Advanced Flexible Sensing Materials: Design, Mechanisms, and Applications
A special issue of Molecules (ISSN 1420-3049). This special issue belongs to the section "Materials Chemistry".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 March 2026 | Viewed by 7
Special Issue Editors
Interests: functional fabric; hydrogel/aerogel/electrospin membrane
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Flexible sensing materials constitute a rapidly evolving class of functional materials with transformative potential across wearable electronics, healthcare monitoring, soft robotics, and human–machine interfaces. Their unique combination of mechanical compliance with tunable electrical, optical, or chemical properties enables the development of lightweight, adaptive, and high-performance sensing systems. Recent advances in material chemistry, structural engineering, and scalable fabrication have accelerated progress in this field, though critical challenges persist in durability, reproducibility, and system integration.
This Special Issue welcomes the submission of original research and review articles that highlight innovative material designs, fundamental structure–property relationships, and practical applications. The scope of this Special Issue includes, but is not limited to, the following topics:
- Polymer, hydrogel, nanomaterial, and composite-based sensing materials;
- Material design for stretchability, self-healing, and multifunctionality;
- Scalable processing and fabrication methods;
- Interface engineering and hierarchical structural design;
- Integration into wearable, implantable, or robotic platforms;
- Sustainable and eco-friendly approaches to material synthesis and device fabrication;
- Long-term performance, reliability, and environmental stability.
This Special Issue aims to highlight material advances that will shape the next generation of flexible sensing technologies. Please note that submissions focused only on the device are not in the scope of this Special Issue.
Prof. Dr. Tianxue Zhu
Prof. Dr. Lifang Liu
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- flexible sensing materials
- polymer- and hydrogel-based sensing materials
- nanocomposites for flexible sensors
- stretchable and self-healing materials
- scalable fabrication of flexible sensing materials
- wearable and implantable devices
- durability and environmental stability of sensing materials
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