Special Issues

Applied Sciences publishes Special Issues to create collections of papers on specific topics, with the aim of building a community of authors and readers to discuss the latest research and develop new ideas and research directions. Special Issues are led by Guest Editors, who are experts on the topic. The journal’s Editor-in-Chief and/or designated EBM will oversee Guest Editor appointments and Special Issue proposals, checking their content for relevance and ensuring the suitability of the material for the journal. The papers published in a Special Issue will be collected and displayed on a dedicated page of the journal’s website. For any inquiries related to a Special Issue, please contact the Editorial Office.

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Advances in Intelligent Transportation Systems
edited by Seoungbum Kim and Joyoung Lee
submission deadline 20 May 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 1761 | Submission Open
Keywords: cooperative intelligence transportation systems; vehicle sensor data-based analysis; ITS applications of emerging technologies in traffic operation; road maintenance; road safety; and environment; automated highway systems; application of AI and machine learning for ITS; real-time applications of ITS
(This special issue belongs to the Section Transportation and Future Mobility)
Recent Advances in Ultrafast Laser Pulses
edited by Qian Li
submission deadline 20 May 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1746 | Submission Open
Keywords: ultrafast laser pulses; mode-locked laser; supercontinuum generation; low-noise laser; pulse compression
(This special issue belongs to the Section Optics and Lasers)
Computational Sensing and Imaging II
edited by
submission deadline 20 May 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1655 | Submission Open
Keywords: computational photography for 3D imaging; depth estimation and three-dimensional sensing; medical imaging (CT/MRI/PET image reconstruction); image restoration and denoising; image registration and super-resolution imaging; high-speed imaging systems and bandwidth reduction; computational sensing for advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS); synthetic aperture radar (SAR) imaging; seismic imaging; ultrasound imaging; computational sensing for advanced image signal processor (ISP); deep learning for image reconstruction; remote sensing and UAV image processing; under-water imaging and dehazing
(This special issue belongs to the Section Computing and Artificial Intelligence)
Novel Approaches for Software Security
edited by
submission deadline 20 May 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1563 | Submission Open
Keywords: AI Security; HCI security and privacy; blockchain security; automobile security; web security; cloud security; authentication and authorization; applications of security techniques; trustworthy computing
(This special issue belongs to the Section Computing and Artificial Intelligence)
Internet of Things (IoT) and Building Information Modeling (BIM) in the Construction Industry
edited by and Li Sun
submission deadline 20 May 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1448 | Submission Open
Keywords: Internet of Things; building information modelling; artificial intelligence; green building; sustainable construction
(This special issue belongs to the Section Civil Engineering)
Design, Analysis, Intelligent Control and Optimization of Industrial and Manufacturing Processes submission deadline 20 May 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1391 | Submission Open
Keywords: manufacturing engineering; manufacturing processes; smart manufacturing; high-precision manufacturing; Industry 4.0; supply chain management; logistics; smart logistics; internet of things (IoT); additive manufacturing; artificial intelligence; machine learning; processes and manufacturing design; processes and manufacturing analysis; processes and manufacturing intelligent control and optimization
(This special issue belongs to the Section Applied Industrial Technologies)
Advances in Audio and Video Processing submission deadline 20 May 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1245 | Submission Open
Keywords: immersive media: immersive video and audio processing and coding; real-time immersive video applications; high QoE video and audio systems; objective quality assessment; neural networks in audiovisual data processing and coding; new audio and video compression standards
(This special issue belongs to the Section Acoustics and Vibrations)
Tunnel and Underground Engineering: Recent Advances and Challenges
edited by , Yuwei Zhang and Naifei Liu
submission deadline 20 May 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1235 | Submission Open
Keywords: tunnel engineering; underground engineering; intelligent construction; rock mechanics; numerical simulation; model tests
(This special issue belongs to the Section Civil Engineering)
Technical Advances in Optimal Control and Controller Design submission deadline 20 May 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1230 | Submission Open
Keywords: adaptive control systems; stochastic systems; optimization method; artificial intelligence; network architecture; reinforcement learning
(This special issue belongs to the Section Computing and Artificial Intelligence)
Advances and Challenges in Wind Turbine Mechanics
edited by , Małgorzata A. Śmiałek, and
submission deadline 20 May 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1158 | Submission Open
Keywords: wind turbine design; wind turbine experimental research; wind turbine simulations; wind turbine optimization; wind potential assessment; wind turbine data processing
(This special issue belongs to the Section Mechanical Engineering)
Recent Advances in Green Chemistry and Sustainable Catalysis
edited by and Stefano Dughera
submission deadline 20 May 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1127 | Submission Open
Keywords: green chemistry; sustainability; sustainable catalysis; organocatalysis; photocatalysis; biomass valorization; renewable feedstocks; green metrics
(This special issue belongs to the Section Chemical and Molecular Sciences)
Biofilms and Their Relevance in Cultural Heritage and Building Materials: Trends, Challenges and New Perspectives submission deadline 20 May 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1125 | Submission Open
Keywords: biofouling; cultural heritage; art; biodeterioration; bioreceptivity; building materials; conservation; restoration; new treatments; challenges; climate changes
(This special issue belongs to the Section Applied Biosciences and Bioengineering)
Smart Condition Monitoring and Maintenance in Mechanical Systems
edited by , , and Yang Liu
submission deadline 20 May 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1115 | Submission Open
Keywords: signal processing; machine learning; feature engineering; image processing; machine vision; deep learning
(This special issue belongs to the Section Mechanical Engineering)
Feature Review Papers in ‘Transportation and Future Mobility’ Section
edited by David Fernández-Llorca, and
submission deadline 20 May 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1092 | Submission Open
Keywords: transportation; traffic; future mobility
(This special issue belongs to the Section Transportation and Future Mobility)
Advanced Techniques in Tunnelling
edited by
submission deadline 20 May 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1061 | Submission Open
Keywords: rock mechanics; laboratory test; numerical simulation; theoretical analysis; deep rock mass engineering; in-field monitoring
(This special issue belongs to the Section Civil Engineering)
Underground Energy Storage in Mining and Tunneling Engineering
edited by , Bo Yu and
submission deadline 20 May 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1049 | Submission Open
Keywords: underground natural gas storage; underground hydrogen storage; aquifer thermal energy storage; underground compressed air storage; hydrogen energy; geothermal energy; depleted oil/gas reservoirs; salt carven; reservoir simulation; mathematical modeling; experiments; computational algorithms; case study; industrial application
(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Science and Technology)
From Fundamental Research to Application of Bio-Inspired, Bio-Hybrid, and Soft Robotics
edited by and Daisuke Kurabayashi
submission deadline 20 May 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1019 | Submission Open
Keywords: bio-inspired/bio-hybrid/soft robotics; behavioral algorithms; cyborg; embedded intelligence; ethology/neuroethology; soft materials
(This special issue belongs to the Section Robotics and Automation)
AI in Wastewater Treatment
edited by
submission deadline 20 May 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 998 | Submission Open
(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Sciences)
Drug Discovery and Biochemical Mechanisms submission deadline 20 May 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 906 | Submission Open
Keywords: drug design and discovery; biotechnology; drug screening; novel nonclinical models/approaches; in silico laboratory and clinical development; virtual screening; biochemical mechanism
(This special issue belongs to the Section Applied Biosciences and Bioengineering)
Advances in Natural Product Chemistry and Pharmacology
edited by and
submission deadline 20 May 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 904 | Submission Open
Keywords: natural products; biological activity; species; genus; subclass
(This special issue belongs to the Section Chemical and Molecular Sciences)
Advances in Spacecraft Attitude and Orbital Dynamics, Control, Trajectory Planning and Navigation
edited by Weiduo Hu and Fu-Yuen Hsiao
submission deadline 20 May 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 899 | Submission Open
Keywords: orbital mechanics; orbital simulation; attitude control; tracking; trajectory prediction; navigation; guidance; aerospace engineering
(This special issue belongs to the Section Aerospace Science and Engineering)
Bridge Construction and Traffic Loading
edited by Yanmei Cao
submission deadline 20 May 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 858 | Submission Open
Keywords: bridge construction; bearing weight
(This special issue belongs to the Section Civil Engineering)
Natural and Synthetic Antimicrobial Substances: Novel Advances and Applications submission deadline 20 May 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 779 | Submission Open
Keywords: antimicrobial agents; natural compounds; antimicrobial peptides; protein targets; biochemistry approaches; proteomic techniques; pathogenic and non-pathogenic bacteria
(This special issue belongs to the Section Applied Biosciences and Bioengineering)
Novel Materials in Dentistry submission deadline 20 May 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 753 | Submission Open
Keywords: dentistry; novel materials; biotechnology; biomaterials; in vitro study; in vivo study; dental materials
(This special issue belongs to the Section Applied Dentistry and Oral Sciences)
Advanced Ultrasonic Motors and Sensors: Design, Optimization and Applications
edited by Lin Yang and Jiantao Zhang
submission deadline 20 May 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 750 | Submission Open
Keywords: structural design and optimization of ultrasonic motors and sensors; mechanism and theory; driving methods and control strategies; piezoelectric materials and friction materials; dynamic modeling; friction and wear; contact simulation; fault diagnosis and remaining life; application research of ultrasonic motors and sensors
(This special issue belongs to the Section Mechanical Engineering)
Advances in Bridge Design and Construction: Technologies and Applications
edited by and Khaled Sennah
submission deadline 20 May 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 722 | Submission Open
Keywords: bridge design; construction; rehabilitation; retrofit; innovative materials; modeling; seismic isolation; new technologies; climate change
(This special issue belongs to the Section Civil Engineering)
Advanced Renewable Energy Technologies and Systems: Development, Challenges and Opportunities submission deadline 20 May 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 703 | Submission Open
Keywords: renewable energy; energy transition; alternative fuels; energy storage systems; integrated energy systems; climate change mitigation
(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Science and Technology)
Advances in Sustainable Geotechnical Engineering: 2nd Edition
edited by , and Jiabing Zhang
submission deadline 20 May 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 674 | Submission Open
Keywords: tunnel engineering; tunnel excavation stability; large deformations of surrounding rock; special geological environment; waterproofing and drainage of tunnels; deep rock mass; special rock and soil; trenchless technology; intelligent prediction method; intelligent monitoring technology; carbon-saving technology; green construction method; machine learning technology
(This special issue belongs to the Section Earth Sciences)
Applications of Big Data in Public Transportation Systems
edited by Ryan Cheuk Pong Wong, Jintao Ke and Fangni Zhang
submission deadline 20 May 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 645 | Submission Open
Keywords: smart and sustainable mobility; intelligent transportation systems; information and communication technologies in public transportation systems; enhancing operations and safety in public transportation systems; data sources and management in public transportation systems; smart cities and big data in transportation; emerging technologies in public transportation systems; advanced traveler information systems; mixed survey data in transportation research; risk modeling and safety in public transportation; data-driven approaches for managing public transportation systems; human factors in public transportation systems; public transportation network modeling and planning
(This special issue belongs to the Section Transportation and Future Mobility)
Complexity of Change: Motor Behavior and Biomechanics Research in Real Life Behaviors submission deadline 20 May 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 500 | Submission Open
Keywords: motor learning; skill acquisition; motor development; sport sciences; rehabilitation; aging
(This special issue belongs to the Section Biomedical Engineering)
Preparation and Processing of Materials in Dental and Oral Restoration
edited by Eduardo Fernandez, and Rodrigo Cabello Ibacache
submission deadline 20 May 2024 | Viewed by 399 | Submission Open
Keywords: nanomaterials; composites; antimicrobial
(This special issue belongs to the Section Applied Dentistry and Oral Sciences)
Advances in Human–Computer Interaction (HCI): The Relational Turn
edited by
submission deadline 20 May 2024 | Viewed by 391 | Submission Open
Keywords: artificial intelligence; more-than-human; relational; system thinking; sustainability
(This special issue belongs to the Section Computing and Artificial Intelligence)
Advances in Microplastic Pollution and Its Impact
edited by
submission deadline 20 May 2024 | Viewed by 384 | Submission Open
Keywords: microplastics; microfibers; plastic pollution; marine litter
(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Sciences)
Deep Learning and Transformer Technologies for Image/Video Enhancement and Restoration
edited by Xueyang Fu and Xiangyong Cao
submission deadline 20 May 2024 | Viewed by 368 | Submission Open
Keywords: image/video enhancement; denoising; super-resolution; deblurring; dehazing; inpainting; deraining; deep learning; transformer
(This special issue belongs to the Section Computing and Artificial Intelligence)
Fiber Lasers: Contemporary Trends submission deadline 20 May 2024 | Viewed by 339 | Submission Open
Keywords: fiber lasers; nir and mid-IR fiber laser sources; operational regimes; applications; nonlinear optical effects; fiber components
(This special issue belongs to the Section Optics and Lasers)
Text Mining and Data Mining
edited by Ming Liu
submission deadline 20 May 2024 | Viewed by 321 | Submission Open
Keywords: text mining; knowledge discovery in text; content analysis; text analysis; text classification; audio-to-text mining; video-to-text mining; image-to-text mining; big data; data mining; artificial intelligence; machine learning; information retrieval; applications; multimodal information extraction; image-aided information extraction; image information extraction
(This special issue belongs to the Section Computing and Artificial Intelligence)
Advanced Clay-Polymer Nanocomposites Materials: Synthesis, Properties, and Applications submission deadline 20 May 2024 | Viewed by 281 | Submission Open
Keywords: polymeric nanocomposites; clay-polymer nanocomposites; clay minerals; mechanical properties; thermal properties; flame retardancy; organo-smectite; montmorillonite; polymer
(This special issue belongs to the Section Materials Science and Engineering)
Brighten the Ages: Advances and Applications of Dating Methods submission deadline 20 May 2024 | Viewed by 242 | Submission Open
Keywords: archaeometric dating; radiocarbon dating; luminescence dating; optically stimulated luminescence (OSL); dendrochronology; relative and absolute dating; dating organic residues
(This special issue belongs to the Section Earth Sciences)
Numerical Modeling in Energy and Environment ‖ submission deadline 20 May 2024 | Viewed by 227 | Submission Open
Keywords: numerical models; mathematical models; computational models; energy; environment
(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Sciences)
Advancements in Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence (HCAI) applying Natural Language Processing Techniques
edited by Francisco De Arriba-Pérez, Xiaoming Zhang and Silvia García-Méndez
submission deadline 20 May 2024 | Viewed by 196 | Submission Open
Keywords: machine learning; deep learning; artificial intelligence; human-centered applications; sustainability
(This special issue belongs to the Section Computing and Artificial Intelligence)
Artificial Intelligence Applications in Medical Data Analysis and Healthcare Virtual Assistants
edited by
submission deadline 20 May 2024 | Viewed by 190 | Submission Open
Keywords: artificial intelligence; NLP; LLM; cloud computing; virtual environments; data architecture; data engineering
(This special issue belongs to the Section Computing and Artificial Intelligence)
Monitoring of Human Physiological Signals
edited by
submission deadline 20 May 2024 | Viewed by 185 | Submission Open
Keywords: healthcare; health management; Internet of Things healthcare; sensor fusion in biomedical imaging; remote sensing in healthcare; diagnostics; health monitoring; biosignal processing
(This special issue belongs to the Section Biomedical Engineering)
Development and Application of Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy submission deadline 20 May 2024 | Viewed by 183 | Submission Open
Keywords: laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy; LIBS; real-time elemental analysis; multi-element techniques
(This special issue belongs to the Section Optics and Lasers)
Application of Hydrological Models in Hydraulic Engineering
edited by
submission deadline 20 May 2024 | Viewed by 180 | Submission Open
Keywords: hydrological modeling; water resource management; extreme phenomena
(This special issue belongs to the Section Civil Engineering)
Trends, Research and Development in DC–DC Power Converters submission deadline 20 May 2024 | Viewed by 178 | Submission Open
Keywords: traditional; current; news; and emergent applications; high-; medium-; or low-power/current/voltage. Isolated and non-isolated DC– DC power converters; efficient; compact; and smart power management; monitoring; IoT; Industry 4.0; and smart DC– DC power converters applications; DC– DC converters in plug-in electric vehicle charging stations; wide-range DC– DC converters. Input and output voltage range; power; or load range; DC– DC converters based on wide bandgap switches; multiport DC– DC power converters: SISO; SIDO; MISO; MIMO; and SIMO; multiphase interleaved DC– DC power converters and multilevel DC– DC Power converters; soft- and hard-switching DC– DC converters: MRCs; QRCs; and PWM; low-voltage; high-efficiency; and high-power-density DC– DC converters; control strategies; modeling; and simulation; state of the art and reviews on DC– DC power converters and applications.
(This special issue belongs to the Section Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering)
Advanced Welding Technology and Its Applications submission deadline 20 May 2024 | Viewed by 177 | Submission Open
Keywords: solid-state welding; laser welding; fusion welding; arc welding; dissimilar materials; mechanical properties; microstructure; FEA; optimization
(This special issue belongs to the Section Applied Industrial Technologies)
Collaborative Mission Planning and Control Techniques for Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) Swarm Systems
edited by and
submission deadline 20 May 2024 | Viewed by 159 | Submission Open
Keywords: unmanned aerial vehicle; swarm distributed situation awareness and cognitive technology; swarm intelligent decision technology in strong confrontation environment; swarm collaborative planning technology in a complex battlefield environment; swarm strike cooperative task planning technology under multi constraint and strong coupling condition; verification system of key technologies of swarm intelligent planning and autonomous control
(This special issue belongs to the Section Aerospace Science and Engineering)
Food Storage, Spoilage and Shelf Life: Latest Advances and Prospects 2nd Edition
edited by and
submission deadline 20 May 2024 | Viewed by 158 | Submission Open
Keywords: food quality; packaging; storage conditions; food waste; antioxidants; food chain; antimicrobial effect; shelf life
(This special issue belongs to the Section Food Science and Technology)
The Transition toward Clean Energy Production 2024
edited by
submission deadline 20 May 2024 | Viewed by 153 | Submission Open
Keywords: clean production; energy efficiency; energy supply security; greenhouse gas emissions; optimization; renewable sources
(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Science and Technology)
Advances in Ultrasound Sensor and Ultrasound Imaging
edited by Xinjing Huang
submission deadline 20 May 2024 | Viewed by 151 | Submission Open
Keywords: ultrasound imaging; ultrasonic sensors; acoustic metamaterial devices
(This special issue belongs to the Section Acoustics and Vibrations)
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