Low-Dimensional Materials for Smart and Sustainable Sensing: Focus on Gas, Pressure, and Light Detection
A special issue of Nanomaterials (ISSN 2079-4991). This special issue belongs to the section "Nanoelectronics, Nanosensors and Devices".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 October 2026 | Viewed by 34
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Interests: graphene; 2D materials; electronic properties; field effect transistors; photodetectors; contact resistance; field emission from nanostructures
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Dear Colleagues,
Low-dimensional materials, ranging from zero-dimensional quantum dots and one-dimensional nanowires to two-dimensional systems such as graphene, transition metal dichalcogenides, and MXenes, have revolutionized the field of nanotechnology over the past two decades. Their unique physical and chemical properties, including their large surface-to-volume ratios, tuneable band structures, and exceptional electronic and optical behavior, have enabled the realization of highly sensitive and miniaturized devices. Among their most promising applications, sensing technologies have emerged as a rapidly growing research area due to the increasing need for accurate, energy-efficient, and sustainable detection systems in environmental and industrial monitoring.
This Special Issue aims to provide a comprehensive platform for recent advances in the design, fabrication, and application of low-dimensional materials for smart and sustainable sensing, with a particular focus on gas, pressure, and light detection. The collection seeks to highlight the interplay between materials’ structure, electronic properties, and sensing performance, as well as strategies to improve stability, scalability, and integration into practical devices.
Recent years have witnessed remarkable progress in sensor architectures that exploit electrical, optical, and mechanical transduction mechanisms. Advances in material synthesis, surface functionalization, and nanostructuring have enabled new opportunities for high-performance, flexible, and low-power sensors capable of operating under complex environmental conditions. Moreover, the convergence of low-dimensional materials with data-driven and IoT-based technologies is paving the way for intelligent, networked sensing systems for environmental and health-related applications.
We invite the submission of original research articles, reviews, and short communications addressing all aspects of low-dimensional materials for sensing. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, gas, pressure, and optical sensors; heterostructures and nanocomposites; flexible and wearable platforms; theoretical modeling and simulations; and novel approaches toward smart, sustainable, and multifunctional detection technologies.
Dr. Filippo Giubileo
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- low-dimensional materials
- fabrication
- gas sensing
- pressure sensing
- optical sensing
- nanostructures
- flexible sensors
- sustainable detection
- structural characterization
- electrical characterization
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