Functional Organic Semiconductor Coatings for Sensor Applications
A special issue of Coatings (ISSN 2079-6412). This special issue belongs to the section "Surface Engineering for Energy Harvesting, Conversion, and Storage".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 25 July 2026 | Viewed by 1
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Interests: organic semiconductors
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Dear Colleagues,
Organic semiconductors are rapidly emerging as versatile materials for the fabrication of advanced coatings with significant potential in sensor technologies. Their inherent advantages, such as solution processability, mechanical flexibility, tunable chemical structures, and compatibility with scalable coating and printing techniques, make them ideal candidates for next-generation sensors that are lightweight, flexible, and environmentally sustainable. By exploiting the diverse functionalities of organic semiconductors, coatings can be designed to respond sensitively to a broad range of external stimuli, including humidity, light, gases, pressure, and biomolecules. This Special Issue, “Functional Organic Semiconductor Coatings for Sensor Applications”, invites contributions that highlight the most recent developments in this interdisciplinary field.
Contributions may cover, but are not limited to, the following:
- Design and synthesis of organic semiconductors for sensing applications;
- Thin-film coating and printing techniques;
- Hybrid organic–inorganic composites for enhanced sensor performance;
- Interface and morphology engineering in organic semiconductor coatings;
- Flexible and wearable sensors based on organic semiconductors;
- Organic thin-film transistors (OTFTs) for sensing platforms;
- Metal–semiconductor–metal (MSM) organic photodetectors and photoresistors;
- Gas, humidity, pressure, and bio-sensing using organic semiconductor films;
- Stability and environmental durability of organic semiconductor coatings;
- Integration of organic semiconductor sensors into IoT and smart systems.
Dr. Azzuliani Supangat
Dr. Nur Adilah Roslan
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- organic semiconductor coatings
- flexible electronics
- hybrid materials
- organic-based sensors
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