In a new Virtual Issue, we celebrate a cohort of early stage investigators working in the area of sensor science. This collection of articles—highlighting the exciting work being done by a subset of Rising Stars in the field—showcases the breadth and exciting applications of sensor science. Papers were selected by the editorial team based on their originality and potential for impact and the inclusion of an author that is now heading a research group of their own established within the last ∼5 years. The 25 articles featured in this Virtual Issue are spread across the frontiers of the subfields that ACS Sensors covers. Sensors for in vivo monitoring, gas sensing, infectious disease diagnosis, wearable devices, and intracellular sensing feature prominently in these papers, and each one features state-of-the art design and functionality. Another noteworthy aspect of this collection of rising stars is the different fields of the authors. While many of the investigators hail from Chemistry departments, others come from Chemical Engineering, Bioengineering, Biochemistry, Electrical Engineering, Microsystems Engineering, and Medical Engineering departments. Sensing science clearly draws an interdisciplinary community, and this Virtual Issue certainly highlights the breadth of contributors that the journal benefits from. The ACS Sensors community is global with authors coming from across the world. Indeed, the Rising Stars represent nine different countries spread across North America, Europe, and Asia. The papers that were selected for this Virtual Issue highlight exciting applications of the research that appears in ACS Sensors. The diagnosis of Ebola, traumatic brain injury, and sickle cell anemia are three diseases that are targeted with the high-performance sensors featured. Physiological sensing of therapeutics in vivo as well as sensors for monitoring breath biomarkers on the skin are two additional applications that are highlighted that would enable devices suitable for personal healthcare monitoring. Gas sensing is another area with many applications, and the papers included in this Virtual Issue showcase the frontiers of this area. Wearable sensors are featured in several papers that are a part of the Virtual Issue. This is a field where new breakthroughs from the generation of sensor scientists starting their careers are to be expected. Sensors are an integral part of many of the breakthroughs of the past decade, including self-driving cars and virtual reality. Yet, we lack versatile sensors that can report on personalized biology or exposure to environmental contaminants. In this collection of articles, our Rising Stars highlight how reagentless sensors can be used to detect analytes in sweat, blood, or the breath. Expanding on this capability will be essential to build sensing systems that can keep us better informed about our health. Given the range of problems that our society is currently dealing with, as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to spread in the present, and climate change threatens our future, it is anticipated that sensing science will continue to be an important focus within Chemistry and beyond. The ability to diagnose diseases quickly and accurately remains an unmet need that will require attention. Monitoring the environment to track changes and damage to natural ecosystems will also require next-generation sensors, with new innovative designs that we look to the new generation of investigators to develop. The Rising Stars featured in this Virtual Issue provide tremendous promise to our field, and we wish them continued success as they launch their careers. Views expressed in this editorial are those of the author and not necessarily the views of the ACS. This article has not yet been cited by other publications.

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庆祝感性的后起之秀。

在新的《虚拟问题》中，我们庆祝了一批从事传感器科学领域的早期研究人员。该系列文章重点介绍了传感器科学领域的广度和令人兴奋的应用，重点介绍了该领域中新星的令人兴奋的工作。编辑团队根据论文的原创性和影响力以及最近5年内成立的自己的研究小组的负责人，来选择论文。本期《虚拟问题》中的25篇文章遍布ACS Sensors涵盖的子领域的前沿。体内传感器这些论文中，监测，气体感测，传染病诊断，可穿戴设备和细胞内感测具有显着特征，并且每一篇都具有最先进的设计和功能。这组后起之秀的另一个值得注意的方面是作者的不同领域。尽管许多研究人员来自化学系，但其他一些来自化学工程，生物工程，生物化学，电气工程，微系统工程和医学工程系。传感科学显然吸引了一个跨学科的共同体，这一“虚拟问题”无疑突出了该期刊受益的众多贡献者。该ACS传感器社区是全球性的，其作者来自世界各地。实际上，后起之秀代表了分布在北美，欧洲和亚洲的9个不同的国家。为本期《虚拟问题》选择的论文重点介绍了ACS传感器中出现的激动人心的研究应用。埃博拉病毒，脑外伤和镰状细胞性贫血的诊断是采用高性能传感器的三大疾病。体内疗法的生理感应以及用于监视皮肤上呼吸生物标记物的传感器是另外两个突出的应用，这些应用将使适用于个人医疗保健监视的设备成为可能。气体传感是另一个具有许多应用程序的领域，本“虚拟问题”中包含的论文展示了该领域的前沿领域。可穿戴传感器在《虚拟问题》的几篇论文中都有介绍。在这个领域中，可以期待传感器科学家这一代人开始其事业的新突破。传感器是过去十年许多突破中不可或缺的一部分，包括无人驾驶汽车和虚拟现实。但是，我们缺乏能够报告个性化生物学或暴露于环境污染物的多功能传感器。在这一系列文章中，我们的后起之秀着重介绍了如何使用无试剂传感器检测汗液，血液或呼吸中的分析物。扩展此功能对于构建可让我们更好地了解健康状况的传感系统至关重要。鉴于当今社会正在处理的一系列问题，随着COVID-19大流行在当今的蔓延，以及气候变化对我们未来的威胁，预计传感科学将继续成为化学领域乃至其他领域的重要重点。快速准确地诊断疾病的能力仍未得到满足，需要引起注意。监测环境以跟踪自然生态系统的变化和破坏也将需要下一代传感器，我们将寻求新的创新设计，我们希望新一代的研究人员能够开发这些创新的设计。本期《虚拟问题》中的新星为我们的领域提供了巨大的希望，我们希望他们在事业发展中继续取得成功。本社论中表达的观点只是作者的观点，不一定是ACS的观点。本文尚未被其他出版物引用。