Next-Generation Flexible and Tactile Sensors: Materials, Mechanisms, and Applications
A special issue of Sensors (ISSN 1424-8220). This special issue belongs to the section "Sensors and Robotics".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 September 2026 | Viewed by 66
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Interests: micro-/nanodevices; opto-electronic devices; nanophotonic devices
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Dear Colleagues,
Flexible and tactile sensors are among the most vital constituents in the field of soft electronics and intelligent systems. They allow machines to distinguish and respond to external stimuli, be it touch, strain, or vibrations, and facilitate interaction between machines and people. Compared to their rigid counterparts, flexible and tactile sensors are more advantageous because of their flexibility, stretchability, and conformability, allowing integration with complex or dynamic surfaces. These characteristics have enabled them to be used in the soft robotics industry and wearable technology for health monitoring and human–robot interaction. Recently, designed next-generation flexible sensors have garnered the most attention and focus due to their increase in high sensitivity, broad sensing ranges, and increased mechanical flexibility. Furthermore, the field has expanded in scope due to the design and integration of new devices, advanced composites, novel sensing strategies, and innovative approaches to passive and active sensing.
This Special Issue considers the development of next-generation flexible tactile sensors in materials, mechanisms, and applications to be of great importance to the cross-disciplinary integration of ideas in the current phase of this evolving research field. Both original research and review articles are highly welcome.
Prof. Dr. Song Gao
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- flexible sensors
- tactile sensors
- soft electronics
- soft robotics
- wearable electronics
- health monitoring
- human–robot interaction
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