smart Materials".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 November 2021) | Viewed by 2373
Special Issue Editors
Interests: chemical sensors; nanostructured materials; metal oxide gas sensors; electronic nose; multivariate data analysis; stereoselective sensors
Interests: gas sensors; electronic noses; volaile organic compounds; gas chromatography mass spectrometry; ion mobility spectroscopy
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The archetypal chemical sensor is a low-cost, small, and foolproof device that instantaneously provides valuable data about an analyte (i.e., the target compound) in a desired medium. Current efforts of the scientific community aim to get as close as possible to this ideal model by improving materials, transducers, or measurement protocols. In the former case, many different strategies can be adopted to enhance the characteristics of sensing layers, for example by synthesizing completely new materials to improve the intrinsic selectivity and sensitivity; by organizing molecules or building blocks into ordered structures or patterns (e.g., nanostructured material); by combing organic and inorganic materials into hybrid heterojunctions; or by modifying polymer-based materials to tune their reactivity and mechanical resistance. At the same time, advances in electronics allow having miniaturized device that are highly sensitive, cheap, and sometimes flexible or connected to wireless. Thanks to this progress, nowadays smart sensor networks can communicate with each other; large sensor arrays can be allocated in a minimal space; and isolated, dangerous, or poorly-accessible locations can be remotely explored by drones or autonomous vehicles.
At the same time, the search for high performance capability should not divert the attention from the suitability of sensors in real scenarios or applications. From the applicative point of view, sensors can be divided into two main types: selective or broad-selective sensors. The former group of sensors is generally utilized to detect and quantify the concentration of a target analyte in a medium; broad-selective sensors are mainly arranged into arrays to provide qualitative information about complex matrices, usually coming from foods, environment or biological systems.
The aim of this Special Issue is to invite researchers worldwide to share works in the chemical sensing field, stimulating the interdisciplinarity of this research topic. We strive to publish innovative results on several aspects of materials used in various chemical sensor applications. For this purpose, original research articles, review articles, and significant preliminary communications are invited, with particular interest in articles describing current research trends and future perspectives in materials applied for chemical detection.
Potential topics include but are not limited to:
- Synthesis and characterization of sensing materials
- Conducting polymers
- Optical sensors
- Nanostructured materials
- Quantum dots
- Metal oxides sensors
- Graphene based sensors
- Hybrid heterojunctions
- Thermal or optical modulated sensors
- Electrochemical sensors
- Sensors arrays
- Electronic nose
- Electronic tongue
Sensors for health, environment and food applications
Dr. Gabriele Magna
Dr. Capuano Rosamaria
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- Chemical sensors
- Selective sensors
- Broad-selective sensor array
- Health monitoring
- Environmental monitoring
- Food quality
