The International Conference on Advanced Nano Materials—ANM 2025 ^†

1. Introduction

This volume of Materials Proceedings presents selected peer-reviewed papers from the ANM2025 Conference, held at the University of Aveiro, Portugal (23–25 July 2025). Please refer to the following website for more details on this annual conference on materials and energy: https://www.advanced-nanomaterials-conference.com/anm-home/. The conference serves as an international forum for the exchange of recent advances and emerging trends in advanced and novel materials research, bringing together participants from academia, research institutions, and industry.

The published contributions cover a broad range of topics, including advanced functional materials, nanomaterials, sustainable materials, processing and characterization techniques, and materials applications across the energy, environmental, and engineering fields. All of the papers included underwent a rigorous peer review process to ensure scientific quality and relevance.

The editors thank the authors, reviewers, conference organizers, and the Materials Proceedings editorial team for their valuable contributions. This Special Issue aims to disseminate the key scientific outcomes of ANM2025 and promote further research and collaboration in materials science.

We look forward to meeting more researchers at ANM2026 (22–24 July 2026), at the University of Aveiro, Portugal.

2. Committee Members

• Prof. Luiz Pereira, University of Aveiro, Portugal
• Dr. Elby Titus, University of Aveiro, Portugal
• Prof. Joao Campos Gil, University of Coimbra, Portugal
• Prof. Joao Pedro Araujo, University of Porto, Portugal
• Prof. Joao Ventura, University of Porto, Portugal
• Dr. Carmen M. Rangel, LNEG Lisbon, Portugal
• Prof. Lijian Meng, Institute of Engineering Porto, Portugal

3. Statement of Peer Review

In submitting conference proceedings to Materials Proceedings, the Volume Editors of these proceedings would like to certify to the publisher that all papers published in this volume have been peer-reviewed by the designated expert referees and were administered by the Volume Editors, strictly following the process and regulations described below.

The whole process was supervised by the conference committee and the Volume Editors and adhered to the professional and scientific standards expected of a proceedings journal published by MDPI and complied with the peer review policy and guidelines of Materials Proceedings, which can be found through the following link: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/materproc/instruction_for_conference_organizers. The review reports were checked and archived by the Materials Proceedings Editorial Office.

• Type of peer review: single-blind.
• Number of submissions sent for review: 6.
• Number of submissions accepted: 5.
• Acceptance rate (number of submissions accepted/number of submissions received): 83%.
• Average number of reviews per paper: 1.
• Total number of distinct reviewers involved: 5.
• Peer-review process and regulations: The papers were selected based on their excellent presentations and topic choice. The members of the organizing committee selected the papers.