Vibrational Spectroscopic Sensing Technologies and Applications for the Evaluation of Food Quality and Authenticity
A special issue of Sensors (ISSN 1424-8220). This special issue belongs to the section "Intelligent Sensors".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 August 2025 | Viewed by 138
Special Issue Editors
Interests: smart instrumentation; optical measurements; near-infrared spectroscopy; chemometrics
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Interests: analytical chemistry; agrofood; near-infrared spectroscopy; chemometrics
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Food may be inadvertently or intentionally contaminated with chemicals or other physical substances that are considered unacceptable by law or for other reasons.
Despite the potential of vibrational spectroscopic techniques for assessing food quality and authenticity, modern food inspection methods still require the further development of measurement equipment and dynamic chemometric analytical techniques.
This Special Issue will focus on the application of vibrational spectroscopic techniques, including near-infrared, mid-infrared, Raman spectroscopy, and hyperspectral imaging, to the evaluation of food quality and authenticity analysis.
The characteristics and applications of these techniques, along with an analysis of their major limitations, will be discussed, with an emphasis on the treatment of spectral data using chemometrics.
Researchers in the field of food will be able to present their latest findings in this Special Issue.
Dr. Francisco Ferrero
Dr. Ana Soldado
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- near-infrared spectroscopy
- chemometrics
- instrumentation
- machine learning
- food quality applications
- food authenticity applications
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