Physical Sensors
A section of Sensors (ISSN 1424-8220).
Section Information
In the Physical Section of Sensors, original peer-reviewed papers covering all aspects of Physical Sensing will be published. Both theoretical and experimental papers will be considered, as well as review papers. Subjects include without being limited to, electrical and thermal-based sensors, mass-sensitive and fiber-optic sensors, optoelectronic and photonic sensors, gas sensors, physical sensor applications for food industry and environmental monitoring, physical sensor arrays, modeling, design and software for physical sensors, sensor technology and new physical sensor principles. In general, the Section provides a platform for the publication of original and scientific research that is likely to have a large general impact, also with the aim of initiating special issues.
Editorial Board
Special Issues
Following special issues within this section are currently open for submissions:
- Sensors and Perception Systems for Mobile Robot Navigation (Deadline: 15 June 2020)
- Advanced Spectroscopy, Imaging and Sensing in Biomedicine (Deadline: 15 June 2020)
- Advances in Ultrasonic Guided Wave Sensor Technologies for Structural Health Monitoring (Deadline: 20 June 2020)
- ECG Sensors (Deadline: 30 June 2020)
- Advances in Flow and Wind Sensors (Deadline: 30 June 2020)
- 3D Printing Technologies in Electrochemical (Bio)Sensing (Deadline: 30 June 2020)
- FBG Based Sensors (Deadline: 30 June 2020)
- Advances in Surface Acoustic Wave Sensors (Deadline: 30 June 2020)
- Non-destructive Sensors and Machine Learning for Food Safety & Quality Inspection (Deadline: 30 June 2020)
- Sensors in Agriculture 2020 (Deadline: 30 June 2020)
- Cooperative Camera Networks (Deadline: 30 June 2020)
- Wearable Antennas (Deadline: 30 June 2020)
- Sensors for Distributed Monitoring (Deadline: 30 June 2020)
- Sensors for Posture and Human Motion Recognition (Deadline: 30 June 2020)
- Wearable Systems in Physical Rehabilitation: Opportunities and Challenges (Deadline: 30 June 2020)
- Sensors Based on RF Circuits and Microwave Circuits (Deadline: 30 June 2020)
- Color & Spectral Sensors (Deadline: 30 June 2020)
- Sensors in Experimental Mechanics (Deadline: 30 June 2020)
- Chlorophyll Fluorescence Sensing in Plant Phenotyping (Deadline: 30 June 2020)
- CMOS Integrated Sensors for Healthcare and Biomedical Applications (Deadline: 30 June 2020)
- Photonic Crystal Fiber Gas Sensor (Deadline: 30 June 2020)
- Thermography Sensing in Non-destructive Testing and Monitoring (Deadline: 30 June 2020)
- Digital Imaging with Multispectral Filter Array (MSFA) Sensors (Deadline: 30 June 2020)
- Optical Spectroscopy, Sensing, and Imaging from UV to THz Range (Deadline: 30 June 2020)
- Smart Sensors: Applications and Advances in Human Motion Analysis (Deadline: 30 June 2020)
- Spintronic and Magnetic Platforms for Biosensing (Deadline: 30 June 2020)
- Advanced Magnetic Sensors and Their Applications (Deadline: 30 June 2020)
- Aerial Vision and Sensors (Deadline: 30 June 2020)
- Integrated Analog Circuits, Systems, and Sensors, and Their Applications (Deadline: 30 June 2020)
- Photovoltaic Sensor and Applications (Deadline: 30 June 2020)
- Solar Irradiance Sensors (Deadline: 30 June 2020)
- Social Robots and Sensors (Deadline: 1 July 2020)
- Sensors and Sensor Systems for Hydrodynamics (Deadline: 15 July 2020)
- Temperature Sensors 2019 (Deadline: 15 July 2020)
- Wearable Motion Sensors Applied in Older Adults (Deadline: 15 July 2020)
- Wearable Sensors for Human Motion Analysis (Deadline: 15 July 2020)
- Human and Animal Motion Tracking Using Inertial Sensors (Deadline: 15 July 2020)
- Optical Fibre Based Pressure and Temperature Sensors for Biomedical and Industrial Applications (Deadline: 15 July 2020)
- Advanced Humidity Sensors (Deadline: 15 July 2020)
- Terahertz Sensing and Imaging Technologies (Deadline: 30 July 2020)
- Sensor-Based Systems for Kinematics and Kinetics (Deadline: 30 July 2020)
- Wearable Motion Sensors and Textiles for Human Movement Analysis, Motor Activity and Healthy Lifestyle (Deadline: 31 July 2020)
- Eddy Current Sensor (Deadline: 31 July 2020)
- MET Angular and Linear Motion Seismic Sensors (Deadline: 31 July 2020)
- Advances in Sensors and Sensing for Technical Condition Assessment and NDT (Deadline: 31 July 2020)
- Magnetoelectric Sensors: Theory, Design and Application (Deadline: 31 July 2020)
- Materials, Designs, and Manufacturing Innovations for Bio-Integrated Sensors and Systems (Deadline: 31 July 2020)
- Sensors in Structural Health Monitoring and Seismic Protection (Deadline: 31 July 2020)
- Recent Advances in Optical Waveguide Sensors (Deadline: 31 July 2020)
- Smartphone Integrated Sensor and Application (Deadline: 31 July 2020)
- Human-Robot Interaction (Deadline: 31 July 2020)
- Magnetic Sensors 2020 (Deadline: 31 July 2020)
- Lab-on-a-Chip and Microfluidic Sensors (Deadline: 31 July 2020)
- Microwave Devices and Wireless Sensors (Deadline: 31 July 2020)
- Smart Sensors for Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (Deadline: 31 July 2020)
- Rotation Rate Sensors and Their Applications (Deadline: 31 July 2020)
- Magnetoelastic Sensors (Deadline: 1 August 2020)
- Sensors for Gait, Posture, Cognition and Health Monitoring (Deadline: 15 August 2020)
- Wearable Inertial Sensors (Deadline: 15 August 2020)
- CMOS Image Sensors and Applications (Deadline: 20 August 2020)
- Tactile Sensors and Sensing System 2019 (Deadline: 20 August 2020)
- Sensors Applied to Nondestructive Testing and Structural Health Monitoring (Deadline: 30 August 2020)
- Damage Detection of Structures Based on Piezoelectric Sensors (Deadline: 30 August 2020)
- Bioinspired Flow Sensing (Deadline: 30 August 2020)
- Visual and Camera Sensors (Deadline: 31 August 2020)
- Recent Advances and Trends in Electronic Noses (Deadline: 31 August 2020)
- Electromagnetic Sensors for Biomedical Applications (Deadline: 31 August 2020)
- Optical Micro-Resonators for Sensing (Deadline: 31 August 2020)
- Nondestructive Sensing in Civil Engineering (Deadline: 31 August 2020)
- Precision Agriculture and Sensor Systems (Deadline: 31 August 2020)
- Optical Fiber Sensors for Biomedical Applications (Deadline: 31 August 2020)
- Sensor Technology for Improving Human Movements (Deadline: 31 August 2020)
- Sensors for Food Safety and Quality 2019-2020 (Deadline: 31 August 2020)
- Flexible and Stretchable Sensors (Deadline: 31 August 2020)
- Mid-Infrared Laser Based Sensors (Deadline: 31 August 2020)
- Sensors for Behavioral Science—Social, Affective, and Cognitive Science Perspectives (Deadline: 31 August 2020)
- Wearable Sensor for Healthcare and Environment Monitoring (Deadline: 31 August 2020)
- Sensing Technology and Data Interpretation in Machine Diagnosis and Systems Condition Monitoring (Deadline: 31 August 2020)
- Advanced Sensing and Control for Mobile Robotic Systems (Deadline: 31 August 2020)
- Recent Advances in Tactile Sensors (Deadline: 31 August 2020)
- Low Power and Energy Efficient Sensing Applications (Deadline: 31 August 2020)
- Sensors for Structural Health Monitoring and Condition Monitoring (Deadline: 31 August 2020)
- Smart Bandage Technology for Healthcare (Deadline: 1 September 2020)
- MEMS Sensors for Monitoring in Earth Management (Deadline: 5 September 2020)
- Microfluidic Mass Flow and Multi-Parameter Sensors (Deadline: 10 September 2020)
- Magnetic Sensing System (Deadline: 15 September 2020)
- Smart Sensors for Healthcare and Medical Applications (Deadline: 15 September 2020)
- Photon Counting Image Sensors (Deadline: 15 September 2020)
- Sensors for Air Quality Monitoring (Deadline: 15 September 2020)
- Sensors and Computer Vision Techniques for 3D Object Modeling (Deadline: 15 September 2020)
- Sensors for the Surgical Treatment (Deadline: 15 September 2020)
- Vision Based Sensing and Machine Learning for Robotic Grasping and Manipulation (Deadline: 15 September 2020)
- Advances in Microwave and Millimeter Wave Radar Sensors (Deadline: 20 September 2020)
- Smart Textiles Sensors (Deadline: 20 September 2020)
- Sensors, Big Data Analytics and Modeling for Infrastructure Monitoring and Maintenance (Deadline: 30 September 2020)
- Sensor Systems for Gesture Recognition (Deadline: 30 September 2020)
- Room Temperature Semiconductor Detectors: Development and Applications (Deadline: 30 September 2020)
- Image Sensors: Systems and Applications (Deadline: 30 September 2020)
- Microwave Sensing and Imaging (Deadline: 30 September 2020)
- Tomography Sensors (Deadline: 30 September 2020)
- Luminescent/Colorimetric Probes and Sensors (Deadline: 30 September 2020)
- Selected Papers from TIKI IEEE ICICE 2019＆ ICASI 2020 (Deadline: 30 September 2020)
- Attitude Sensors (Deadline: 30 September 2020)
- Design and Applications of Magnetic Sensors (Deadline: 30 September 2020)
- Advance in Electronic Sensors (Deadline: 30 September 2020)
- Sensors for Multiple Object Tracking (Deadline: 30 September 2020)
- Advanced Transducers and Systems for Voltage and Current Measurement (Deadline: 30 September 2020)
- Selected papers from ISMTMF-2019 (Deadline: 30 September 2020)
- Selected Papers from 20th World Conference on Non-Destructive Testing (WCNDT 2020) (Deadline: 30 September 2020)
- Radiation-Hardened Sensors, Circuits and Systems (Deadline: 30 September 2020)
- Fabrication and Machining Technologies for Sensors (Deadline: 30 September 2020)
- MEMS Actuators and Sensors 2020 (Deadline: 30 September 2020)
- Ambient Assisted Living (AAL): Sensors, Architectures and Applications 2019 (Deadline: 30 September 2020)
- Ultrasonic Sensors and Technology for Material Characterization (Deadline: 30 September 2020)
- Sensors for Food Supply Chain (Deadline: 30 September 2020)
- Sensors for Fault Diagnosis, Fault Tolerance and Resilient Control (Deadline: 1 October 2020)
- Sensor Innovations for Applications in Water Protection and Management (Deadline: 10 October 2020)
- Wearable Sensors for Healthcare Applications (Deadline: 10 October 2020)
- Sensors for Fire and Smoke Monitoring (Deadline: 15 October 2020)
- Modelling, Simulation, Design, and Manufacturing of CMOS Integrated MEMS (Deadline: 15 October 2020)
- Ultrawideband and Multifrequency Radio-Frequency and Microwave Sensors (Deadline: 15 October 2020)
- Properties and Applications of Piezo-Resistive Sensors (Deadline: 15 October 2020)
- Sensors and Actuators Applied to Added Value Systems (Deadline: 15 October 2020)
- Advances in Sensing Systems for Assessment and Health Monitoring of Transport Infrastructures and Construction Materials (Deadline: 15 October 2020)
- Microsoft Kinect Sensors: Innovative Solutions, Applications, and Validations (Deadline: 25 October 2020)
- Sensors for NDT Diagnostics and Health Monitoring (Deadline: 30 October 2020)
- Wearable Movement Sensors for Rehabilitation: From Technology to Clinical Practice (Deadline: 30 October 2020)
- Sensors and Sensing Technology Applied in Parkinson Disease (Deadline: 31 October 2020)
- Solid State Image Sensors for Emerging Space, Nuclear and Scientific Applications (Deadline: 31 October 2020)
- Sensors for Road Vehicles of the Future (Deadline: 31 October 2020)
- Sensors for Manufacturing Process Monitoring (Deadline: 31 October 2020)
- Tactile and Force Sensors for Dexterous Robotic Manipulation of Soft Objects (Deadline: 31 October 2020)
- Inertial Sensors and Systems in 2020 (Deadline: 31 October 2020)
- Phased Array Ultrasonic Transducers (PAUT) and Techniques for Nondestructive Inspection of Structures and Materials (Deadline: 31 October 2020)
- Tomography Sensing Technologies (Deadline: 31 October 2020)
- Sensors in Aircraft (Deadline: 31 October 2020)
- UHF Wearable Antennas for RFID Applications (Deadline: 31 October 2020)
- Smart Sensing Technology for Environmental Monitoring (Deadline: 31 October 2020)
- Sensors for Gait, Posture and Health Monitoring (Deadline: 31 October 2020)
- Composite Materials for Sensor and Energy Harvesting Applications (Deadline: 15 November 2020)
- CMOS-MEMS/NEMS Devices and Sensors (Deadline: 15 November 2020)
- Position Sensor (Deadline: 15 November 2020)
- Wearable Sensors for Gait and Motion Analysis 2019-2020 (Deadline: 20 November 2020)
- Social Robots in Healthcare (Deadline: 30 November 2020)
- Selected Papers from the 3rd International Conference Biophotonics-Riga (Deadline: 30 November 2020)
- Environmental Sensors and Their Applications (Deadline: 30 November 2020)
- Development and Applications of Infrared Fiber Sensors (Deadline: 30 November 2020)
- Advances and Applications of Gas Sensors (Deadline: 30 November 2020)
- RF-MEMS Solutions for Advanced Passive Components (Deadline: 30 November 2020)
- Smartphone Sensors for Driver Behavior Monitoring Systems (Deadline: 30 November 2020)
- SPAD Image Sensors (Deadline: 30 November 2020)
- CMOS Image Sensors and Related Applications (Deadline: 30 November 2020)
- Condition Monitoring Systems for Railway Switches and Crossings (S&C) (Deadline: 30 November 2020)
- Smart Material Sensors (Deadline: 30 November 2020)
- Wearables for Movement Analysis in Healthcare (Deadline: 30 November 2020)
- Wearable Sensor for Activity Analysis and Context Recognition (Deadline: 30 November 2020)
- Sensors in Biomechanics (Deadline: 30 November 2020)
- Ionizing Radiation Sensor and Detector (Deadline: 30 November 2020)
- Sensors for Optical Metrology (Deadline: 30 November 2020)
- Infrared Thermography and Additional Non-Destructive Testing for Building, Structure and Material Inspections (Deadline: 30 November 2020)
- Wearable Sensors for Movement Analysis (Deadline: 30 November 2020)
- Smartphone-Based Sensors for Biometric Authentication (Deadline: 30 November 2020)
- Novel Trends in Gas Sensing (Deadline: 30 November 2020)
- Piezoelectric Transducers based Structural Health Monitoring (Deadline: 1 December 2020)
- Damage Detection Systems for Aerospace Applications (Deadline: 15 December 2020)
- Gyroscopes and Accelerometers II (Deadline: 15 December 2020)
- Terahertz Emitters and Detectors (Deadline: 15 December 2020)
- Sensor-Based Information for Personalized Exercise and Training (Deadline: 15 December 2020)
- Shape Sensing (Deadline: 15 December 2020)
- Gas Sensors for Environmental Monitoring (Deadline: 23 December 2020)
- Ion Image Sensors Using Array Devices (Deadline: 28 December 2020)
- Carbon Nanotube and Graphene-based Sensors (Deadline: 30 December 2020)
- Antenna Measurement Techniques and Sensor Systems (Deadline: 30 December 2020)
- Remote Navigation and Guidance for CBRNe Defense (Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear and Explosive Materials) (Deadline: 30 December 2020)
- Sensor and Embedded System Applications in Structural Engineering and Engineering Seismology (Deadline: 31 December 2020)
- Wearable Sensors for Risk Assessment and Injury Prevention (Deadline: 31 December 2020)
- Magnetic Sensing/Functionalized Devices and Applications (Deadline: 31 December 2020)
- Sensors Fusion for Human-Centric 3D Capturing (Deadline: 31 December 2020)
- The Application of Portable Sensors in Environmental Monitoring (Deadline: 31 December 2020)
- Emerging Robots and Sensing Technologies in Geosciences (Deadline: 31 December 2020)
- Imaging Sensors and Applications (Deadline: 31 December 2020)
- Feature Papers in Physical Sensors Section 2020 (Deadline: 31 December 2020)
- Cantilever-Based Sensors (Deadline: 31 December 2020)
- Smart Sensing Control Scheme for Manufacturing and Automation Application (Deadline: 31 December 2020)
- Sensors for Cultural Heritage Monitoring (Deadline: 31 December 2020)
- Resonators Sensors (Deadline: 31 December 2020)
- Biomedical Photoacoustic Imaging and Sensing Using Affordable Resources (Deadline: 31 December 2020)
- Recent Advances in Magnetic Sensors and Actuators (Deadline: 31 December 2020)
- Data, Signal and Image Processing and Applications in Sensors (Deadline: 31 December 2020)
- Sensing and Probing by Acoustic Fields: Principles, Operation and Technology of Piezoelectric Sensors and Transducers (Deadline: 31 December 2020)
- Sensors and Actuators for Wearable and Implantable Devices (Deadline: 31 December 2020)
- Novel Applications of Positioning Systems and Sensors (Deadline: 31 December 2020)
- Sensors for Fault Diagnosis and Prognostics (Deadline: 31 December 2020)
- Advanced Sensors for Bridge Optimization, Condition and Resilience Monitoring (Deadline: 31 December 2020)
- Marine Sensors: Recent Advances and Challenges (Deadline: 31 December 2020)
- Acoustic, UHF and RF Sensor Technology for Partial Discharge Detection (Deadline: 31 December 2020)
- Selected Papers from IEEE ICKII 2020 (Deadline: 31 December 2020)
- RF Sensors: Design, Optimization and Applications (Deadline: 31 December 2020)
- Patient Triage & Telemedicine Post COVID19: Sensors and Solutions for Monitoring and Management in Hospital and at Home (Deadline: 31 December 2020)
- Sensors and Robot Control (Deadline: 31 December 2020)
- Sensors and System for Vehicle Navigation (Deadline: 31 December 2020)
- Advanced Electromagnetic Sensors in Environmental, Industrial and Medical Applications (Deadline: 31 December 2020)
- Electron Beam, Gamma-Ray, Microwave, and Ultrasound Applications in Chemical Synthesis and Material Processing (Deadline: 25 January 2021)
- Inertial Sensors for Gait Recognition and Analysis (Deadline: 31 January 2021)
- Structural Health Monitoring for Smart Structures (Deadline: 31 January 2021)
- State-of-the-Art Sensors Technology (Deadline: 31 January 2021)
- Selected Papers from the IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cyberne (IEEE SMC 2020) (Deadline: 31 January 2021)
- Advanced CMOS Sensors and Applications (Deadline: 31 January 2021)
- Data Analytics and Applications of the Wearable Sensors (Deadline: 15 February 2021)
- Hybrid Microfluidic/Integrated Sensors for Life Science Applications (Deadline: 1 March 2021)
- Intelligent Sound Measurement Sensor and System (Deadline: 15 March 2021)
- Applications of Antenna Technology in Sensors (Deadline: 15 March 2021)
- Optical Resonator (Deadline: 31 March 2021)
- Selected Papers from the 14th International Conference on Sensing Technology (ICST 2020) (Deadline: 31 March 2021)
- Magnetic Sensors and Systems for Scientific and Industrial Applications (Deadline: 31 March 2021)
- Advances and Application of Human Movement Sensors (Deadline: 31 March 2021)
- Piezoelectric and Triboelectric Energy Harvesters for Flexible and Wearable Devices (Deadline: 31 March 2021)
- Selected Papers from the 19th International Conference on Mechatronics-Mechatronika 2020 (Deadline: 31 March 2021)
- Advances in Inertial Sensors (Deadline: 15 April 2021)
- Sensors Fusion for Vehicle Detection and Control (Deadline: 15 May 2021)
- Sensors for Structural Damage Identification (Deadline: 31 May 2021)
- New Sensors and Flexible 3D-Printed Devices for Human Activity Monitoring: From Materials to Electronic Conditioning (Deadline: 30 June 2021)
- Electrostatic Sensors and Actuators (Deadline: 30 June 2021)
- Metamaterial Technology in Electromagnetic Sensing Application (Deadline: 30 June 2021)
- Recent Advances in Magnetic Sensors (Deadline: 31 July 2021)
- Sensor Data Fusion and Analysis for Automation Systems (Deadline: 15 August 2021)
- MEMS and NEMS Sensors (Deadline: 31 December 2021)
Topical Collections
Following topical collections within this section are currently open for submissions:
