MEMS Gas Sensors and Electronic Nose

A special issue of Micromachines (ISSN 2072-666X). This special issue belongs to the section "B:Biology and Biomedicine".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 August 2026 | Viewed by 40

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Zhejiang Provincial Engineering Research Center of Energy Optoelectronic Materials and Devices, Ningbo Institute of Material Technology and Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Ningbo 315201, China
Interests: gas sensors; electronic nose; flexible electronics; MEMS-based intelligent sensing materials and devices

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School of Biomedical Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, China
Interests: electronic nose system; gas sensors; integrated microsensor technology; heat transfer in micro/nano electronic systems

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Gas sensors play a critical role in environmental monitoring, industrial safety, and medical diagnostics, with emerging applications in smart cities and wearable devices. Recent breakthroughs in nanomaterials, MEMS fabrication, and AI-driven signal processing have significantly enhanced gas sensor performance, enabling unprecedented sensitivity, selectivity, and miniaturization. However, challenges such as long-term stability, cross-sensitivity, and cost-effective mass production remain unresolved.

This Special Issue aims to showcase cutting-edge advancements in MEMS gas sensors and electronic nose technologies, spanning four key thematic areas:

  1. MEMS Semiconductor Gas Sensors: Materials and processes, sensing mechanisms, device fabrication, packaging solutions, working modes, and performance breakthroughs.
  2. MEMS Optical Gas Sensors: Materials and processes, sensing mechanisms, device fabrication, packaging solutions, working modes, and performance breakthroughs.
  3. Other MEMS Gas Sensors: Materials and processes, sensing mechanisms, device fabrication, packaging solutions, working modes, and performance breakthroughs.
  4. Smart Algorithms: Qualitative and quantitative identification of multi-component gases, gas fingerprint recognition, compensation methods for sensor drift, temperature modulation algorithm, lightweight calibration technology, etc.
  5. Electronic Nose Applications: Food industry, environmental monitoring, medical diagnostics, product quality monitoring, etc.

Dr. Wenfeng Shen
Dr. Jun Yu
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • MEMS semiconductor gas sensors
  • MEMS optical gas sensors
  • electronic nose and its applications

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