Sensing Materials: Advances in Synthesis, Functionalities, and Applications

Dear colleagues,

The pollutant emissions from industrial activities and transport vehicles demonstrate the need for increased public health protection. These are in addition to global warming and climate change, which of course have potentially devastating effects on the environment, including weather patterns, farmlands, animal habitats, plants, and food production. Therefore, the preparation of functional materials and the development of high-performance sensing systems to provide environmental and safety monitoring have become important issues. In this regard, the continuous evolution of nanotechnology has led to the improvement of synthesis methods of low-dimensional materials with a variety of morphologies such as nanotubes, nanowires, nanobelts, nanorods, hierarchical structures, etc. Moreover, the synthesis of doped, functionalized, and more complex materials has become an increasingly important and perspective research subject to improve the functional properties of sensing structures.

The objective of this Topical Collection is to provide recent achievements in the synthesis methods, functionalities, and applications of low-dimensional materials for the development of high-performance sensing systems. Original research works and critical reviews are welcome.

Topics of interest include but are not limited to:

• Developments in synthesis techniques;
• Modifications of structure and morphology;
• Doping and functionalization;
• Composites;
• Developments in characterization methods;
• Improvements of analytical methods;
• Improvement of sensing response;
• Solutions for high selectivity;
• Wireless sensor networks;
• New concepts and new strategies.

Dr. Vardan Galstyan
Collection Editor

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