Printing technologies for monitoring crop health
Abstract
Abstract Agricultural production requires low-cost sensors capable of delivering reliable, high-resolution data across large areas. Rising food demand, limited arable land, and severe soil degradation have accelerated the adoption of precision agriculture, which relies on real-time monitoring of soil, plant, and environmental conditions. Central to this shift is the development of scalable sensor technologies enabled by advances in materials science. Printing techniques, including inkjet, screen, aerosol jet, 3D printing, and direct laser writing, offer versatile routes to fabricate flexible, large-area, and plant-integrated sensors. This Review surveys recent progress in printable low-dimensional materials for agricultural sensing, examines their physicochemical properties in relation to sensor performance, and discusses key challenges and future opportunities requiring interdisciplinary integration.
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Authors (19)
David Panáček
Vojtěch Kupka
Martin-Alex Nalepa
Ivan Dědek
Ruslan Álvarez-Diduk
Selin Olenik
Department of Bioengineering, Royal School of Mines, Imperial College London
Jose Flauzino
Jan Zdražil
Petr Jakubec
Lukáš Zdražil
Lukáš Spíchal
Keval K. Sonigara
Radek Zbořil
Nanotechnology Centre, Centre for Energy and Environmental Technologies (CEET), VŠB−Technical University of Ostrava, 17. listopadu 2172/15, Ostrava-Poruba 708 00, Czech Republic
Martin Pumera
Future Energy and Innovation Laboratory, Central European Institute of Technology, Brno University of Technology, Purkyňova 123, 61200 Brno, Czech Republic
Arben Merkoçi
Joseph Wang
Aiiso Yufeng Li Family Department of Chemical and Nano Engineering
Nuria De Diego
Firat Güder
Department of Bioengineering, Royal School of Mines, Imperial College London
Michal Otyepka
Regional Center of Advanced Technologies and Materials, The Czech Advanced Technology and Research Institute (CATRIN), Palacký University Olomouc, Šlechtitelů 27, Olomouc 779 00, Czech Republic