Advances in Flavor Detection: Chemical Sensors, Electronic Noses, and Intelligent Analysis
A special issue of Chemosensors (ISSN 2227-9040). This special issue belongs to the section "Applied Chemical Sensors".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 18 May 2027 | Viewed by 47
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Interests: AI-empowered food and drug safety and authenticity analysis; chemometrics; analytical chemistry; colorimetric sensor
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Dear Colleagues,
Flavor is a product characteristic, an emotional factor and a value carrier of core technologies. Flavor science involves the cross-disciplinary integration of multiple disciplines, supporting technological innovation in multiple fields. To explore the forefront, exchange ideas, stimulate innovation and promote applications, the Food Flavor Professional Committee of the Chinese Institute of Food Science and Technology and Bohai University plan to jointly host the "2026 Flavor Science Frontier Forum" in Jinzhou, Liaoning Province, from 16–18 May 2026.
Authors of selected high-quality papers from the conference that fit Chemosensors’ scope will be invited to submit extended versions of their original papers (50% extension of the content of the conference paper). In addition to the “2026 Flavor Science Frontier Forum” papers, independent submissions are welcome.
We particularly welcome studies that combine chemical sensors, optical/electrochemical sensing, electronic nose/tongue technologies and machine learning with cutting-edge flavor research.
Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Chemical sensing technologies for detecting flavor compounds
- Gas sensors, electronic nose (E-nose) and electronic tongue (E-tongue) for flavor profiling
- Optical, electrochemical and mass-spectrometry-coupled sensing techniques for flavor analysis
- Flavor fingerprinting and rapid or non-destructive detection methods
- Sensor-based monitoring of flavor formation, transformation and release
- Dynamic flavor detection during food processing and storage
- Machine learning, multivariate modeling and data analytics for flavor perception and prediction
- Intelligent sensing systems for sensory evaluation and consumer preference forecasting
- Development of novel sensing materials and nanomaterials for selective flavor detection
- Sustainable and green technologies for flavor quality assessment
- Multi-sensor fusion, digital olfaction and advanced signal processing for flavor characterization
Prof. Dr. Haiyan Fu
Prof. Dr. Wensheng Yao
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- flavor analysis
- chemical sensors
- gas sensors
- electronic nose
- electronic tongue
- volatile organic compounds (VOCs)
- flavor compounds
- sensor arrays
- nanomaterials for sensing
- optical and electrochemical sensing
- mass spectrometry–coupled sensing
- flavor fingerprinting
- digital olfaction
- machine learning for sensing
- pattern recognition
- smart perception systems
- flavor formation and release monitoring
- food quality sensing
- multimodal sensing technologies
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