Physical Sensors

A section of Sensors (ISSN 1424-8220).

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Special Issues

Following special issues within this section are currently open for submissions:

• Advances in Nanotechnology and Nano-Inspired Computing for Sensors (Deadline: 29 March 2019)
• Recent Advances of Piezoelectric Transducers and Applications (Deadline: 30 March 2019)
• Smart Sensors and Smart Structures (Deadline: 30 March 2019)
• Semiconductor and CMOS-Based Sensors for Environmental Monitoring (Deadline: 30 March 2019)
• Selected Papers from TIKI ICICE 2018 (Deadline: 31 March 2019)
• Soft Sensors (Deadline: 31 March 2019)
• Sensors for Transportation Systems (Deadline: 31 March 2019)
• Selected Papers from 7th Asia-Pacific Workshop on Structural Health Monitoring 2018 (APWSHM 2018) (Deadline: 31 March 2019)
• Optical Sensors Using Microstructured and Photonics Crystal Fibers (Deadline: 31 March 2019)
• Selected Papers from the 2018 IEEE International Workshop on Metrology for the Sea (Deadline: 31 March 2019)
• Sensor Applications on Built Environment (Deadline: 31 March 2019)
• Selected Papers from the 18th International Conference on Mechatronics-Mechatronika 2018 (Deadline: 31 March 2019)
• Temperature Sensors (Deadline: 31 March 2019)
• Selected Papers from 16th Biennial Baltic Electronics Conference (BEC 2018) (Deadline: 15 April 2019)
• Wearable and Implantable Sensors and Electronics Circuits (Deadline: 15 April 2019)
• New Methods and Applications of Nondestructive Testing in Close Ranging (Deadline: 15 April 2019)
• Soft Sensors: Inference and Estimation (Deadline: 15 April 2019)
• Audio–Visual Sensor Fusion Strategies for Video Content Analytics (Deadline: 15 April 2019)
• Piezoelectric Transducers: Advances in Structural Health Monitoring (Deadline: 30 April 2019)
• Infrared Sensors and Technologies (Deadline: 30 April 2019)
• Selected Papers from the 2018 IEEE International Conference on Imaging Systems and Techniques (IST 2018) (Deadline: 30 April 2019)
• Sensor Applications on Face Analysis (Deadline: 30 April 2019)
• Sensors for Emerging Environmental Markers and Contaminants (Deadline: 30 April 2019)
• Novel Modeling, Signal Processing and Machine Learning Techniques for Sensor Data (Deadline: 30 April 2019)
• MEMS Sensors and Resonators (Deadline: 30 May 2019)
• CMOS Smart Temperature Sensors (Deadline: 30 May 2019)
• Selected Papers from the 9th World Congress on Industrial Process Tomography (Deadline: 31 May 2019)
• Millimeter Wave and THz Integrated Systems and Radar Sensors (Deadline: 31 May 2019)
• Recent Advances in Sensing Techniques, Structural Dynamics and Control (Deadline: 31 May 2019)
• Video Analysis and Tracking Using State-of-the-Art Sensors in 2018-2019 (Deadline: 31 May 2019)
• Integrated Microfluidic CMOS (imCMOS) Sensors and Actuators for Life Science Applications (Deadline: 1 June 2019)
• Inertial Sensors for Activity Recognition and Classification (Deadline: 15 June 2019)
• Sensor Fusion in Assistive and Rehabilitation Robotics (Deadline: 15 June 2019)
• Wearable Sensors for Gait and Motion Analysis 2018 (Deadline: 25 June 2019)
• Sensors to Manage Chronic Complications (Deadline: 30 June 2019)
• Advance in Sensors and Sensing Systems for Driving and Transport (Deadline: 30 June 2019)
• Sensors for Gait, Posture, and Health Monitoring (Deadline: 30 June 2019)
• Optoelectronic and Photonic Sensors (Deadline: 30 June 2019)
• Humans as Sensors–Cross-Disciplinary Approaches Towards Smart, Resilient and Sustainable Responses in Humanitarian Action (Deadline: 30 June 2019)
• Flexible and Stretchable Piezoelectric Devices for Mechanical Sensing and Energy Harvesting (Deadline: 30 June 2019)
• Fiber Optic Sensors for Structural and Geotechnical Monitoring (Deadline: 30 June 2019)
• Optical Sensing Based on Microscale Devices (Deadline: 30 June 2019)
• Bragg Grating Sensors (Deadline: 15 July 2019)
• Advances in Plasmonic Sensing (Deadline: 15 July 2019)
• Multi-Modal Sensors for Human Behavior Monitoring (Deadline: 15 July 2019)
• Soft Sensors for Motion Capture and Analysis (Deadline: 19 July 2019)
• Sensors for Extreme Environments (Deadline: 20 July 2019)
• Fiber Coupled Optical Resonator-Based Devices (Deadline: 20 July 2019)
• Magnetic Sensing Technology, Materials and Applications (Deadline: 30 July 2019)
• Magnetoelastic Sensors (Deadline: 31 July 2019)
• Near-Field Communication (NFC) Sensors (Deadline: 31 July 2019)
• Structural Health Monitoring Using Carbon Nanotube Yarn-Based Sensors (Deadline: 31 July 2019)
• Smart Material Sensors (Deadline: 31 July 2019)
• Advances on Sensor Pattern Noise used in Multimedia Forensics and Counter Forensic (Deadline: 31 July 2019)
• Wireless Body Sensors (Deadline: 31 July 2019)
• Distributed Optical Fiber Sensing (Deadline: 31 July 2019)
• Polymeric Sensors (Deadline: 31 July 2019)
• Photonic Crystal Fiber Gas Sensor (Deadline: 15 August 2019)
• Camera Identification on Mobile Devices (Deadline: 15 August 2019)
• Deployment and Navigation of Aerial Drones for Surveillance and Monitoring (Deadline: 15 August 2019)
• Optical Fibers for Distributed Sensors (Deadline: 18 August 2019)
• Time of Flight (TOF) Cameras (Deadline: 20 August 2019)
• Smart Sensing Technologies for Agriculture (Deadline: 20 August 2019)
• Selected Papers from TIKI IEEE ICASI 2019 (Deadline: 31 August 2019)
• Wearable Soft Sensors (Deadline: 31 August 2019)
• Advanced Industrial Terahertz Sensing Applications (Deadline: 1 September 2019)
• Micromachined Flow Sensors (Deadline: 1 September 2019)
• Smart Sensors for Healthcare and Medical Applications (Deadline: 10 September 2019)
• Advance and Applications of RGB Sensors (Deadline: 15 September 2019)
• Sensors for Biomechanics Application (Deadline: 15 September 2019)
• Optical Fiber Sensors for Biomedical Applications (Deadline: 15 September 2019)
• Sensors for Gait Biometrics (Deadline: 15 September 2019)
• Gyroscopes and Accelerometers (Deadline: 20 September 2019)
• Cooperative Camera Networks (Deadline: 23 September 2019)
• Fiber Optic Sensors and Applications (Deadline: 30 September 2019)
• Optomechanical Sensors (Deadline: 30 September 2019)
• Sensors for Affective Computing and Sentiment Analysis (Deadline: 30 September 2019)
• Sensors for Smart City (Deadline: 30 September 2019)
• Sensors for Cultural Heritage Monitoring (Deadline: 30 September 2019)
• Nanophotonic Sensors (Deadline: 30 September 2019)
• Sensors Fusion in Non-Destructive Testing Applications (Deadline: 30 September 2019)
• Surface Acoustic Wave and Bulk Acoustic Wave Sensors 2019 (Deadline: 30 September 2019)
• Sensors for Precision Dimensional Metrology (Deadline: 30 September 2019)
• Selected Papers from 9th International Conference on Localization and GNSS 2019 (ICL-GNSS 2019) (Deadline: 30 September 2019)
• Microwave Acoustic Sensors (Deadline: 10 October 2019)
• Energy Harvester Sensing (Deadline: 15 October 2019)
• Battery-free Smart Sensors (Deadline: 15 October 2019)
• Biometric Systems (Deadline: 15 October 2019)
• Printed Sensors (Deadline: 15 October 2019)
• Selected papers from the 2019 IEEE International Workshop on Metrology for AeroSpace (Deadline: 20 October 2019)
• Selected papers from the 2019 IEEE International Worshop on Metrology for Industry 4.0 and IoT (Deadline: 20 October 2019)
• Millimeter-Wave Antenna Array: Design and Challenges (Deadline: 30 October 2019)
• Optical Micro-Resonators for Sensing (Deadline: 31 October 2019)
• Wearable Motion Sensors Applied in Older Adults (Deadline: 31 October 2019)
• Chlorophyll Fluorescence Sensing in Plant Phenotyping (Deadline: 31 October 2019)
• Advanced Sensors for Real-Time Monitoring Applications (Deadline: 31 October 2019)
• UHF Wearable Antennas for RFID Applications (Deadline: 31 October 2019)
• Selected Papers from the 7th International Conference on Smart Energy Grid Engineering (SEGE 2019) and Symposium on Plasma and Nuclear Systems (SPANS 2019) (Deadline: 31 October 2019)
• Tactile Sensors for Robotic Applications (Deadline: 31 October 2019)
• Electromagnetic Sensors for Biomedical Applications (Deadline: 15 November 2019)
• Sensors in Dentistry (Deadline: 15 November 2019)
• Guided-Wave Acoustic Sensors (Deadline: 15 November 2019)
• Advanced Magnetic Sensors and Their Applications (Deadline: 15 November 2019)
• Non-Visual Sensors in CMOS Technologies (Deadline: 15 November 2019)
• Selected Papers from IEEE ICKII 2019 (Deadline: 30 November 2019)
• Microwave Sensing and Imaging (Deadline: 30 November 2019)
• Long Period Fiber Grating Based Sensors and Components (Deadline: 30 November 2019)
• Sensors in Agriculture 2019 (Deadline: 30 November 2019)
• Flexible and Stretchable Electronic Sensors (Deadline: 30 November 2019)
• Optical Fiber Sensors: Development and Applications (Deadline: 30 November 2019)
• Advances in Flow and Wind Sensors (Deadline: 10 December 2019)
• Visual and Camera Sensors (Deadline: 10 December 2019)
• Social Robots and Sensors (Deadline: 10 December 2019)
• Sensors applied in Virtual Rehabilitation and Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) – Selected papers from the 5TH Workshop on ICTs for Improving Patients Rehabilitation Research Techniques (Deadline: 15 December 2019)
• Sensors for Particulate Matter and Air Pollution (Deadline: 15 December 2019)
• Piezoelectric Transducers (Deadline: 15 December 2019)
• Advances in Ultrasonic Guided Wave Sensor Technologies for Structural Health Monitoring (Deadline: 20 December 2019)
• Applications of Electrical Impedance Spectroscopy(EIS) in the Development of Sensors and Sensing Systems (Deadline: 21 December 2019)
• Modelling, Simulation, Design and Manufacturing of CMOS Integrated MEMS (Deadline: 31 December 2019)
• Nanomechanical Sensors (Deadline: 31 December 2019)
• Emerging Robots and Sensing Technologies in Geosciences (Deadline: 31 December 2019)
• MEMS Technology Based Sensors for Human Centered Applications (Deadline: 31 December 2019)
• Materials, Designs, and Manufacturing Innovations for Bio-Integrated Sensors and Systems (Deadline: 31 December 2019)
• Full-Field Optical Measurement Techniques for Damage Assessment (Deadline: 31 December 2019)
• Acoustic, UHF and RF Sensor Technology for Partial Discharge Detection (Deadline: 31 December 2019)
• Microwave Devices and Wireless Sensors (Deadline: 31 December 2019)
• Sensing in Oil and Gas Applications (Deadline: 31 December 2019)
• Advanced Spectroscopy, Imaging and Sensing in Biomedicine (Deadline: 31 December 2019)
• Inertial Sensors (Deadline: 31 December 2019)
• Recent Advances in Tactile Sensors (Deadline: 10 January 2020)
• Refractive Index Sensors (Deadline: 15 January 2020)
• Sensors and Sensing Technology Based on Wide Band Gap Materials (Deadline: 31 January 2020)
• Selected Papers from the International Microwave and Optoelectronics Conference-IMOC 2019 (Deadline: 31 January 2020)
• Selected Papers from the 12th International Workshop on Structural Health Monitoring (IWSHM 2019) (Deadline: 31 January 2020)
• Spintronic and Magnetic Platforms for Biosensing (Deadline: 31 January 2020)
• Advanced Transducers and Systems for Voltage and Current Measurement (Deadline: 31 March 2020)
• Optical Fibre Based Pressure and Temperature Sensors for Biomedical and Industrial Applications (Deadline: 31 March 2020)
• Sensors Based NDE and NDT (Deadline: 31 May 2020)
• FBG Based Sensors (Deadline: 30 June 2020)
• Sensors for Structural Health Monitoring and Condition Monitoring (Deadline: 30 June 2020)

Topical Collections

Following topical collections within this section are currently open for submissions:

• Modeling, Testing and Reliability Issues in MEMS Engineering
• Sensors for Globalized Healthy Living and Wellbeing

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