Topological photonic crystals (TPCs) are considered excellent optical sensor  platform due to the robustness of light propagation, immunity to interference,  and ease of integration. This paper theoretically proposes a topological valley  photonic crystal (VPC) sensor based on second-order corner states and, to our  knowledge, realizes for the first time topologically protected dual-parameter  detection for refractive index (RI) and temperature. Two highly localized  opological corner states (TCSs) are generated by splicing two types of VPCs with  bro...