Nanomaterials in Chemical Sensors
A special issue of Sensors (ISSN 1424-8220). This special issue belongs to the section "Chemical Sensors".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (25 April 2024) | Viewed by 1650
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Chemical sensors have attracted a lot of research and commercial interests, with application areas encompassing almost every walk of life, including medical and food industries, consumer electronics, energy production and transportation and air quality control. The current trend in chemical sensors development focuses on sensing material optimization to improve the metrological performances, such as sensitivity, selectivity, reproducibility and stability. In this strategy, diverse groups of nanomaterials are being engineered through structural change, film processing or functionalization to impart the desired properties for specific sensing applications. In particular, the performances of porous materials based on metal, metal oxides and carbon as well as the molecular materials, such as metal phthalocyanine and porphyrins, have been excellent in overcoming the key challenge of sensitivity, while covalent and non-covalent functionalizations have shown remarkable successes in solving the issue of selectivity. Improving the operational stability in a real environment is a pertaining topic, which is being actively pursued through innovative nanomaterial design. In this direction, this Special Issue on “Nanomaterials in chemical sensors” is devoted to assessing the ongoing research advancements in different groups of metal, organic, oxides, macrocycles and polymer-based nanomaterials in improving the chemical sensors performances. Thus, we invite researchers from the multidisciplinary area of materials science for a contribution in the form of research articles, reviews and perspectives in this Special Issue.
Dr. Abhishek Kumar
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- nanostructures
- porous materials
- chemical sensors
- electroanalysis
- molecular materials
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