Polymer Gels for Sensor Applications

Dear Colleagues,

Polymeric gels, including organogels, hydrogels, ionic gels, or sol-gel materials, are versatile materials that have received significant attention in recent years. Their use in sensing applications is a growing field, with impacts on environmental monitoring, healthcare, food safety, and industrial quality control. Their inherent flexibility, sensitivity to external stimuli, and ease of functionalization make them ideal for such applications. This dynamic nature allows polymeric gels to respond to various stimuli, such as temperature, pH, light, or chemical analytes, making them ideal candidates for next-generation sensors.

We encourage you to submit your work for the forthcoming Special Issue, "Polymer Gels for Sensor Applications". This Special Issue will bring together recent advances in the development and application of polymeric gels for environmental, healthcare, and food sensing and monitoring applications. Contributions showcasing theoretical studies and practical implementations are welcome. A multidisciplinary effort helps the progress of the field, and it is anticipated that the subjects in this Special Issue may spark new discoveries in the field of sensing.

The scope of this Special Issue includes, but is not limited to, the following:

1. Design, synthesis, and characterization of polymer gels for sensing.
2. Smart hydrogels and organogels for optical or electrochemical sensing.
3. Sol-gel materials for sensing applications.
4. Integration of polymer gels with devices for real-time sensing applications.
5. Biodegradable and sustainable polymer gels for sensing technologies.
6. Functionalization methodologies for enhancing sensitivity and specificity of polymer gels.

Dr. Rui P. C. L. Sousa
Prof. Dr. Bjørn Torger Stokke
Prof. Dr. Francis Vocanson
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 250 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for assessment.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Gels is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2100 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.