Micromachines

Nanoparticle-Based (Bio)Sensors for Biomedical and Environmental Monitoring

edited by

Stella Girousi

and Dilsat Ozkan-Ariksoysal

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1986 | Submission Open

Keywords: nanoparticles; electrode modification; sensors; biomedical monitoring; environmental monitoring

(This special issue belongs to the Section D：Materials and Processing)

III-V Optoelectronics and Semiconductor Process Technology, Second Edition

edited by Hsin-Chu Chen, Hao-Chung Kuo and Yi-Jen Chiu

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 1376 | Submission Open

Keywords: III-V semiconductor epitaxial growth and fabrication; optoelectronics and semiconductor devices; integration process technology; III-V materials applications

(This special issue belongs to the Section D1: Semiconductor Devices)

State-of-the-Art Memristor and Optoelectronic Memristor: Materials, Fabrication, Mechanism and Applications

edited by

Liyuan Long

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1344 | Submission Open

Keywords: memristor; optoelectronic memristor; synapse; neuromorphic computing; resistive switching; reconfigurable neuromorphic devices

(This special issue belongs to the Section D：Materials and Processing)

Design and Real Time Implementation of Intelligent Control Schemes for Actuators

edited by

Oscar Barambones

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 1283 | Submission Open

Keywords: adaptive control; robust control; artificial intelligence; fuzzy logic; neural networks; real time control

(This special issue belongs to the Section A：Physics)

Power MEMS for Energy Harvesting

edited by

Chun-An Cheng

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 735 | Submission Open

Keywords: microelectromechanical systems (MEMS); energy harvester; sensors; power electronics; power conversion; mechanical vibrations; micro solar cell arrays; vibrational transduction; photovoltaic transduction; piezoelectric transduction; electromagnetic transducers; electrostatic transducers

(This special issue belongs to the Section E：Engineering and Technology)

Portable Sensing Systems in Biological and Chemical Analysis

edited by

Cristina Román-Hidalgo

,

María Jesús Martín-Valero

and

Mercedes Villar-Navarro

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 707 | Submission Open

Keywords: portable devices; on-site analysis; smart materials; smartphone applications

(This special issue belongs to the Section E：Engineering and Technology)

Advanced Filtering, Fusion, and State Estimation in Microsystems and Robotics

edited by

Yuan Xu

and Yuriy S. Shmaliy

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 502 | Submission Open

Keywords: sensor fusion; state estimation; kalman filters; robust filtering; navigation; robotics; wearable devices

(This special issue belongs to the Section E：Engineering and Technology)

Fabrication of Functional Surface Microstructures

edited by

Daxiang Deng

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 291 | Submission Open

Keywords: functional surface microstructures microscale manufacturing; cutting; laser processing; 3D printing

(This special issue belongs to the Section D：Materials and Processing)

Recent Study and Progress in Micro/Nanorobots

edited by Fangzhou Xia and

Riko Šafarič

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 78 | Submission Open

Keywords: miniaturized robot design and fabrication; precision instruments for nanotechnology; novel transducers for sensing/actuation; MEMS devices in micro/nanorobotics; smart material and physical intelligence; control and estimation at the micro/nanoscale; data-driven motion control on the nanoscale; nanoscale fabrication and characterization; swarm and collective behavior; nano/microrobots for biomedical applications

(This special issue belongs to the Section A：Physics)

Piezoelectric Microdevices for Energy Harvesting

edited by

Lucian Pîslaru-Dănescu

,

Ruyan Guo

and Marius Popa

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 63 | Submission Open

Keywords: energy harvesting; composite piezoelectric materials; piezoelectric microdevices; MEMS; self-powered systems; smart materials; thin films

(This special issue belongs to the Section A：Physics)

Advanced Micro- and Nano-Manufacturing Technologies for Flexible Electronics

edited by

Chenglin Li

and

Huihua Xu

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 50 | Submission Open

Keywords: micro/nano-manufacturing; additive manufacturing; flexible electronics; wearable technology; soft actuators and sensors; roll-to-roll manufacturing; nanomaterials; modeling and design of manufacturing processes; artificial intelligence in manufacturing

(This special issue belongs to the Section E：Engineering and Technology)

3D Tissue Engineering Techniques and Their Applications

edited by Ninghao Zhu

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 47 | Submission Open

Keywords: tissue engineering; organ-on-chip; biosensor; biofabrication; disease modeling; drug delivery; drug screening; diagnostics; biomaterials; stem cell culture; organoid culture; bioMEMS

(This special issue belongs to the Section B2: Biofabrication and Tissue Engineering)

Topological Photonic Microdevices for Next-Generation Sensing and Modulation

edited by Hongming Fei and

Jianping Chen

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 44 | Submission Open

Keywords: photonic topological insulator; synthetic dimension; non-Hermitian system; photonic crystal; metamaterial; high-order topology; quantum Hall effect; quantum spin Hall effect; coupled cavities/resonators; topological edge states; Anderson localization; nonlinear effects; quantum topological photonics; topological lasers

(This special issue belongs to the Section A1: Optical MEMS and Photonic Microsystems)

Advances in Optoelectronic Co-Design: Bridging EIC and PIC Technologies

edited by Dan Li and

Binhao Wang

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 35 | Submission Open

Keywords: EIC-PIC co-design targeting: high-speed optical interconnect; LiDAR; quantum; other emerging applications; EIC-PIC packaging and integration; EIC-PIC joint simulation

(This special issue belongs to the Section A：Physics)

Magnetic Nanoplatforms for Biomedical Applications

edited by

Sandeep B. Somvanshi

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 30 | Submission Open

Keywords: magnetic nanoparticles; magnetic nanoplatforms; nanomedicine; biomedical nanotechnology; targeted drug delivery; magnetic hyperthermia; magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) contrast agents; biosensors; theranostics; nanocomposites; micro/nanofabrication; functionalized nanomaterials; biocompatible materials; controlled drug release; magnetic field-assisted therapy; tissue engineering; magnetic nanorobots; smart nanocarriers; diagnostics and imaging; translational nanotechnology

(This special issue belongs to the Section B：Biology and Biomedicine)

Resistive Random Access Memory Devices: Mechanisms, Materials, Devices, and Applications

edited by

Kai-Huang Chen

and

Chien-Min Cheng

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 29 | Submission Open

Keywords: RRAM; resistive switching; nonvolatile memory; neuromorphic computing

Optical Tweezers and Their Applications

edited by

Xuchen Shan

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 21 | Submission Open

Keywords: optical tweezers; optical trapping; optical manipulation; near-field optical trapping; optical fiber tweezers

(This special issue belongs to the Section A：Physics)

Advanced Developments in Droplet Microfluidics

edited by

Eric Brouzes

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 19 | Submission Open

Keywords: droplet generation; droplet-based assays; droplet manipulation; droplet-based applications; chemical reactions inside microfluidic droplets; physics of microfluidic droplets; open-source equipment for droplet microfluidics; droplet microfluidics and 3D printing; droplet-based high-throughput screening; single-cell manipulation or analysis with droplet microfluidics

(This special issue belongs to the Section E：Engineering and Technology)

Machine Learning in Microfluidics

edited by

Hyungkook Jeon

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 15 | Submission Open

Keywords: microfluidics; machine learning; lab-on-a-chip; ML-based Flow Prediction; Microfluidic device optimization; image-based analysis; automated experimentation

(This special issue belongs to the Section B：Biology and Biomedicine)

Advancing MEMS/MOEMS Sensors: AI-Driven Optimization and Emerging Applications

edited by

Qianbo Lu

submission deadline 20 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 73 | Submission Open

Keywords: intelligent design of MEMS/MOEMS: AI/ML-driven optimization; topology optimization; bio-inspired design; multi-physics modeling: coupled mechanical-optical-thermal-electrical analysis; digital twins; sensor architectures: accelerometers; gyroscopes; IMUs; hybrid MEMS/MOEMS; advanced materials: metamaterials; 2D materials; piezoelectrics; nanocomposites; performance enhancement: noise reduction; self-calibration; sensitivity optimization

(This special issue belongs to the Section A：Physics)

Advances in Ultra-Precision Optical Manufacturing and Metrology Technologies: Innovations and Future Directions

edited by

Xing Peng

, Feng Shi and Chong Shan

submission deadline 20 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 63 | Submission Open

Keywords: ion beam polishing; magnetorheological finishing; laser/ultrafast machining; freeform optics; adaptive optics; defect detection; damage mechanism; interferometry; novel optical materials; intelligent manufacturing; atomic-level manufacturing

(This special issue belongs to the Section D：Materials and Processing)

Design and Applications of Smart Piezoelectric Sensors and Actuators

edited by

Jianhua Li

and

Jian He

submission deadline 20 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 19 | Submission Open

Keywords: piezoelectric; MEMS; energy harvesting; sensors; actuators; and resonators; magnetic sensors

(This special issue belongs to the Section A：Physics)

Broadband Terahertz Devices and Communication Technologies, 2nd Edition

edited by Jiao Zhang,

Lu Zhang

, Kaihui Wang and Xiongbin Yu

submission deadline 25 Feb 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4200 | Submission Open

Keywords: THz source (electrical; photonic); THz mixer (electrical; photonic); THz modulator (electrical; photonic); THz beam steering (electrical; photonic); THz topological photonics; THz amplifier (low-noise; power; traveling wave tube; etc.); passive THz devices (filter; polarizer; antenna; etc.); baseband processing for THz links (transmitter; receiver); THz propagation and channel modeling; system-level demonstration of electrical THz communications; system-level demonstration of photonic THz communications; THz-orbital angular momentum (OAM) communications; THz integrated sensing and communication (ISAC)

(This special issue belongs to the Section A：Physics)

Nanomaterials for Supercapacitors and Electrochemical Energy Storage System

edited by Aviraj Teli

submission deadline 25 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 27 | Submission Open

Keywords: composite metal oxide; electrochemical supercapacitor; hybrid supercapacitors; 2D materials; nanofiber-based materials; electrochemical energy storage

(This special issue belongs to the Section C：Chemistry)

Advanced Micro-Nano Optical Sensors Based on MOEMS Technologies

edited by

Chenguang Xin

, Zhibin Wang and Mengwei Li

submission deadline 27 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 15 | Submission Open

Keywords: displacement sensors; accelerometers; gyroscopes; pressure sensors; spectrometers; biosensors; gas sensors

(This special issue belongs to the Section A：Physics)

Lab on Chips and Optical Sensors

edited by

Francisco Perdigones

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 10292 | Submission Open

Keywords: lab-on-a-chip; optical sensors; optical actuators; absorbance; fluorescence; surface plasmon resonance; waveguides; optic fiber; biomedical application; chemical application; cell cultures; organotypic cultures

(This special issue belongs to the Section B：Biology and Biomedicine)

New Advances in Wearable and Flexible Sensor Devices and Their Future Prospects

edited by

Vincenzo Mariano Mastronardi

,

Jianliang Xiao

and

Tao Li

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 9052 | Submission Open

Keywords: physical sensors; electrochemical biosensors; wearable electronics; flexible; stretchable; nanomaterials; composite materials; 2D materials; elastomeric substrates; textile-based sensors; sensitivity; limit of detection; reliability; biocompatibility

(This special issue belongs to the Section E：Engineering and Technology)

Novel Devices, Emerging Applications and Advances in MEMS Fabrication Processes, 2nd Edition

edited by

Margarita Tecpoyotl-Torres

,

Jesus J. Alcantar Peña

and

Agustin L. Herrera-May

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 8526 | Submission Open

Keywords: MEMS sensors; MEMS actuators; BioMEMS; medical MEMS; microfluidic devices; PiezoMEMS; energy harvesters; triboelectric nanogenerators; MEMS-based electronic systems; MEMS fabrication processes; MEMS emergent aplications

(This special issue belongs to the Section D：Materials and Processing)

Applications of Data Sciences in Semiconductor Industry: Design, Manufacturing, Packaging and Testing

edited by

Ping-Feng Pai

and Yu-Po Wang

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 6716 | Submission Open

Keywords: data sciences; machine/deep learning; artificial intelligence; optimization; semiconductor; integrated circuit design/manufacturing/packaging/testing; thermal/electrical simulation; design and advanced packaging development

(This special issue belongs to the Section D1: Semiconductor Devices)

Interfacial Physics, Healthcare and Medicine: Microfluidics and Nanofluidics

edited by

Alireza Mohammad Karim

and

Mohsen Akbari

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 6277 | Submission Open

Keywords: interfacial physics; fluid dynamics; biosensors; bio-printing; medicine; healthcare

(This special issue belongs to the Section B：Biology and Biomedicine)

III–V Compound Semiconductors and Devices, 2nd Edition

edited by Yeong-Her Wang and

Kuan-Wei Lee

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3921 | Submission Open

Keywords: compound semiconductor; high-k dielectric; insulator; frequency; optoelectronic

(This special issue belongs to the Section D1: Semiconductor Devices)

Exploration and Application of Piezoelectric Smart Structures

edited by

Min Wang

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3183 | Submission Open

Keywords: piezoelectric smart structure; piezoelectric material; sensor; actuator; energy harvesting; vibration control

(This special issue belongs to the Section A：Physics)

RF MEMS and Microsystems

edited by

Marco A. Panduro

,

David H. Covarrubias

,

Carlos Bocio

and

Alberto Reyna Maldonado

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2997 | Submission Open

Keywords: RF MEMS; microsystems; reconfigurable systems; antenna

(This special issue belongs to the Section E：Engineering and Technology)

Immunoassay Platforms for Biomedical Detection

edited by Jian Gu and Chao Wang

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2084 | Submission Open

Keywords: immunoassay; lateral/vertical flow assays; nano/microfluidics; nano/microscale biosensors; biosensor system integration; lab-on-a-chip; point-of-care testing; healthcare and environmental monitoring

(This special issue belongs to the Section B：Biology and Biomedicine)

Recent Development of Micro/Nanofluidic Devices, 2nd Edition

edited by

Kailiang Zhang

,

Yupan Wu

and

Xiangsong Feng

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2081 | Submission Open

Keywords: micromixer; microreactor; microseparator; microsprayer; micro/nano sensor; micro/nano fabrication; droplet manipulation; lab on a chip

(This special issue belongs to the Section B：Biology and Biomedicine)

Microsystems for Point-of-Care Testing and Diagnostics

edited by

Zulfiqur Ali

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1569 | Submission Open

Keywords: point-of-care testing/diagnostics; microfluidics; biosensors; wearables; digital microfluidics; paper-based diagnostics; lab-on-a-chip; rapid diagnostics; cancer detection; infectious and chronic diseases; data analytics; device fabrication

(This special issue belongs to the Section B4: Point-of-Care Devices)

Silicon-Based Photonic Technology and Devices

edited by Jian Li and Yisu Yang

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1499 | Submission Open

Keywords: silicon-based photonics; PICs; quantum well/dot lasers; modulators; detectors; material growth; device processes

(This special issue belongs to the Section A：Physics)

Advanced Packaging Technology for MEMS Devices

edited by

Shanshan Gu-Stoppel

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1089 | Submission Open

Keywords: advanced packaging; wafer-level packaging; wafer bonding; heterogene packaging; chiplet; 3D integration; sensor fusion; smart sensor system

(This special issue belongs to the Section D1: Semiconductor Devices)

GaN Heterostructure Devices: From Materials to Application, 2nd Edition

edited by Baijun Zhang

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 778 | Submission Open

Keywords: GaN heterostructure; optoelectronic devices; electronic devices; biosensor; THz devices; MEMS devices

(This special issue belongs to the Section D1: Semiconductor Devices)

Electronic Design Automation (EDA) for Microfluidic Biochips

edited by

Genggeng Liu

and Xing Huang

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 701 | Submission Open

Keywords: microfluidics; microfluidic device design; system-level design; device placement; fluid routing; control-logic synthesis; testing and fault-tolerant design

(This special issue belongs to the Section B：Biology and Biomedicine)

Research Progress on Advanced Piezoelectric Energy Harvesters

edited by

Marek Placzek

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 300 | Submission Open

Keywords: piezoelectricity; piezoelectric energy harvesting; piezoelectric energy harvester; applications of piezoelectric energy harvesters; novel piezoelectric materials for energy harvesting; self-powered wireless sensors; broadband energy harvester; energy harvester design; structural health monitoring; nonlinear generator; bistable generator; piezoelectric nanogenerator; vibration energy harvester

(This special issue belongs to the Section A：Physics)

Recent Advances in Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA)

edited by

He Li

,

Tarek Ould-Bachir

and

Philippos Papaphilippou

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 232 | Submission Open

Keywords: FPGA architecture; FPGA circuits and systems design; FPGA-based signal processing with micro- and nanodevices; emerging applications: AI or LLM acceleration; neuromorphic emulation; quantum computing and quantum information; scientific computing; etc.

(This special issue belongs to the Section E：Engineering and Technology)

Microreactors and Their Applications—Second Edition

edited by

Magdalena Luty-Błocho

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 168 | Submission Open

Keywords: microreactor; microfluidics; micromachines; process intensification

(This special issue belongs to the Section C：Chemistry)

Breaking Barriers: Microneedles in Therapeutics and Diagnostics

edited by

Satish Rojekar

and

Harsha Jain

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 160 | Submission Open

Keywords: microneedles; transdermal; biologics; vaccines; diagnostics; small molecule; fabrication; personalized

(This special issue belongs to the Section B：Biology and Biomedicine)

DNA-Based Electrochemical Biosensors and Aptasensors: Advances in Medical Diagnostics and Detection

edited by

Van Thuan Nguyen

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 108 | Submission Open

Keywords: electrochemical biosensors; aptamer-based biosensor; aptasensors; medical diagnostics; point-of-care testing; biomarker detection; pathogen detection; DNA/RNA biosensors; nanotechnology-based sensors; biomedical applications; microfluidic integration; clinical diagnostics; rapid detection technologies; electrochemical detection methods

(This special issue belongs to the Section B1: Biosensors)

Biomedical Micro/Nanorobots: Design, Fabrication and Applications

edited by Chuang Zhang and

Zhiguang Wu

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 83 | Submission Open

Keywords: micro/nanoparticle; micro/nanomotor; micro/nanorobots; intelligent control; biomedicine; energy conversion; environmental applications

(This special issue belongs to the Section B5: Drug Delivery System)

Flexible and Wearable Sensors, 4th Edition

edited by

Libo Gao

,

Zhuoqing Yang

,

Gaofeng Zheng

and Haiyan Zhang

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 68 | Submission Open

Keywords: flexible sensors; electronic skin; flexible electronics; wearable electronics; MEMS wearable applications

(This special issue belongs to the Section A：Physics)

Tunable Nanophotonics and Reconfigurable Metadevices, 2nd Edition

edited by Yu-Sheng Lin

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 51 | Submission Open

Keywords: nanophotonics; metamaterials; metasurfaces; light– matter interaction; plasmonics; nonlinear optics

(This special issue belongs to the Section A：Physics)

Electromagnetic Metamaterials and Metasurfaces: From Design to Applications

edited by

Meng Wang

, Jun Wang and Haoran Zu

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 37 | Submission Open

Keywords: microwave metamaterials/metasurfaces; multifunctional metamaterials/metasurfaces; reconfigurable intelligence metasurfaces (RISs); topological metamaterials/metasurfaces; terahertz metamaterials/metasurfaces; optical metamaterials/metasurfaces; spoof surface plasmon polaritons

(This special issue belongs to the Section E：Engineering and Technology)

Passive and Active THz Devices

edited by

Dmitri V. Lioubtchenko

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 32 | Submission Open

Keywords: THz components; THz technology; THz waveguides; material properties for millimeter; microwave; and optoelectronic applications; novel 1-D and 2-D materials for THz applications; tunable THz materials and devices

(This special issue belongs to the Section A：Physics)

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