Functional Materials for Chemical Sensing and Environmental Sustainability: Trends, Concepts and Applications

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Dear Colleagues,

Functional materials are key enabling technologies for chemical sensing and environmental sustainability. In recent years, advanced materials (e.g., nanomaterials, thin films, thick films, composites, hybrid materials, organic/inorganic materials, polymers, metals, ceramics and 2D materials) have been integrated into innovative devices and sensor systems to achieve new functionalities, miniaturization and high performance. New proof concepts and demonstrators have been designed for chemical engineering, industrial process control, environmental sustainability, monitoring and remediation. Many practical applications have been implemented in different technological fields including the following:

• Chemical sensing (gas, VOCs, PM, and other emergent pollutants);
• Greenhouse gas monitoring;
• Wireless sensor networks;
• Water pollution detection;
• Soil remediation;
• Urban case studies;
• Indoor monitoring;
• IoT applications;
• Industrial process control;
• Smart materials by AI.

I widely encourage the submission of feature papers within the topic of functional materials for chemical sensing and environmental sustainability to build upon the recent advancements tackling global warning and air pollution, promoting sustainable development through green engineering and smart devices including new digital technologies for green transition.

Prof. Michele Penza
Prof. Dr. Guanying Chen
Dr. Anming Hu
Topic Editors

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Participating Journals

Journal Name	Impact Factor	CiteScore	Launched Year	First Decision (median)	APC
Chemosensors chemosensors	3.7	7.3	2013	20.5 Days	CHF 2000	Submit
Journal of Manufacturing and Materials Processing jmmp	3.3	5.2	2017	16.2 Days	CHF 1800	Submit
Materials materials	3.2	6.4	2008	15.2 Days	CHF 2600	Submit
Nanomaterials nanomaterials	4.3	9.2	2010	15.4 Days	CHF 2400	Submit
Sensors sensors	3.5	8.2	2001	19.7 Days	CHF 2600	Submit

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