Trends in Flexible Sensor Technology for Personal, Industrial, and Structural Applications
A special issue of Technologies (ISSN 2227-7080). This special issue belongs to the section "Assistive Technologies".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 May 2026 | Viewed by 90
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Interests: energy harvesting; Internet of Things; wireless sensor networks; wearables; smart sensors
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Interests: intelligent signal processing; wireless sensor networks; Internet of Things; power management; smart materials; composite materials
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Interests: electronic design; energy harvesting systems; wireless sensor networks
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Interests: nanostructures; composite fabrication; testing and modelling; with particular interest on carbon nanostructures
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Flexible sensor technology is at the forefront of innovation, enabling new capabilities across personal health, industrial monitoring, and structural applications. This Special Issue aims to highlight the latest developments in this evolving field. Current research can be broadly categorized into three key areas:
- Advanced materials: Significant progress has been made in exploring flexible substrates (e.g., polyimide), carbon-based materials (e.g., graphene, carbon nanotubes), and functional nanomaterials (e.g., MXenes and hydrogels). These materials offer unique properties—such as mechanical flexibility, biocompatibility, high sensitivity, and durability—that make them ideal for next-generation sensor designs.
- Circuits and signal processing for sensing interfaces: Flexible sensors introduce challenges including mechanical variability, low signal levels, and non-linear response characteristics. Research in this area addresses these issues through innovations in low-power front-end design, printed electronics, energy harvesting, and the integration of adaptive filtering and machine learning algorithms.
- Emerging applications: Flexible sensors are unlocking novel applications in areas such as wearable health monitoring, soft robotics, human–machine interfaces, smart textiles, structural engineering, and more. These cases demonstrate the transformative potential of flexible technology across multiple domains.
This Technologies Special Issue invites high-quality submissions that address the latest trends, challenges, and breakthroughs in flexible sensor research. We welcome original research articles and reviews that contribute to the development and integration of flexible sensing technologies.
Dr. Johan Jair Estrada-López
Prof. Dr. Alejandro A. Castillo Atoche
Dr. Javier Vázquez-Castillo
Dr. Francis Aviles
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- flexible sensors
- wearable devices
- flexible materials
- sensor interfaces
- signal processing
- energy harvesting
- smart textiles
- soft robotics
- structural health monitoring
- machine learning in sensing
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