Emerging Trends and Novel Materials for Low-Cost Environmental Sensors
A special issue of Sensors (ISSN 1424-8220). This special issue belongs to the section "Environmental Sensing".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 25 October 2025 | Viewed by 227
Special Issue Editors
Interests: heavy metals; time series analysis; environmental engineering; water quality; renewable energy; environment; environmental impact assessment; plant biology; time series; environmental pollution
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Interests: nanotechnology; green chemistry; ionic liquids; design and synthesis of new nanostructured materials, using green chemistry concepts; applied in catalytic reactions (homogeneous and heterogeneous) with interest in fine chemistry; energy and medicine
Interests: cultural heritage; environmental issues; water monitoring; pollutants and their photocatalytic degradation; photocatalysts; photosensitizers
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The Special Issue aims to be a solid reference for the technological community to present the most recent results of scientific and technological research on sensors, with particular emphasis on applications and new trends (nanotechnology, biotechnology, and AI). Review papers are also welcome.
Most, but not all, of the focus of this Special Issue is on new technologies for the design, construction, efficiency, safety, comfort, and safe operation of the following: built environment sensors, signal processing, data analytics, artificial intelligence applied for low-cost sensors, sensor networks, optical wireless communication, thermographic cameras, thermal camera communication, and biosensors for real-time air and water quality monitoring. The use of AI and machine learning for data analysis and interpretation provided by low-cost, portable sensors and networks for developing countries, as well as intercomparison studies that include such sensors, are especially welcome for this Special Issue.
Some topics of interest are as follows:
- Sensor networks for large-scale environmental monitoring (soil–plant–atmosphere continuum);
- Industrial and wastewater treatment plants water quality sensors;
- Aquaculture and fisheries water quality sensors;
- Drinking water supply systems;
- Water quality sensors for environmental research: evaluating the impact of changing water quality on aquatic ecosystems and biodiversity from rivers, lakes, and oceans helps in preserving aquatic habitats and protecting endangered species, as do climate change studies;
- Low-cost air quality sensors for outdoor monitoring (particulate matter, ozone, and other harmful gases), including intercomparisons and calibration studies with reference methods;
- Cultural Heritage that is affected by the underground, floods, and infiltration, or by air pollutants. Thermographic camera and imaging, optical wireless communication; thermal camera communication;
- Materials for high-performance sensors, such as porphyrins, phthalocyanines, and calixarenes, as highly favored macrocyclic molecules in numerous areas due to their π-conjugated, delocalized electronic structures
We look forward to receiving your manuscripts!
Prof. Dr. Daniel Dunea
Dr. Gabriel Abarca
Prof. Dr. Rodica-Mariana Ion
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- sensors
- materials
- built environment sensors
- signal processing
- data analytics
- artificial intelligence
- sensor networks
- optical wireless communication
- thermographic cameras
- thermal camera communication
- air quality
- water quality
- cultural heritage protection and monitoring
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