Gas Sensors and Smart Sensing Systems

Dear Colleagues,

Gas sensors and smart sensing systems are critical for the emerging Internet-of-things era and rising awareness of environment monitoring. The research and development of gas sensors are focused on achieving high sensitivity and precise discrimination at a variety of testing conditions. The recent approaches on the sensor performance optimization include new functional materials, designing new device structures, advanced feature analysis and new algorithms, violet light to activate charge carriers, heating the sensors, decoration with gas absorbing layers, cross-reactive sensor arrays, and so on. In addition, the research on integrating gas sensors and arrays into a small system for smart sensing is gaining intensive interest for environment monitoring, target tracking and remote sensing. This Special Issue aims to solicit original research papers, as well as review articles, with a focus on theoretical and experimental approaches on smart gas sensors and sensing systems. The list of topics includes, but is not limited to

• Preparation of sensing materials
• Nanowires and nanoparticles for gas sensors
• Feature analysis for precise gas detection
• Cross-reactive sensors and sensor arrays
• Gas sensors based on conventional semiconductors
• Metal oxides for chemical detection
• Polymers for gas sensing
• Two-dimensional materials for gas sensors
• Sensors in harsh conditions
• Reliability issues in gas sensing
• Simulation of gas sensing and smart systems
• Integration of gas sensors with smart systems
• Sensor application in IOT technology
• Sensors in Robotics
• New applications of gas sensors and sensing systems

Dr. Qiliang Li
Guest Editor

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