We are thrilled to share the updated Exceptional Reviewers List 2024. This program was designed to recognize and honor the scholars who have delivered consistently exceptional review reports to our journal. Committed to fostering rigorous research and promoting knowledge exchange, the journal Materials (ISSN: 1996-1944) recognizes the significant role our reviewers play in maintaining the quality and integrity of the articles we publish. According to surveys conducted in 2023, 91% of our authors rate the peer-review service as good or excellent, thanks to our pool of excellent reviewers.

We would like to express our sincere appreciation for all the reviewers who have generously volunteered their time and expertise to assist in Materials’ peer-review process. Their dedication and attention to detail in evaluating manuscripts, offering valuable feedback, and contributing to academic rigor are truly commendable.

The Exceptional Reviewers List was introduced in March 2024. Each quarter, we will select a group of outstanding reviewers and introduce them here.

Q1:

• Name: Dr. Zhifu Zhao
  Affiliation: Institute of Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
  Interest: fracture; molecular dynamics simulation; dislocations; twinning; crack propagation; crack initiation; vibration; nonlinear dynamics; nanocrystalline metals

• Name: Dr. Thomas Gietzelt
  Affiliation: Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany
  Interest: joining technologies; diffusion bonding; laser welding; materials technology; materials diagnostics; application of new materials; corrosion phenomena

• Name: Dr. Krystian Zyguła
  Affiliation: AGH University of Science and Technology, Kraków, Poland
  Interest: metal forming; hot deformation; microstructure; titanium alloys; processing maps; additive manufacturing; composites; properties

• Name: Dr. Mauro Taborelli
  Affiliation: European Organization for Nuclear Research, Geneva, Switzerland
  Interest: molybdenum coatings; surface analysis; secondary electron yield

• Name: Dr. Ilias Stavrakas
  Affiliation: University of West Attica, Athens, Greece
  Interest: electrical circuits; electrical and electronic measurement technologies; measuring systems and devices; integrated measurement systems; non-destructive testing of materials; electrical characterization of materials

Q2:

• Name: Wolfgang Kern
  Affiliation: Montanuniversität Leoben, Department of Chemistry of Polymeric Materials, Leoben, Austria
  Interests: impact; special and functional polymers polymer photochemistry; surface modification of polymers; chemistry at interfaces of inorganic/organic materials; organic functionalization of inorganic surfaces and particles

• Name: Rosaria D'Amato
  Affiliation: ENEA, FSN-TECFIS-MNF, CR Frascati, via E. Fermi 45, 00044 Frascati, Rome, Italy
  Interests: synthesis, different materials and nanomaterials, polymer, organometallic compound, inorganic nanoparticles, photonics, energy and sensors, nanocomposites, optical fiber sensors

• Name: Liubomyr Poberezhnyi
  Affiliation: Helmut Schmidt University - University of the Federal Armed Forces Hamburg, Germany, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Hamburg, Germany
  Interests: fatigue and corrosion fatigue of materials; pipeline fatigue and failure; risk-management of oil and gas pipelines; corrosion degradation of steel and alloys; ageing of low-carbon steels

• Name: Jiho Moon
  Affiliation: Department of Civil Engineering, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon-si, Gangwon-do 24341, Republic of Korea
  Interests: composite materials and structures

• Name: Abhijit Dasgupta
  Affiliation: Mechanical Engineering Department, Center for Advanced Life Cycle Engineering (CALCE), University of Maryland, College Park, MD, 20742, USA
  Interests: nanomechanics; mechanics of materials; Micromechanics; reliability of electronic materials; Accelerated stress testing

Q3:

• Name: Prof. Dr. Ovidiu-Cristian Oprea
  Affiliation: National University of Science and Technology POLITEHNICA Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania
  Interests: nanomaterials; antimicrobial applications of nanomaterials; ZnO; food packaging; drug delivery
• Name: Dr. Dimitrios Vlachos
  Affiliation: Department of Physics, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece
  Interests: surface science; materials science; physics of condensed matter

• Name: Prof. Dr. Hans-Joachim Krause
  Affiliation: Forschungszentrum Jülich, IBI-3, 52425 Jülich, Germany
  Interests: magnetic field sensors; SQUID; low field NMR; magnetic particle detection

• Name: Prof. Dr. Tingting Lang
  Affiliation: School of information and electronic engineering, Zhejiang University of Science and Technology, Hangzhou, China
  Interests: metamaterial; optical fiber; integrated photonics; waveguide-based devices

• Name: Prof. Dr. Marcella Bini
  Affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy
  Interests: energy; batteries; electrode materials; nanomaterials; ceramic materials; solid state chemistry; powder diffraction; SEM microscopy; synthesis

Q4:

• Name: Prof. Dr. Beate Paulus
  Affiliation: Institute for Chemistry and Biochemistry, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany
  Interests: theoretical chemistry with emphasis on material science; first-principles study; graphene; spectroscopy

• Name: Dr. Ivan Giorgio
  Affiliation: Department of Civil, Construction-Architectural and Environmental Engineering, University of L’Aquila, L’Aquila, Italy
  Interests: continuum mechanics; metamaterials; lagrangian mechanics; strain gradient elasticity; biomechanical analysis

• Name: Prof. Dr. Arno Schindlmayr
  Affiliation: Universität Paderborn, Paderborn, Germany
  Interests: Ab initio calculations of electronic; optical and magnetic properties of materials; quantum many-body theory of electrons in solids

• Name: Dr. Pierre Montmitonnet
  Affiliation: MINES Paris, PSL⁎ Research University – CEMEF, Paris, France
  Interests: materials engineering; materials processing; mechanical engineering; stress analysis; fracture

• Name: Dr. Raquel González-Arrabal
  Affiliation: Instituto de Fusión Nuclear, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
  Interests: development of more radiation-resistant materials; development of permeation and corrosion barriers; magnetron sputtering; nanomaterials under extreme conditions; radiation–matter interaction; radiation-induced damage