Chemical Sensors
A section of Sensors (ISSN 1424-8220).
Section Information
The Chemical Sensors Section publishes original peer-reviewed papers covering all aspects of chemical sensors. This comprises new developments and recent improvements in the design, synthesis, and performance evaluation of materials for sensitive layers and transducers; the study of their sensing mechanisms; the evaluation, processing approaches, and applications of chemical sensors; and the driving electronics, data processing, and chemical sensor array chemometrics. This Section provides a platform for the publication of original and scientific research that is likely to have a broad impact and intends to explore feature topics through the establishment of Special Issues.
Editorial Board
Topical Advisory Panel
Special Issues
Following special issues within this section are currently open for submissions:
- Molecularly Imprinted Polymer-Based Design of Electrochemical Sensors and Drug-Delivery Systems (Deadline: 15 September 2026)
- Bioelectrochemical Sensors for Environmental Monitoring (Deadline: 30 September 2026)
- Fluorescence Sensors Based on Nanomaterials: Methods, Mechanisms and Applications (Deadline: 30 September 2026)
- Chemical Sensors for Toxic Chemical Detection: 2nd Edition (Deadline: 5 October 2026)
- Advances in Nanomaterial-Based Electrochemical and Optical Biosensors (Deadline: 15 October 2026)
- Advanced Electrochemical Sensors for Environmental Monitoring (Deadline: 20 October 2026)
- Advanced Sensor Technologies for Corrosion Monitoring (Deadline: 25 October 2026)
- Two-Dimensional (2D) Metal Oxide-Enabled Electrochemical and Gas Sensors (Deadline: 25 October 2026)
- Optical-Chemical Sensing Technologies for Water Quality, Microplastics Detection and Environmental Monitoring (Deadline: 30 October 2026)
- Use of Sensors and Chemical Analysis for Food Safety and Quality (Deadline: 15 November 2026)
- Electrochemical Biosensing Devices and Their Applications (Deadline: 15 November 2026)
- Smart and Low-Cost Multisensory Systems for Monitoring and Control of Greenhouse Gases, Atmospheric Pollutants, and Odours in Ambient Air and Indoor Environments (Deadline: 15 November 2026)
- Multi-Dimensional Nanomaterials for Biological and Chemical Sensors (Deadline: 20 November 2026)
- Resonance Sensors: Technology, Measurements and Applications Across the Frequency Operating Range (Deadline: 25 November 2026)
- Electrochemical Sensing and Detection Technologies (Deadline: 25 November 2026)
- Colorimetric and Fluorescent Sensors and Their Application (Deadline: 26 November 2026)
- Smart Sensing: Advances in Nanomaterials and Molecular Recognition for Chemical Detection (Deadline: 30 November 2026)
- Advances in Sensors and Sensor-Based Systems for Electrochemical Analysis (Deadline: 30 November 2026)
- Recent Advances in Sensors for Chemical Detection Applications (2nd Edition) (Deadline: 30 November 2026)
- Advances in Intelligent Gas Sensors from Materials to Application (Deadline: 1 December 2026)
- Advances in Biological and Environmental Ion Sensing (Deadline: 1 December 2026)
- Low-Cost Chemosensors for Applications in Environment, Health, Food, and Industry Process Control, 2nd Edition (Deadline: 25 December 2026)
- Electrochemical Sensors for Agri-Food, Biomedical, and Smart Living Applications (Deadline: 31 December 2026)
- Chemical Sensors—Recent Advances and Future Challenges 2026 (Deadline: 31 December 2026)
- Innovative Gas Sensors: Development and Application (Deadline: 15 January 2027)
- Electrochemical Sensing and Biosensing: Innovations, Challenges and Applications (Deadline: 20 January 2027)
- Integrated Circuits and Systems for Biochemical Sensing (Deadline: 22 January 2027)
- AI-Driven Methods for Chemometric Spectroscopy: Algorithms and Applications (Deadline: 27 January 2027)
- Chemical Sensors and Molecular Spectroscopy: Advanced Materials, Methods, and Applications (Deadline: 30 January 2027)
- Electrochemical Sensing: Technologies, Applications and Challenges (Deadline: 31 January 2027)
- Next-Generation Fluorescent Sensing for Low-Cost Chemical Analysis (Deadline: 31 January 2027)
- Wearable and Portable (Bio)Chemical Sensors: Challenges and Opportunities in the Era of High-Fidelity Artificial Intelligence (Deadline: 28 February 2027)
- Gas Sensors Based on Semiconductor Metal Oxides: Novel Materials and Mechanism Analyses and Applications Fields (Deadline: 28 February 2027)
- Advanced Electrochemical Sensors for Food Safety and Environmental Monitoring (Deadline: 28 February 2027)
- Advanced Field-Effect Transistor (FET) Sensors for Chemical and Biological Detection (Deadline: 20 March 2027)
- Advances in Gas Sensing: Materials, Devices, and Applications (Deadline: 25 March 2027)
- Development of Metal Oxide Gas Sensors: From Design and Synthesis to Real-World Applications (Deadline: 31 March 2027)
- Bioelectrochemical Sensing Systems (Deadline: 31 March 2027)
- Recent Advances in Gas Sensors (Deadline: 15 April 2027)
- Sensors from Miniaturization of Analytical Instruments (3rd Edition) (Deadline: 25 April 2027)
- Advances in Fluorescent and Colorimetric Sensors for Detecting Ions and Neutral Molecules (Deadline: 30 April 2027)
- Electrochemical Sensors for Metal Ion and Pathogen Recognition (Deadline: 31 July 2027)
- Applied Spectroscopy for Chemical Sensing, Imaging, Detection and Analysis (Deadline: 31 August 2027)
Topical Collections
Following topical collections within this section are currently open for submissions:
