Instrumental Odor Perception
A special issue of Sensors (ISSN 1424-8220). This special issue belongs to the section "Chemical Sensors".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 March 2024) | Viewed by 412
Special Issue Editors
Interests: chemical sensors & systems; odor monitoring; miniaturized gas chromatography; smart odor analytics
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Sensor systems for odor detection have numerous applications, e.g., ensuring the quality of materials and consumer products, monitoring production processes of food and beverages, describing and selecting fragrances for perfumes and cosmetics, analyzing the metabolome for medical applications, or investigating the chemo-communication of humans. Despite 50 years of research on so-called electronic noses, there is still no universal instrument for odor monitoring. However, recent advances in sensor principles, sensor materials, miniaturized and micromachined chromatographic columns, and other separation methods and sensor signal processing are strongly increasing the capability of odor monitoring systems. Refinements in the basic and detailed understanding of the human olfaction and systematic improvements in the generation of odor reference samples are supporting these advances. Novel algorithms for signal processing, multisignal evaluation and other upcoming methods of artificial intelligence have paved the way to intelligent odor sensor systems. This Special Issue shall summarize important advances in the field of odor measurement systems and offer a scientific reflection of successful experimental proof-of-concepts and technology validation for important applications.
Dr. Tilman Sauerwald
Dr. Gina Zeh
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- physical and virtual sensor arrays
- artificial perception
- electronic nose
- olfaction
- olfactory product performance
- food
- fragrances
- odor
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