Advances in Photothermal Techniques for Material Characterization and Sensor Development
A special issue of Sensors (ISSN 1424-8220). This special issue belongs to the section "Sensor Materials".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 January 2026 | Viewed by 491
Special Issue Editor
Interests: photothermal sciences; laser-based detection methods; advanced material characterization; non-destructive testing and evaluation; photothermal spectrometry
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Dear Colleagues,
The constant development of photothermal techniques enables the advanced characterization of a wide range of functional materials and provides us with an in-depth understanding of the relationship between their properties and related processes, which further determine their functions and applications in different fields of modern technology. Thus, the aim of this Special Issue is to build a community of authors and readers to share new directions and discuss the latest research achievements in the field of photothermal sensor development for the characterization functional materials.
This Special Issue will cover the following topics:
Fundamentals of photothermics/photoacoustics and related phenomena—thermophysical properties, laser ultrasonics, surface waves, nanoscale phenomena, nanostructures, ultrafast phenomena, laser physics, thermophysics, bio- and nanophotonics.
Methodologies of photothermics/photoacoustics and related techniques—instrumentation and new techniques, measurement methodology and data processing, imaging, multispectral, and hyperspectral imaging, microscopy, spectroscopy, tomography, depth profiling, non-destructive testing and evaluation.
Material characterization—material science, analytical and physical chemistry, photochemistry, thermal analysis, thermophysical properties, electronic and phononic bandgap materials, low-dimensional systems, nanoscale phenomena and nanostructures.
Environmental, industrial, medical application of photothermics/photoacoustics and related phenomena—microfluidics application, earth-sciences applications, atmospheric monitoring, environmental, agriculture, and food applications, biomedical/industrial/environmental sensing cytometry, imaging, microspectroscopy, tomography, photothermal therapy, laser medicine, biotechnology bioengineering.
Dr. Dorota Korte
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- photothermics
- photoacoustics
- laser physics
- thermophysics
- bio- and nanophotonics
- material science
- laser medicine
- theranostics
- thermal analysis
- laser spectroscopy
- laser ultrasonics
- photothermal theoretical models
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