Chemical Sensors for the Determination of Persistent and Emerging Contaminants

Dear Colleagues,

Environment and food contamination are an issue of serious interest, since the high concentration of regular and emerging chemicals from both natural and anthropogenic sources present in the air, water, sols, and edibles poses serious risk for our health and safety.

Thus, the control of both persistent and emerging contaminants in water and food requires the use of reliable analytical methods to determine such substances. In this sense, chemical sensors play a crucial role as they are very suitable due to their special characteristics of small dimensions, compactness, low cost, ease of use, generation of real-time information and portability for the screening of samples, online monitoring, in situ measurements, and the control and monitoring of processes.

With these facts in mind, this Special Issue aims to cover the advances in chemical sensors for the reliable, fast, and affordable detection of persistent and emerging substances in the environment and food. Both research papers and review articles will be considered. We look forward to and welcome your participation in this Special Issue.

Dr. Núria Serrano
Dr. Clara Pérez-Ràfols
Guest Editors

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