Advances and Challenges in Nano-Functional Materials for Detection Applications
A special issue of Nanomaterials (ISSN 2079-4991). This special issue belongs to the section "Nanoelectronics, Nanosensors and Devices".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 September 2023) | Viewed by 1502
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The demand for sensors has grown over the decades, particularly in the era of Internet of Things (IoT). The large size, complex, and high-cost detecting instruments are replaced by the compact, simplified, and economical sensors, which are integrated with or employed in consumer electronics, smart devices, autonomous vehicles, or point-of-care testing (POCT). The universal use of sensors improves the quality of human life and reduces the incidence of disease and social accidents. These sensors require high responsivity and sensitivity, excellent selectivity, fast response time, and low power consumption, and intensive and extensive research has endeavored to satisfy these requirements. As a milestone of this endeavor, nanomaterials with decent chemical and physical properties—including extended surface area, superior catalytic activity, quantum confinement, and mechanical flexibility—pave the way for the next-generation sensors. However, challenges also arise, such as uniform quality control and the stable reliability of nanomaterials for scale-up production.
This Special Issue will cover comprehensive research subjects on the advances and challenges in nano-functional materials for detection applications. It aims to attract researchers, in order to share the current state-of-the-art knowledge of sensing nanomaterials and to foster new ideas for future detection applications. I invite authors to contribute original research articles and review articles presenting the current progress on nanomaterial-based sensors. Potential topics include, but are not limited to gas sensors, liquid sensors, bio-sensors, photodetectors, and physical sensors.
Prof. Dr. Soohwan Jang
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- gas sensor
- liquid sensor
- bio-sensor
- photodetector
- physical sensor
- metal
- oxide
- nitride
- 2D material
