Colorimetric Sensing Technologies for Food Safety and Environment Monitoring
A special issue of Sensors (ISSN 1424-8220). This special issue belongs to the section "Biosensors".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 May 2026 | Viewed by 1415
Special Issue Editors
Interests: green analytical chemistry; environmental and food analysis; microfluidics; miniaturization; optical sensors and nanosensors
Interests: analytical nanoscience and nanotechnology; optical sensors; microfluidics; paper-based analytical devices and point-of-care testing for trace element analysis and speciation in environmental and food samples
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Dear Colleagues,
The development of advanced sensing approaches for food control and environmental monitoring is a challenging and increasingly important research domain. In recent years, significant progress has been made toward the development of chemosensors and nanosensors for both food and environmental analysis involving a range of transduction approaches. Colorimetric detection is particularly convenient and valuable due to its simplicity, cost-effectiveness and potential portability. The development of miniaturized detectors and, especially, the impressive emergence of ubiquitous everyday IT and communication devices, such as smartphones and tablets, as platforms for non-conventional optical sensing has prompted the development of colorimetric assays that provide reliable analytical information.
This Special Issue highlights advancements in colorimetric sensing for food and environmental analysis. The topics covered in the Special Issue include but are not limited to the synthesis, design, and application of molecular chromogens and plasmonic nanoparticles for food safety control and/or environmental monitoring. Special attention will be paid to multiplexed sensors, colorimetric sensor arrays, and colorimetric sensing films for smart packaging. Contributions involving smartphone cameras and smartphone-based spectrometers combined with colorimetric assays performed in paper-based analytical devices and lab-on-a-chip systems are particularly appreciated. Original research articles and reviews that significantly contribute to the field are welcome in this Special Issue.
Prof. Dr. Francisco Javier Pena-Pereira
Prof. Dr. José Carlos Bendicho Hernández
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- chemosensors
- colorimetric sensor arrays
- colorimetry
- microfluidics
- multiplexed detection
- nanosensors
- paper-based analytical devices
- smart packaging
- smartphone-based detection
- smartphone-based spectrometry
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