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Molecularly Imprinted Polymer (MIP) Sensors

edited by

Xuanhao Lin

submission deadline 30 Dec 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5037 | Submission Open

Keywords: molecularly imprinted polymers; polymer nanoparticles; electrochemical sensors

(This special issue belongs to the Section Materials for Chemical Sensing)

Electrochemical Bio/Sensors for Biological and Pharmaceutical Analysis

edited by

Usisipho Feleni

submission deadline 30 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1736 | Submission Open

Keywords: electrochemical sensors/biosensors; electrocatalysis; pharmaceuticals

(This special issue belongs to the Section Electrochemical Devices and Sensors)

Chemical Sensors for Volatile Organic Compound Detection, 2nd Edition

edited by

Fanli Meng

Zhenyu Yuan

and Dan Meng

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 9 articles | Viewed by 32597 | Submission Open

Keywords: gas sensors; volatile organic compounds; nanomaterials; metal oxide carbon-based sensors; novel sensing materials; leakage detection; low power consumption; sensitivity mechanism analysis

(This special issue belongs to the Section Nanostructures for Chemical Sensing)

Feature Review Papers in Chemical/Bio-Sensors and Analytical Chemistry in 2025

edited by

Nicole Jaffrezic-Renault

and

Jin-Ming Lin

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 9 articles | Viewed by 24108 | Submission Open

Keywords: electrochemical devices and sensors; biosensors and imaging; optical chemical sensors; gas sensors; material-based chemical sensors; analytical methods and applications

Spectroscopic Techniques for Chemical Analysis

edited by

Leiming Yuan

and Quansheng Chen

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 9 articles | Viewed by 12123 | Submission Open

Keywords: spectroscopic techniques; chemometrics; machine/deep learning; chemical composition analysis; UV/VIS/NIR/MID spectroscopy; raman spectroscopy; quality control and safety; edible food; daily consumption of goods; non-destrucitve determination

(This special issue belongs to the Section Analytical Methods, Instrumentation and Miniaturization)

Recent Advances in Low-Cost Chemical Sensor Technologies for Environmental Monitoring Applications

edited by

Michele Penza

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 11783 | Submission Open

Keywords: low-cost air quality sensors (gas; VOCs; PM); GHG sensors; chemical sensor-nodes; chemical sensor calibration; machine learning; artificial intelligence for chemical sensors; wireless sensor networks for chemical sensing; urban air pollution monitoring by chemical sensors; chemical sensors for environmental measurements and case-studies; chemical sensors for smart cities; IoT applications; new concepts and trends in air quality sensors

(This special issue belongs to the Section Applied Chemical Sensors)

Recent Progress on Sensors and Smart Systems for In-Situ Gas Monitoring

edited by Barbara Fabbri

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 9927 | Submission Open

Keywords: gas sensors; environmental monitoring; electronic noses; air quality sensors; innovative gas sensing materials; gas sensing mechanism

(This special issue belongs to the Section Applied Chemical Sensors)

Nanomaterial-Based Chemosensors and Biosensors for Smart Sensing

edited by

Yunong Zhao

, Xiaohui Guo and Siliang Wang

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 9880 | Submission Open

Keywords: advanced nanomaterial; low-dimensional nanomaterial; composite nanomaterial; nanomaterial-based sensor fabrication and characterization; electrochemical sensor; optical sensor; chemosensor; biosensor; electronic skin; transistor-based chemo- and bio- sensor; smart sensing

(This special issue belongs to the Section Materials for Chemical Sensing)

Nanomaterial-Based Sensors: Design, Development and Applications

edited by

Alicia Gomis-Berenguer

and Ana Casanova

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 9593 | Submission Open

Keywords: chemical sensors; biosensors; nanomaterials for chemical sensing; advanced materials for sensing; wearable sensor; micro- and nanosensors; selective sensor

(This special issue belongs to the Section Nanostructures for Chemical Sensing)

Advances in Gas Sensors and their Application

edited by Huayao Li and

Ji-Wook Yoon

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 7293 | Submission Open

Keywords: gas sensors; Semiconductor Sensors; novel materials; sensor structures; mechanism studies; and applications

(This special issue belongs to the Section Nanostructures for Chemical Sensing)

Revolutionizing the Future: Cutting-Edge Chemical Sensor Technologies in the USA

edited by

Francisco Márquez

and

Abniel Machín

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 5966 | Submission Open

Keywords: sensor tech; smart cities; healthcare monitoring; environmental sensing; chemical sensing; physical sensing; food safety; industrial automation; biometrics; fabrication methods

Electrochemical Sensors and Biosensors: Recent Advances and Future Challenges

edited by

Ancuța Dinu

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3075 | Submission Open

Keywords: electrochemical sensors; enzymatic biosensors; conductive polymers; amino acids; heavy metal detection; pharmaceutical compounds; drug and medico-dignostic testing

(This special issue belongs to the Section Electrochemical Devices and Sensors)

Advanced Biosensors for Point-of-Care Testing in Analytical Chemistry

edited by

Xiaodong Lin

, Haotian Wu and Ren Shen

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2378 | Submission Open

Keywords: biosensors; nanomaterials; portable detection devices; detection; point-of-care testing; lateral flow assays; immunoassay; microfluidic chip

(This special issue belongs to the Section (Bio)chemical Sensing)

Functional Nanomaterial-Based Sensors for Food Analysis

edited by

Huanhuan Li

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2165 | Submission Open

Keywords: nanomaterials; nanoparticles; nanocomposites; and hybrid materials; biosensors/chemical sensors; material preparation and characterization; metal nanoparticles (NPs); carbon-based nanomaterials; quantum dots (QDs); metal– organic frameworks (MOFs); polymeric nanoparticles; food safety; food freshness monitoring; pathogen detection; detection of chemical contaminants; allergen detection

(This special issue belongs to the Section Nanostructures for Chemical Sensing)

Photoelectrochemical and Surface Plasmon Resonance Sensors: Current Status and Future Perspectives

edited by

Qing Kang

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1386 | Submission Open

Keywords: photoelectrochemical sensors; photoelectric conversion; electrochemical processes; surface plasmon resonance sensors; biomolecular interactions; point-of-care diagnostics; environmental monitoring; bioanalysis; chemical analysis; food safety

(This special issue belongs to the Section Optical Chemical Sensors)

Advanced Sensing Materials for Disease, Health and Environment Analysis

edited by Xinsheng Wang and Kaixiang Zhang

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1372 | Submission Open

Keywords: biosensors; chemical sensors; transistor sensors; semiconductor; surface-enhanced raman scattering (SERS); flexible or wearable devices; nanomaterials; two-dimensional materials; micro/nano fabrication technology

(This special issue belongs to the Section Materials for Chemical Sensing)

Technological and Analytical Advances in Hyperspectral Analysis

edited by

José M. Amigo

and

Giulia Gorla

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 857 | Submission Open

Keywords: hyperspectral imaging; spectral analysis; analytical chemistry; sensor technology; environmental monitoring; agricultural applications; food applications

(This special issue belongs to the Section Analytical Methods, Instrumentation and Miniaturization)

Fluorescent Nanostructures: From Molecular Recognition to Sensing

edited by

Jian Ling

and Rongsheng Li

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 327 | Submission Open

Keywords: fluorescence detection; fluorescence imaging; nanoparticles; molecular recognition; moclecular detection

(This special issue belongs to the Section Materials for Chemical Sensing)

Gas Sensors: Recent Advances and Future Challenges

edited by

Sahil Gasso

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 301 | Submission Open

Keywords: gas sensors; chemical sensors; metal oxides; semiconductors; two-dimensional materials; functional materials; polymers; metal/covalent– organic framework; carbon-based materials; nanocomposites; nanoparticles; heterostructures; surface and interface

(This special issue belongs to the Section Materials for Chemical Sensing)

Nanomaterials-Based Smart Biomedical Sensors for Healthcare

edited by

Alexey V. Krasnoslobodtsev

and

Akhilesh Kumar Gupta

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 200 | Submission Open

Keywords: nanomaterial innovations; NV-diamond-based biosensing; wearable and implantable sensors; biosensing mechanisms; AI and IoT integration; clinical applications

(This special issue belongs to the Section (Bio)chemical Sensing)

Novel Microfluidic Platform for Ultrasensitive Bioassay

edited by

Juhwan Park

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 152 | Submission Open

Keywords: wearable and mobile biosensors; power-free lab-on-a-chip devices; ultrasensitive bioassay platforms for immunoassay and molecular diagnostics; droplet microfluidics for digital assays; point-of-care testing (PoCT) devices; synthetic biology-based biosensors; DNA nanotechnology-based biosensors

(This special issue belongs to the Section (Bio)chemical Sensing)

Chemometrics in Electroanalysis and Electrochemical Sensing

edited by Sherlan Guimarães Lemos and

Jose Gonzalez-Rodriguez

submission deadline 10 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1622 | Submission Open

Keywords: multivariate optimization of electrochemical sensors; electronic tongues and noses; linear and nonlinear first-order calibration; second and higher-order calibration; machine learning-based electrochemical methods

(This special issue belongs to the Section Analytical Methods, Instrumentation and Miniaturization)

Chemical Sensors for Bio-Medical and Environmental Applications, 2nd Edition

edited by

Driss Lahem

and

Marc Debliquy

submission deadline 15 Jan 2026 | 12 articles | Viewed by 24390 | Submission Open

Keywords: bio-medical sensors; sensors for diagnosis; sensors for environmental monitoring; air pollution sensors (indoor and outdoor); volatile organic compound (VOC) sensors; NO2 sensors; water pollution sensors; pesticide and persistent organic pollutant sensors; heavy metal sensors

(This special issue belongs to the Section Applied Chemical Sensors)

Chemometrics Tools Used in Chemical Detection and Analysis

edited by

Pedro N. Sousa Sampaio

submission deadline 15 Jan 2026 | 10 articles | Viewed by 17143 | Submission Open

Keywords: chemometrics; machine learning; data mining; multivariate data analysis; optimization

(This special issue belongs to the Section Analytical Methods, Instrumentation and Miniaturization)

Recent Progress in Nano Material-Based Gas Sensors

edited by Bo Zhang

submission deadline 15 Jan 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 13266 | Submission Open

Keywords: gas sensor; chemiresistive type; heterostructure; photoactivation; photosensitization; sensor array; nanostructure; semiconductor material; doping; sensitizer

(This special issue belongs to the Section Nanostructures for Chemical Sensing)

Gas Sensors: Current Status and Future Perspectives

edited by

Izabela Constantinoiu

and

Cristian Viespe

submission deadline 15 Jan 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 6721 | Submission Open

Keywords: gas sensors; resistive sensors; surface acoustic wave sensors; optoelectronic sensors; conductometric sensors; nanostructured materials; chemosensors; nanosensors; nanomaterials

(This special issue belongs to the Section Materials for Chemical Sensing)

Electrochemistry and Emerging Materials: From Advanced Materials to Next-Generation Sensing Technologies

edited by

Pedro Salazar

and

Soledad Carinelli

submission deadline 15 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 139 | Submission Open

Keywords: electrochemical sensors; biosensors; advanced materials; nanomaterials; ionic liquids; deep eutectic solvents; electrochemical transduction; functional nanostructures; point-of-care diagnostics; surface modification; magnetic beads; bioanalytical applications; environmental analysis

(This special issue belongs to the Section Electrochemical Devices and Sensors)

Application of Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy, 2nd Edition

edited by

Zhe Wang

submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 9 articles | Viewed by 20784 | Submission Open

Keywords: LIBS; laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy; quantitative analysis; qualitative analysis; classification; application

(This special issue belongs to the Section Analytical Methods, Instrumentation and Miniaturization)

Advanced Material-Based Fluorescent Sensors

edited by Chen Zhou

submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4831 | Submission Open

Keywords: fluorescent probes; optical materials; nanocomposite materials; biosensors; chemical sensors

(This special issue belongs to the Section Optical Chemical Sensors)

Novel Materials for Gas Sensing

edited by

Cristian Viespe

and Cornelia Enache

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 12103 | Submission Open

Keywords: novel materials; nanostructures; gas sensor

(This special issue belongs to the Section Materials for Chemical Sensing)

Advanced Biosensors for Diagnostic Applications

edited by

Mariagrazia Lettieri

and

Marco Consumi

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 6836 | Submission Open

Keywords: biosensors; smart biosensors; point-of-care devices; diagnostic applications; biomarkers detection

(This special issue belongs to the Section (Bio)chemical Sensing)

New Electrodes Materials for Electroanalytical Applications

edited by

Milan Sys

and

António M. Peres

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5137 | Submission Open

Keywords: characterization of new electrode materials; electrochemical sensor technology; electrode surface modification; electrochemical transducers for biosensing; electroanalytical applications

(This special issue belongs to the Section Materials for Chemical Sensing)

Application of Luminescent Materials for Sensing, 2nd Edition

edited by

Shounian Ding

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3610 | Submission Open

Keywords: luminescent materials; ultra-sensitive detection; photoluminescence; ECL; PEC

(This special issue belongs to the Section Optical Chemical Sensors)

Advanced Real-Time On-Site Sensing Technologies for Food and Environment Analysis: 2nd Edition

edited by

Zhenbo Wei

and

Shanshan Qiu

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3297 | Submission Open

Keywords: gas sensors; microwave sensors; spectroscopy sensors; food detection; environment monitoring

(This special issue belongs to the Section Analytical Methods, Instrumentation and Miniaturization)

Electrochemical and Optical Sensing: Progress, Perspectives and Challenges

edited by

Aušra Valiūnienė

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1146 | Submission Open

Keywords: electrochemical sensors; optical sensors; electrochemical impedance spectroscopy

(This special issue belongs to the Section Electrochemical Devices and Sensors)

Applications of Electronic Nose (E-Nose) and Electronic Tongue (E-Tongue) in Food Quality

edited by Celia García-Hernández

submission deadline 15 Feb 2026 | 9 articles | Viewed by 38167 | Submission Open

Keywords: electronic tongues; electronic noses; food analysis; food quality and safety; electrochemical sensors; electrochemical biosensors; nanostructured sensors for food analysis

(This special issue belongs to the Section Applied Chemical Sensors)

Recent Advances in Field-Effect Transistor-Based Sensors

edited by Xiaofeng Liu

submission deadline 15 Feb 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1023 | Submission Open

Keywords: field-effect transistor; biosensing and chemosensing; interface engineering; signal transmission mechanism; carbon-based materials; in vitro and in vivo monitoring; semiconductors; single-molecule; multi-mode readout

(This special issue belongs to the Section Electrochemical Devices and Sensors)

Novel Gas Sensing Approaches: From Fabrication to Application

edited by Guillem Domènech-Gil and

Donatella Puglisi

submission deadline 20 Feb 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2585 | Submission Open

Keywords: smart sensors; VOCs; machine learning; environmental monitoring; artificial intelligence; Internet of Things; air quality; leakage detection; industrial safety; public health and well-being

(This special issue belongs to the Section Applied Chemical Sensors)

Advanced Enzyme-Based Sensors

edited by Nuanfei Zhu, Jinyu Zhu and Dali Wei

submission deadline 25 Feb 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 4930 | Submission Open

Keywords: enzyme-based sensor; enzyme cascade reaction; enzyme encapsulation; enzyme activity regulation; nanozyme-based sensor; biosensor; chemical sensor; wearable sensor

(This special issue belongs to the Section (Bio)chemical Sensing)

Electrochemical Sensor Array for Food Detection and Human Perception

edited by

Jingjing Liu

Zhenbo Wei

and

Shui Jiang

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 9159 | Submission Open

Keywords: the development of electrochemical sensor arrays; intelligent sensory evaluation; the analysis and processing of complex taste and smell signals in food; the machine perception and evaluation of sensor arrays; the development of human perception analysis system

(This special issue belongs to the Section Electrochemical Devices and Sensors)

Electrochemical Sensors and Biosensors: Recent Progress, Challenges, and Future Perspectives

edited by

Dongmei Dong

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 7618 | Submission Open

Keywords: electrochemical sensors; biosensors; nanomaterials for sensing; advanced electrode materials; point-of-care diagnostics; environmental monitoring; biocompatibility; miniaturized sensors; signal enhancement techniques; real-time monitoring

(This special issue belongs to the Section (Bio)chemical Sensing)

Low-Cost Chemosensors for Applications in Environment, Health, Food, and Industry Process Control, 2nd Edition

edited by

Weiying Lu

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 4847 | Submission Open

Keywords: low-cost; chemosensors; sensors; food analysis; gas sensor; pH sensor; medical diagnostics; colorimetric sensors; electronic nose; healthcare; environmental monitoring

(This special issue belongs to the Section Applied Chemical Sensors)

Rapid Point-of-Care Testing Technology and Application (Second Edition)

edited by

Florina Silvia Iliescu

and

Zenovia Moldovan

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 165 | Submission Open

Keywords: SARS-CoV-2; POCT; diagnostic; microfluidics; biosensors; antibody; immune response; prophylaxis

(This special issue belongs to the Section Analytical Methods, Instrumentation and Miniaturization)

Electrochemical Biosensors for Global Health Challenges

edited by Tianxiang Wei

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 162 | Submission Open

Keywords: electrochemical biosensor; nanomaterials; early screening and detection of diseases; immediate detection of infectious diseases; rapid detection of antibiotic resistance; emerging environmental pollutants

(This special issue belongs to the Section Electrochemical Devices and Sensors)

Metal-Organic Frameworks-Derived Functional Materials: Advances in Sensing Applications

edited by

Wei Yang

and

Hu Meng

submission deadline 1 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 80 | Submission Open

Keywords: metal-organic frameworks; functional materials; sensing applications; structural morphologies; in situ/operando technique; theoretical calculation; real sample testing

(This special issue belongs to the Section Materials for Chemical Sensing)

Functional Nanomaterial-Based Gas Sensors

edited by Juanyuan Hao

submission deadline 5 Mar 2026 | 7 articles | Viewed by 14138 | Submission Open

Keywords: gas sensors; metal oxides; metal sulfides; carbon-based materials; new functional nanomaterials; nanocomposites; flexible sensor

(This special issue belongs to the Section Nanostructures for Chemical Sensing)

Advanced Chemical Sensors in Gas Detection

edited by Xinyuan Zhou

submission deadline 15 Mar 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1462 | Submission Open

Keywords: next-generation sensing materials (e.g.; graphene; MXenes; quantum dots); miniaturized and wearable sensor platforms; energy-efficient and self-powered sensing systems; situ/operando gas-sensing characterization; cross-sensitive data correction and AI-driven signal processing; field-deployable sensors for industrial; agricultural; and urban environments

(This special issue belongs to the Section Applied Chemical Sensors)

Electrochemical Sensors Based on Various Materials

edited by Cristiana Eugenia Ana Grigorescu and

Ana Maria Iordache

submission deadline 15 Mar 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1064 | Submission Open

Keywords: carbon-based electrochemical sensors (graphene/fullerene/CNT; etc.); materials for elecrochemical biosensors; conductive polymers for sensitive detection of pollutants; electrochemical detection of biological components; lock-and-key electrochemical sensors; molecular imprinted polymers

(This special issue belongs to the Section Materials for Chemical Sensing)

Advancements and Emerging Applications of Fluorescent Probes for Sensing and Imaging

edited by Sushil K. Dwivedi

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 9970 | Submission Open

Keywords: fluorescent probe; imaging; sensors

(This special issue belongs to the Section Applied Chemical Sensors)

Chemical Sensing and Analytical Methods for Forensic Applications

edited by