Nature Inspired Engineering: Biomimetic Sensors (2nd Edition)
A special issue of Sensors (ISSN 1424-8220). This special issue belongs to the section "Intelligent Sensors".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 28 February 2026
Special Issue Editors
Interests: Taste sensor, Taste interaction, Lipid/polymer membrane
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Interests: taste sensors; electronic tongues; electronic noses; biosensors
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Nature provides a huge source of inspiration for sensor design. Among them, electronic tongue and electronic nose are analytical devices based on a series of partially selective chemical sensors or biosensors and multivariate data processing tools. Since their design concepts are inspired by biological sensing systems, they are called biomimetic sensors. Over the past three decades, these sensors have been employed in a wide range of applications, including the classification of samples by purpose, taste quantification, and flavor assessment. Biomimetic sensors simulate the human perception system, detect various external stimuli, and surpass the level of human senses in terms of sensitivity, selectivity, and accuracy, helping people to understand the unknown world and facilitating daily life.
In this Special Issue, we will focus on the latest research on biomimetic sensors, from basic theory to application. We welcome both review articles and original research papers on, though not limited to, the following areas:
- Biomimetic sensing materials;
- Bioinspired sensors;
- Electronic tongue;
- Bioelectronic tongue;
- Electronic nose;
- Taste sensor;
- Odor-sensing arrays;
- Olfaction proteins;
- Cell sensors;
- Biomedical sensors;
- Data analysis;
- MEMS;
- Environmental analysis;
- Biomedical applications;
- Gas Sensors;
- Multi-Array Sensors;
- Machine Learning;
- AI (Artificial Intelligence);
- Food Sensors;
- Image Sensors;
- Wearable Sensors.
Dr. Xiao Wu
Prof. Dr. Kiyoshi Toko
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- Biomimetic sensors/sensing
- Bioinspired sensors/sensing
- Artificial Intelligence(AI)
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