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:
- Resonant Based MEMS Sensors for Analyte Detection, Concentration Measurements and Environmental Monitoring (Deadline: 30 May 2022)
- Social Robots in Healthcare (Deadline: 31 May 2022)
- Sensors Applications in Air Quality Monitoring (Deadline: 31 May 2022)
- RFID and Zero-Power Backscatter Sensors (Deadline: 31 May 2022)
- Exoskeletons in Rehabilitation Applications (Deadline: 31 May 2022)
- Microwave Sensors for Non-invasive Characterization and Monitoring Applications (Deadline: 31 May 2022)
- Recent Advances in Liquid Level Sensors (Deadline: 31 May 2022)
- Smartphone Sensors for Driver Behavior Monitoring Systems (Deadline: 31 May 2022)
- Sensors for Environment Monitoring (Deadline: 31 May 2022)
- State-of-the-Art Technologies in Microwave Sensors (Deadline: 31 May 2022)
- Advanced Sensing Technology for Falls Prevention and Rehabilitation (Deadline: 31 May 2022)
- Underwater Acoustic Sensors and Applications (Deadline: 31 May 2022)
- Audio–Visual Sensor Fusion Strategies for Video Content Analytics II (Deadline: 10 June 2022)
- Advances in Angle-Only Filtering and Tracking in Two and Three Dimensions (Deadline: 10 June 2022)
- Measurements, Instrumentation, Sensing and Simulation Techniques for the Detection of Radiation (Deadline: 15 June 2022)
- Data Analytics for Mobile-Health (Deadline: 20 June 2022)
- Sensing Technologies for Damage Detection (Deadline: 20 June 2022)
- Wearable Sensors for Human Motion Analysis (Deadline: 20 June 2022)
- Medical Robotics (Deadline: 20 June 2022)
- Magnetic Sensors and Their Applications (Deadline: 20 June 2022)
- Recent Advances in RFID Sensors and Their Applications (Deadline: 25 June 2022)
- Sensors and Sensing Technology Applied in Parkinson Disease (Deadline: 30 June 2022)
- Sensor and Embedded System Applications in Structural Engineering and Engineering Seismology (Deadline: 30 June 2022)
- Advanced Electromagnetic Sensors in Environmental, Industrial and Medical Applications II (Deadline: 30 June 2022)
- Sensing Platforms for Food Quality and Safety Monitoring (Deadline: 30 June 2022)
- Ultrasonic Sensing Technologies (Deadline: 30 June 2022)
- Smart Sensors and Physics-Based Machine Learning for Structural Health Monitoring (Deadline: 30 June 2022)
- Metal Oxide-Based Gas Sensors (Deadline: 30 June 2022)
- Metaheuristic Algorithms–an Effective Way to Optimize the Behaviour of the Dynamical System (Deadline: 30 June 2022)
- Embedded Ultrasonic Nondestructive Evaluation: Challenges and Solutions (Deadline: 30 June 2022)
- Smart Image Sensors II (Deadline: 30 June 2022)
- Applications of Acoustic and Ultrasonic Waves for Non-Destructive Testing and Structural Health Monitoring (Deadline: 30 June 2022)
- Advances and Application of Human Movement Sensors (Deadline: 30 June 2022)
- Terahertz and Millimeter Wave Sensing and Applications (Deadline: 30 June 2022)
- Fiber Bragg Gratings for Health Monitoring: from Civil Engineering to Human Body (Deadline: 30 June 2022)
- Advanced Materials and Interfaces for Optoelectronic Sensors (Deadline: 30 June 2022)
- Sensor Technology for Sports Monitoring (Deadline: 30 June 2022)
- Infrared Sensing for Biomedical Applications (Deadline: 30 June 2022)
- Methodology Applications for Sensors-Based Electronic Performance and Tracking Systems in Sport (Deadline: 30 June 2022)
- Sensors for Measurements and Diagnostic in Electrical Power Systems (Deadline: 30 June 2022)
- Brain-Computer Interfaces and Sensors (Deadline: 30 June 2022)
- High-Frequency Electromagnetic Induction Sensors and Their Applications (Deadline: 30 June 2022)
- Innovative Field Sensors and Actuators: From Modelling to Measurements 2021 (Deadline: 30 June 2022)
- Cement-Based Sensors (Deadline: 30 June 2022)
- AI and Big Data Analytics in Sensors and Applications (Deadline: 30 June 2022)
- Smart Composite and Sensors (Deadline: 30 June 2022)
- Vision-Based Human–Machine Interactive Operation Technology for Gesture Recognition, Motion Capture and Multi-Touch (Deadline: 30 June 2022)
- Sensors for Space Applications (Deadline: 30 June 2022)
- MEMS and Ultra-Sensitive Sensors (Deadline: 15 July 2022)
- Advanced Application of Eddy Current Sensors, Devices and Systems (Deadline: 15 July 2022)
- Sensor Systems for Gesture Recognition 2021-2022 (Deadline: 20 July 2022)
- Development, Investigation and Application of Acoustic Sensors (Deadline: 20 July 2022)
- Advance in Sensors and Sensing Systems for Driving and Transportation: Part B (Deadline: 20 July 2022)
- Sensor Technology for Improving Human Movements and Postures (Deadline: 30 July 2022)
- Industrial Wireless Sensor Networks: Protocols and Applications II (Deadline: 31 July 2022)
- Fiber Optic Sensors and Applications Ⅱ (Deadline: 31 July 2022)
- Development and Application of Methods and Algorithms to Smart Objects and Smart Sensors (Deadline: 31 July 2022)
- Electromagnetic Sensors for Biomedical Applications (Deadline: 31 July 2022)
- UV, Infrared and THz Radiation Sensing System (Deadline: 31 July 2022)
- Near-Field Communication (NFC) and Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) Sensors (Deadline: 31 July 2022)
- Electromagnetic Structures for Sensing Applications (Deadline: 31 July 2022)
- Objective Measurement of Movement, Human Physiology and Physical Activity Using Sensors (Deadline: 31 July 2022)
- Micromechanical Flow Sensors for Microfluidic Applications (Deadline: 31 July 2022)
- Optical Sensors, Pushing the Limits (Deadline: 31 July 2022)
- CMOS-MEMS/NEMS Devices and Sensors: Part B (Deadline: 31 July 2022)
- Smart Sensor Technology and Engineering System Monitoring (Deadline: 1 August 2022)
- Next Generation Sensing and Cloud Services (Deadline: 20 August 2022)
- Sensor Technologies for Microwave Imaging (Deadline: 20 August 2022)
- Smart Sensors for Automation in Agriculture 4.0 (Deadline: 20 August 2022)
- Precision Agriculture and Sensor Systems (Deadline: 20 August 2022)
- Unusual Behavior Detection Based on Machine Learning (Deadline: 20 August 2022)
- Microfluidic Sensors 2022 (Deadline: 30 August 2022)
- Applications of Resource Efficient Machine Learning in Smart Sensors (Deadline: 31 August 2022)
- MEMS and NEMS Sensors (Deadline: 31 August 2022)
- Sensor-Based Precision Dimensional Measurement (Deadline: 31 August 2022)
- Vision Sensors for Object Detection and Recognition (Deadline: 31 August 2022)
- Multiagent Systems, Learning and Their Applications to Robotic (Mobile, Aerial, Underwater, Industrial and Medical) Systems (Deadline: 31 August 2022)
- Towards Sign Language Recognition: Achievements and Challenges (Deadline: 31 August 2022)
- Biometric Systems for Personal Human Recognition (Deadline: 31 August 2022)
- Sensors and Data Analysis Applied in Environmental Monitoring (Deadline: 31 August 2022)
- Sensors for Vehicle Detection and Control (Deadline: 31 August 2022)
- Sensors and Technologies in Skeletal Muscle Disorder (Deadline: 10 September 2022)
- Sensor Data Fusion Analysis for Broad Applications (Deadline: 20 September 2022)
- Magnetic Sensors and Systems for Scientific and Industrial Applications (Deadline: 20 September 2022)
- Sensor Technologies for Human Health Monitoring (Deadline: 20 September 2022)
- Recent Advances in Digital Healthcare and Applications (Deadline: 20 September 2022)
- Smart Materials for Structural Health Monitoring and Damage Detection (Deadline: 20 September 2022)
- Application of Ferroelectric Thin Films in MEMS (Deadline: 20 September 2022)
- Novel Sensors for Structural Health Monitoring (Deadline: 20 September 2022)
- Opportunities and Challenges in Energy Harvesting and Smart Sensors (Deadline: 20 September 2022)
- Metrology of Shock Waves (Deadline: 30 September 2022)
- Bragg Grating Sensors (Deadline: 30 September 2022)
- AI and Big Data for Smart Construction (Deadline: 30 September 2022)
- SiPM-Based Photosensors and Their Applications (Deadline: 30 September 2022)
- Development of UWB High-Gain Vivaldi Array Antenna for Microwave Imaging of Construction Materials and Composite Structure (Deadline: 30 September 2022)
- Microwave Sensors in Biomedical Systems (Deadline: 30 September 2022)
- Artificial Intelligence Based Multi-Source Information Processing and Fusion (Deadline: 30 September 2022)
- Selected Papers from 20th World Conference on Non-Destructive Testing (WCNDT 2022) (Deadline: 30 September 2022)
- Attitude Estimation Based on Data Processing of Sensors (Deadline: 30 September 2022)
- Advances in Magnetic Sensors (Deadline: 30 September 2022)
- Integrated Circuits and Technologies for Real-Time Sensing (Deadline: 30 September 2022)
- MEMS Actuators and Sensors 2022 (Deadline: 30 September 2022)
- The Role and Influence of Sensors in Modern Energy Systems (Deadline: 30 September 2022)
- Monitoring System for Aircraft, Vehicle and Transport Systems (Deadline: 1 October 2022)
- IMU Sensors, Techniques and Methods for Movement Analysis in the Context of Health Monitoring and Clinical Applications (Deadline: 15 October 2022)
- Structural Health Monitoring with Acoustic Emission Sensors (Deadline: 15 October 2022)
- Data, Signal and Image Processing and Applications in Sensors II (Deadline: 20 October 2022)
- Advanced Research of Optical Fiber Sensing Technology (Deadline: 20 October 2022)
- Machine Learning for Medical Data Analysis (Deadline: 20 October 2022)
- Biomedical Microwave Sensors for Point-of-Care Applications (Deadline: 20 October 2022)
- Robotic Systems for Remote and Hazardous Environments (Deadline: 20 October 2022)
- Recent Advances in Microelectromechanical Systems for Sensing Applications (Deadline: 20 October 2022)
- Structural Health Monitoring and Nondestructive Evaluation with Ultrasonic Guided Waves (Deadline: 28 October 2022)
- Recent Advances in Triboelectric Sensors (Deadline: 30 October 2022)
- Action Recognition and Tracking Using Deep Learning (Deadline: 30 October 2022)
- Technology and Methods to Monitor Resistance Training: Applications in Health, Disease, and Performance in Sport (Deadline: 30 October 2022)
- Deep Learning Methods for Aerial Imagery (Deadline: 30 October 2022)
- IoT Multi Sensors (Deadline: 31 October 2022)
- Emotion Intelligence Based on Smart Sensing (Deadline: 31 October 2022)
- Sensors for Cultural Heritage Monitoring 2022 (Deadline: 31 October 2022)
- Frontiers in Tactile Sensors (Deadline: 31 October 2022)
- Antenna Design and Sensors for Internet of Things (Deadline: 31 October 2022)
- Intelligent Soft Sensors (Deadline: 1 November 2022)
- Hazardous Gas Sensing for Environment Safety (Deadline: 10 November 2022)
- Sensors for Distributed Monitoring (Deadline: 15 November 2022)
- Non-destructive Inspection with Sensors (Deadline: 15 November 2022)
- The State-of-the-Art on Smart Materials Sensors and Actuators (Deadline: 15 November 2022)
- Magnetic Nanoparticles and Special Alloys for Biosensors (Deadline: 20 November 2022)
- Advanced Sensing and Safety Control for Connected and Automated Vehicles (Deadline: 20 November 2022)
- E-Health System Based on Sensors and Artificial Intelligence (Deadline: 20 November 2022)
- Progress in the Development in High-Z and Wide-Bandgap Compound Semiconductor Radiation Detectors (Deadline: 20 November 2022)
- Mid-Infrared Laser Based Sensors (Deadline: 25 November 2022)
- Car Crash: Sensing, Monitoring and Detection (Deadline: 30 November 2022)
- Sensors and Applications in Computer Science and Intelligent Systems (Deadline: 30 November 2022)
- Damage Detection Systems for Aerospace Applications (Deadline: 30 November 2022)
- Infrared Imaging and Sensing Technology (Deadline: 30 November 2022)
- Superconducting Optical Detectors (Deadline: 30 November 2022)
- RFID Sensor Technology in IoT Era (Deadline: 30 November 2022)
- Next-Generation Temperature Sensors (Deadline: 30 November 2022)
- Wearable Inertial Sensors for Gait Pattern Recognition/Biometrics (Deadline: 30 November 2022)
- Sensors and Energy Management Applications for Smart Grid (Deadline: 30 November 2022)
- Proximity Detection through Sensing Technology (Deadline: 30 November 2022)
- Airborne Particle Detection Sensors (Deadline: 30 November 2022)
- MEMS-Based Sensors and Devices for Wireless Communication System (Deadline: 30 November 2022)
- Sensors Fusion in Digital Healthcare Applications (Deadline: 8 December 2022)
- Recent Advances in Radiation Detection and Imaging Systems (Deadline: 10 December 2022)
- Smart Sensor Integration in Wearables (Deadline: 10 December 2022)
- Advances in 3D Measurement Technology and Sensors (Deadline: 10 December 2022)
- Sensors for High Temperature Monitoring (Deadline: 10 December 2022)
- Optical Resonator (Deadline: 20 December 2022)
- Novel Approaches to Preventive and Occupational Telemedicine Based on Sensor Fusion (Deadline: 20 December 2022)
- Structural Health Monitoring Based on Sensing Technology (Deadline: 20 December 2022)
- Sensors for Autonomous Vehicles and Intelligent Transport (Deadline: 20 December 2022)
- Soft Sensors and Sensing Techniques (Deadline: 20 December 2022)
- Sensors for Mobile Robot (Deadline: 20 December 2022)
- Partial Discharge Detection, Monitoring and Diagnosis (Deadline: 20 December 2022)
- Integrated Circuits and CMOS Sensors (Deadline: 20 December 2022)
- Sensors and Sensing Systems for Condition Monitoring (Deadline: 20 December 2022)
- Sensors Applications in Fault-Tolerant, Fault-Detection and Diagnostic Systems (Deadline: 20 December 2022)
- Non-destructive Testing and Health Monitoring of Structures and Systems (Deadline: 20 December 2022)
- Emotion Recognition in Human-Machine Interaction (Deadline: 20 December 2022)
- Tactile and Force Sensors for Dexterous Robotic Manipulation of Soft Objects (Deadline: 30 December 2022)
- Personal Sensor Technologies for Physiological, Physical Activity, and Air Pollution Exposure Assessments (Deadline: 30 December 2022)
- Artificial Intelligence for Smart Sensing, Test and Measurement (Deadline: 31 December 2022)
- Advanced Sensing Technologies for Aerosol Measurement and Its Applications (Deadline: 31 December 2022)
- Detection and Measurement of Radioactive Noble Gases (Deadline: 31 December 2022)
- Nano Materials Based Low Power Gas Sensors and Detectors (Deadline: 31 December 2022)
- Feature Papers in Physical Sensors 2022 (Deadline: 31 December 2022)
- Sensors and Actuators for Wearable and Implantable Devices (Deadline: 31 December 2022)
- Sensing Technology and Data Interpretation in Machine Diagnosis and Systems Condition Monitoring: Part B (Deadline: 31 December 2022)
- Recent Advances in Cellulose-Based Sensors (Deadline: 31 December 2022)
- Towards a New Era of MEG Imaging: New Technologies and Clinical Applications (Deadline: 31 December 2022)
- Sensing, Monitoring and Imaging Technologies for Diabetes and/or Peripheral Vascular Disease (Deadline: 10 January 2023)
- Sensors Based on Optical and Photonic Devices (Deadline: 10 January 2023)
- Piezoelectric Resonator-Based Sensors (Deadline: 15 January 2023)
- Design of Generic or Specific Interfaces for Smart Sensors (Deadline: 20 January 2023)
- Saving Limbs and Lives - Sensing and Monitoring Technologies for the Diabetic Foot (Deadline: 20 January 2023)
- Use of Smart Wearable Sensors and AI Methods in Providing P4 Medicine (Deadline: 20 January 2023)
- Frontiers of Mechanical, Civil and Petroleum Engineering: Advances in Sensors and Measurement Methods of Multi-Scale Systems (Deadline: 20 January 2023)
- Autonomous Transportation and Smart Cities (Deadline: 20 January 2023)
- Smart Sensors for Structural Health Monitoring and Nondestructive Evaluation (Deadline: 20 January 2023)
- Sensors for Food Supply Chain (Deadline: 30 January 2023)
- Modelling, Simulation, Design, and Manufacturing of CMOS Integrated MEMS 2021 (Deadline: 30 January 2023)
- RF and IoT Sensors: Design, Optimization and Applications (Deadline: 31 January 2023)
- Smart Sensors and Machine Learning Technique for Damage Detection and Visualization (Deadline: 31 January 2023)
- Smart Sensing Technology and Infrastructure Health Monitoring (Deadline: 31 January 2023)
- Sensing Technologies Applied in Mobile Perception and Intelligence (Deadline: 31 January 2023)
- Sensing and Measurement Techniques Applied in Agriculture and Forestry (Deadline: 31 January 2023)
- Sensing Technology in Virtual Reality (Deadline: 20 February 2023)
- Localising Sensors through Wireless Communication (Deadline: 20 February 2023)
- Energy Harvesting for Wireless Sensor (Deadline: 28 February 2023)
- Applications of Antenna Technology in Sensors II (Deadline: 28 February 2023)
- Sensing Technologies Applied in Solar Energy and Photovoltaic Systems (Deadline: 30 April 2023)
- Greenhouse Gas Sensing for Carbon Neutrality (Deadline: 1 May 2023)
- Challenges and Future of Fault-Tolerant, Adaptive, Self-X Sensor Systems (Deadline: 22 May 2023)
- Smart Human-Robot Interaction (Deadline: 31 May 2023)
- Marine Sensors: Recent Advances and Challenges, Volume II (Deadline: 10 December 2023)
- Fault Diagnosis and Prognosis in Rotating Machines (Deadline: 12 July 2024)
- Wave and ICT Based Sensing and Characterization (Deadline: 2 August 2024)
Topical Collections
Following topical collections within this section are currently open for submissions:
- Dielectric Sensing-Based Systems and Applications
- Electromagnetic Sensors
- Energy Harvesting Sensors
- Inertial Sensors and Applications
- Instrument and Measurement
- Machine Learning for Signal, Image, and Video Processing
- Machine Learning in Agriculture
- Magnetic Sensors
- Microfluidic Sensors
- Modeling, Testing and Reliability Issues in MEMS Engineering
- Next Generation MEMS: Design, Development, and Application
- Position Sensor
- Robotic and Sensor Technologies in Environmental Exploration and Monitoring
- Sensors and Measurements for Unmanned Systems
- Sensors for Air Quality Monitoring
- Sensors for Fault Diagnosis, Fault Tolerance and Resilient Control
- Sensors for Globalized Healthy Living and Wellbeing
- Sensors for Human Movement Applications
- Sensors in Biomechanics
- Sensors Technology in Cultural Heritage
- Smart Robotics for Automation
- Tactile Sensors, Sensing and Systems
- Ultrasound Transducers
- Visual Sensors