Micro-/Nanosensors: Design, Fabrication, Simulation, and Material Preparation

Dear Colleagues,

Rapid industrialization and urbanization in recent years have increased air pollution in large amounts, making the use of sensors vital. Sensors are not only essential for the real-time monitoring and assessment of air quality, though. They play a crucial role in realizing internet of things (IoT)-enabled smart cities, in which air quality monitoring is an integral part. Miniaturization of sensors to the micro-/nanoscale is thus crucial, and the integration of micromachining and nanofabrication process enables realizing micro/nano gas sensing chips with high sensitivity and fast response time. The present Special Issue focuses on recent advances in the area of sensing to address the limiting factors which will pave the way towards the next generation of intelligent micro-/nanosensors. This Special Issue focuses on the design, modeling, fabrication, simulation, material synthesis, and characterization of micro-/nanosensors. We cordially invite you to submit original research articles and communications covering the experimental and theoretical studies that examine novel sensing materials/preparation methods/sensing technology to this Special Issue. In addition, review articles on the above topics are invited for submission. Areas of interest include but are not limited to:

• Fabrication technologies for sensors
• Modelling and simulations of sensors
• Sensing technology
• Micro/nano gas sensors
• MEMS
• NEMS
• Low-dimensional materials
• Metal oxide semiconductors

Dr. P. Poornesh
Collection Editor

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