Advances in Polymers-Based Sensors
A special issue of Polymers (ISSN 2073-4360). This special issue belongs to the section "Polymer Applications".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 August 2023) | Viewed by 3338
Special Issue Editors
Interests: electrospinning; semiconductive ceramic fibers; structural phase transition/structural refinement; photosensor/strain sensors; wearable electronics
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Interests: electronic information materials; electronic thin films and components; two-dimensional semiconductor thin films; photoelectric/gas detection devices; scanning probe analysis technology
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Over the past few decades, sensors have become central to many aspects of wearable devices and flexible electronics. Polymers have attracted widespread attention as functional materials in stretchable sensors due to their advantages of excellent flexibility and stretchability. Many polymers have been found to have good electrical conductivity and piezoelectric sensing properties. Other kinds of polymers can be easily combined with metal nanofibers as flexible substrates. Due to their instinct characteristics, better-known synthetic polymers have been intensively investigated and applied in sensing applications including strain/pressure sensors, piezoelectric sensors, photosensors, gas sensors, etc. Considerable efforts have been made in the design of micro, flexible and self-powered wearable sensors. Nano-/micro-scale design and inorganic/organic material composite can realize the development of high flexibility and other required characteristics. However, the development of skin-attachable and monolithic medical devices composed of multifunctional soft sensors, scalable interconnections, wireless communication systems, and sustainable power supplies remains a major challenge.
This Special Issue aims to collect the latest breakthroughs in the field of polymer-based sensors, which are particularly relevant to emerging and pioneering devices, focusing on advanced polymer materials, unique synthesis technologies or flexible electronic integration methods.
Dr. Yuting Wang
Prof. Dr. Zegao Wang
Dr. Yan Xing
Guest Editors
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