Nowadays sensors are part of everyday life in a wide variety of fields: scientific
applications, medical instrumentation, industrial field, ...and, last but not least,
popular mass production and low-cost goods, like smartphones and other mobile
devices. Markets and business behind the field of sensors are quite impressive.
A common trend for consumer applications is miniaturization which requires, on
one side, a lot of research, development efforts, and resources but, on the other
hand, allows costs and final application size reduction. In this scenario scientific
community and industries are very active to drive innovation.
