Editorial Board Members’ Collection Series: Sensors for Monitoring Environmental Pollution

Dear Colleagues,

Pollution due to human activity affects the atmosphere, water, and soil. In some particular geological areas, it is also difficult to discriminate between anthropogenic and natural pollution. The continuous monitoring of pollutant levels and their impact on the environment is crucial for studying the effects and measures for controlling pollution. Sensors are one of the most useful tools for environmental pollution monitoring, allowing for real-time, remote, and precise monitoring, with the most critical aspects of their use being accuracy, specificity, and robustness. Sometimes, the environment in which sensors must be deployed is harsh, and they must be isolated and resistant to water, dust, and corrosive elements. In other cases, the accuracy attained using existing sensors is not enough if only low concentrations of environmental pollutants are present. Finally, specificity becomes a challenge when specific compounds must be identified and quantified in complex matrixes with hundreds of compounds, some of them similar to the target.

This Special Issue intends to collect the most relevant publications in environmental pollution sensing, welcoming critical reviews and original works from the fields of engineering, chemistry, environmental and earth sciences, and health. Topics of interest for this collection include, but are not limited to:

• Acoustic sensors;
• Biosensors;
• Chemical sensors;
• Magnetic sensors;
• Optical sensors;
• Water pollution;
• Atmospheric pollution;
• Soil pollution;
• Environmental impact;
• Case studies;
• Sensor deployment.

Dr. Renato Somma
Dr. Lorena Parra
Guest Editors

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