The 4th International Conference on Sensing Technology (ICST 2010)

Abstract

Sensor systems are one the most requested topics in the field of engineering. The importance of sensors, their technologies and their applications is self-evident through their impact on daily life. The features of sensors can still be improved and this is a matter of increasing research in the international scientific community. Several papers have been selected and reviewed to constitute a recipe for understanding advances in the area of sensors. Although they are few in number, the papers accepted for publication in this special feature of Measurement Science and Technology reflect current trends in the related areas, that is to say, resistive chemical sensing, new transducers, and applications in robotics, in olfaction and in image processing. In addition to these topics, the concept of the functionalization of nanotubes is also of great interest, as is the subject of nanowires. We thank the authors of this special feature for their contributions with dedicated papers in the areas of sensors and sensor systems. We also thank MST for hosting this special feature in order to give further expression to authors from ICST2010, the International Conference on Sensing Technology that took place in Lecce (Italy) in 2010.