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Prof. Dr. Peter Van Puyvelde Section Editor-in-Chief Department of Chemical Engineering, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200f-box 2424, 3001 Leuven, Belgium Tel. +32-16322357; Fax: +32-16322991 Website \| E-Mail Interests: applied materials; rheology; polymer processing; additive manufacturing Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals: Special Issue in Applied Sciences: Materials for 3D Printing
Prof. Dr. Jos Brouwers Department of the Built Environment, Technische Universiteit Eindhoven, Eindhoven, The Netherlands Website \| E-Mail Interests: Building materials; cement; gypsum; wood; photocatalysis; nanomaterials; supplementary cementitious materials (SCM) and concrete
Prof. Dr. Yin Xiao Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, QLD 4059, Australia Tel. 61-7-31386240; Fax: 61-7-31386030 Website 1 \| Website 2 \| E-Mail Interests: Biomaterials, Stem Cells, Tissue Engineering, Regenerative Medicine, Dentistry, Bone, Cartilage Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals: Special Issue in Materials: Metallic Scaffolds for Bone Regeneration
Prof. Dr. Stefano Caramori Department of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Ferrara, Via L.Borsari 46, 44121 Ferrara, Italy Website \| E-Mail Interests: electron transfer processes involving heterogeneous phases; conversion and storage of solar energy; coordination compounds; electrocatalysts; nanostructured photoelectrodes
Prof. Dr. Jesús Toribio Fracture & Structural Integrity Research Group (FSIRG), University of Salamanca (USAL), Campus Viriato, Avda Requejo 33, 49022 Zamora, Spain Website \| E-Mail Interests: Material Characterization; Materials; Mechanical Properties; Finite Element Analysis; Mechanical Behavior of Materials; Mechanical Testing; Stress Analysis; Materials Testing; Metals; Fracture Mechanics; Metallurgical Engineering; Engineering Drawing; Failure Analysis; Corrosion Testing; Finite Element Method; Plasticity; Technical Drawing; Steel Corrosion Testing; Experimental Mechanics; Computational Analysis; Micromechanics; Corrosion Engineering; Micromechanics of Materials; Fractography; Corrosion Science; Steelmaking; Material Testing; Fatigue; Fracture Strength Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals: Special Issue in Metals: Hydrogen Embrittlement of Metallic Materials: Past, Present and Future
Prof. Dr. Armando Silvestre CICECO – Aveiro Institute of Materials, Department of Chemistry, University of Aveiro, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal Tel. c; Fax: +351 234 370 084 Website \| E-Mail Interests: sustainable extraction and upgrading of added-value compounds from biomass, addressing mainly bioactive compounds through the use benign solvents; new biobased polymers derived from 2,5-furandicarboxylic acid and new functional (nano)composite materials and biomaterials based on biopolymers and cellulose (nano)fibers Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals: Special Issue in Materials: Advances in Cellulosic Materials Special Issue in Materials: Advances in Cellulosic Materials 2014 Special Issue in Materials: Biobased Nanocomposite Functional Materials Special Issue in Applied Sciences: Bacterial Cellulose Composites
Prof. Dr. T. Randall Lee Cullen Distinguished University Chair and Associate Dean for Research College of Natural Sciences & Mathematics, University of Houston, Houston, TX 77204-5003, USA Tel. (713)-743-2724; Fax: (281)-754-4445 Website \| E-Mail Interests: applied nanomaterials; including nanoscale organic and polymeric coatings that inhibit corrosion and resist biofilm formation and magnetic and photonic nanoparticles for biomedical and energy applications
Dr. Vasilios Georgakilas Department of Materials Science, University of Patras, Rio 26504, Greece Website \| E-Mail Interests: carbon nanostructures, graphene, carbon nanotubes, fullerenes, carbon dots, chemical functionalization of carbon nanomaterials, metallic nanoparticles, chemistry of nanomaterials, nanocomposites, nanohybrids
Prof. Dr. Francesco Colangelo Department of Engineering, University of Naples Parthenope, Naples, Italy Website \| E-Mail Interests: ferrous metals; durability of iron; metallic waste recycling; innovative materials for civil applications; metallic fibers; 3D printing; FRP; FRC; SCC; geopolymer; sustainability of construction materials; the application of Life Cycle Assessment methodology to different processes for preparation of innovative building material; sustainability of construction Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals: Special Issue in Materials: Recycled Materials, Eco-design and 3D Printing
Prof. Dr. Kourosh Kalantar-Zadeh School of Chemical Engineering, University of New South Wales (UNSW), Sydney, Australia Tel. +61 3 9925 3254 Website \| E-Mail Interests: gas sensors; liquid metals; electronic materials; medical devices and microfluidics
Prof. Dr. Antonio Miotello Physics Department, University of Trento, I-38123 Povo, Trento, Italy Website 1 \| Website 2 \| E-Mail Interests: materials science; laser-surface interaction; laser-ablation for nanomaterials production; photocatalysis; water splitting; water purification
Prof. Dr. Ho Bum Park Department of Energy Engineering, Hanyang University, Seoul 133-791, Korea Website \| E-Mail Interests: membrane; gas separation; liquid separation; fuel cells Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals: Special Issue in Membranes: Polymeric Membranes for Gas Separation
Dr. Eric Guibal Ecole des mines d'Alès, Centre des Matériaux des Mines d'Alès (C2MA), 6, avenue de Clavières, 30319 Alès cedex, France Tel. +33 (0)466782734 E-Mail Interests: biopolymers; wastewater treatment; metal ion interactions with biopolymers; biopolymer conditioning; supported catalysis; encapsulation processes; ionic liquids Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals: Special Issue in Molecules: Heterogeneous Catalysis Special Issue in Materials: Sorption Materials for Environment Purification Special Issue in Applied Sciences: Biopolymers and Their Applications Special Issue in Molecules: Ionic Liquids in Chemical Separations: Promise and Prospects
Prof. Dr. Dong-Won Kim Department of Chemical Engineering, Hanyang University, 222 Wangsimni-ro, Seongdong-gu, Seoul 04763, Korea Website \| E-Mail Interests: Rechargeable Lithium Batteries; Electrochemical Capacitors; Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells; Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Fuel cells Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals: Special Issue in Applied Sciences: Advanced Materials for Rechargeable Lithium Batteries
Prof. Dr. Ren-Ke Li Department of Surgery Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto Medical Discovery Tower, Room 3-702, 101 College Street, Toronto, Ontario M5G 1L7, Canada Tel. 416-581-7492 Website \| E-Mail Interests: Tissue Engineering, Biomaterial, Stem Cells, Heart Failure, Heart Regeneration, Animal Model
Dr. Giorgio Biasiol AMD - Advanced Material and Devices group, CNR-IOM, TASC Laboratory Laboratory, S.S. 14, Km 163.5 in Area Science Park, 34149 Basovizza (Trieste), Italy Fax: +39 040 226767 Website \| E-Mail Interests: compound semiconductor thin films and nanostructures; crystal growth and epitaxy; kinetics of epitaxial growth; photoemission spectroscopy and microscopy; coherent transport Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals: Special Issue in Materials: Epitaxial Materials
Prof. Dr. Francisco José Alguacil CSIC - Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Metalurgicas (CENIM), Madrid, Spain Website \| E-Mail Interests: hydrometallurgical operations; liquid membranes; material recycling and effluent treatment
Prof. Dr. Gino Mariotto Department of Computer Science, University of Verona, Via S. Francesco, 22, 37129 Verona, Italy Website \| E-Mail Interests: Structure and vibrational dynamics of ionic materials, crystals and glasses, as well as of ceramic materials; Structural and optical properties of transition metal and rare earth doped oxide crystals; Electronic and vibrational properties of metal and semiconductor nano-clusters in transparent dielectric matrices; Vibrational spectroscopy analysis of functional composite materials, based on Si and C, in form of thin films and bulk; Quantum confinement effects in nanostructured systems, in particular in zero-dimensional, one-dimensional and two-dimensional structures
Prof. Dr. Denis L. Nika E. Pokatilov Laboratory of Physics and Engineering of Nanomaterials, Department of Physics and Engineering, Moldova State University, Chisinau MD-2009, Moldova Tel. +373 67560423; Fax: +373 22 577712 Website \| E-Mail Interests: phonons; thermal transport; graphene; nanostructures; thermoelectrics
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Youn-Sang Bae Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Yonsei University, 50 Yonsei-ro, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul 03722, Korea Tel. +82-2-2123-2755; Fax: +82-2-312-6401 Website \| E-Mail Interests: Nanoporous Materials; Metal-Organic Frameworks (MOFs); Adsorption; Gas Separations and Storage; Greenhouse Gas Capture, Olefin/Paraffin Separation; Natural Gas Purification and Storage; Noble Gas Separation/Capture; Aromatic Compounds Separation; Mixed Matrix Membranes
Prof. Dr. Jong-Sook Lee School of Materials Science and Engineering, Chonnam National University, Korea Website \| E-Mail Interests: electroceramics; impedance spectroscopy for energy and electronic applications Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals: Special Issue in Applied Sciences: Selected Papers from IUMRS-ICEM 2018
Dr. Eric Gaffet Institut Jean Lamour (UMR 7198 CNRS - Université de Lorraine) Nancy, France Website \| E-Mail Interests: nanosciences; nanomaterials synthesis; processing and properties of nanomaterials; nanopowder synthesis; nanopowder characterization; far from equilibrium phase transition; solid state reaction
Dr. Christian B. Nielsen Materials Research Institute and School of Biological and Chemical Sciences, Queen Mary University of London, United Kingdom Tel. +44 (0)20 7882 5902 Website 1 \| Website 2 \| E-Mail Interests: materials chemistry; Conjugated polymers; Organic electronics; Organic bioelectronics; Organic photovoltaics; Field-effect transistors Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals: Special Issue in Polymers: Organic Photovoltaics Special Issue in Polymers: Organic Photovoltaics 2016
Prof. Israel Felner Racah Institute of Physics,The Hebrew University, Jerusalem 91904, Israel Tel. 972 (0)2-6585752 Website \| E-Mail Interests: High Tc Superconductivity ,magneto-superconducting materials; Magnetism and Mossbauer Studies; Magnetic and structural properties of Rare-earth based intermetallics; Mixed Valencies in Rare earth intermetallic compounds
Prof. Dr. Rui Vilar Department of Chemical Engineering, Instituto Superior Tecnico, Av. Rovisco Pais, 1049-001 Lisboa, Portugal Website 1 \| Website 2 \| Website 3 \| Website 4 \| Website 5 \| Website 6 \| Website 7 \| E-Mail Interests: Materials science; Laser materials processing; Laser surface engineering; Laser-assisted metal printing; Laser cladding; Femtosecond lasers; Surface processing with femtosecond lasers
Prof. Tetsuo Soga Nagoya Institute of Technology, Department of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering, Nagoya, Japan Website \| E-Mail Interests: Photovoltaic device; Organic–inorganic hybrid; Organic electronics; Nanomaterial Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals: Special Issue in Applied Sciences: Advanced Nanostructured Materials for Solar Cell Applications
Prof. Dr. Moncef L. Nehdi Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Western University, London, Ontario N6A 5B9, Canada Website \| E-Mail Interests: cement and concrete technology; durability and repair of concrete infrastructure; structural behaviour of special concretes; modeling the behaviour of cement-based materials; and recycling industrial and mining by-products in construction applications
Prof. Dr. Markus Linder Department of Bioproducts and Biosystems, School of Chemical Engineering, Aalto University, FI-02150, Espoo, Finland Website \| E-Mail Interests: biomimetics, protein engineering, cellulose, self-assembly, biomaterials
Dr. Alberto Villa Dipartimento di Chimica, Università degli Studi di Milano, Via Golgi 19, I-20133 Milano, Italy Website \| E-Mail Interests: metal nanoparticles; heterogeneous catalysis; nanostructured metal oxides; functionalized carbons; metal carbides; biomass transformation Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals: Special Issue in Materials: Nanoparticle Synthesis and Applications in Catalysis Special Issue in Nanomaterials: Nanostructure Metal Alloys for the Transformation of Biomass Special Issue in Applied Sciences: Support Effect in Liquid Phase Reactions
Prof. Dr. Angelo Maria Taglietti Dipartimento di Chimica – Sezione Chimica Generale, Università di Pavia, Viale Taramelli 12, I-27100 Pavia, Italy Website \| E-Mail Interests: antibacterial nanomaterials and surfaces; anisotropic noble metal nanoparticles for functionalization and application to biomedical and sensing problems and use in Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy (SERS); theranostic devices; supramolecular chemistry; transition metal complexes Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals: Special Issue in Applied Sciences: Nano-systems for Antimicrobial Therapy
Prof. Dr. Karl Ulrich Kainer ¹ Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht, Centre for Materials and Coastal Research, Director Institute of Materials Research, Magnesium Innovation Centre, Max-Planck-Str. 1, 21502 Geesthacht, Germany ² Hamburg University of Technology, Institute of Material Physics and Technology, Chair Materials Technology, Eissendorfer Str. 42, 21073 Hamburg, Germany Website 1 \| Website 2 \| E-Mail Interests: magnesium: alloy development, process development, wrought alloys, microstructure and texture design, corrosion, surface treatment; magnesium bio-materials Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals: Special Issue in Metals: Selected Papers from the 2^nd International Conference on Light Materials LightMAT 2017
Dr. Oomman K. Varghese Department of Physics, University of Houston, Houston, Texas 77204-5008,  United States Website \| E-Mail Interests: earth-abundant inorganic materials, organic polymers, carbon materials from sustainable sources for solar cells, solar fuel generation, and environmental sensing
Dr. Jean-Marc Greneche Institute of Molecules and Materials, IMMM UMR CNRS 6283 University Le Mans, Avenue Olivier Messiaen, 72085 Le Mans, France Website \| E-Mail Interests: magnetic materials; magnetic nanomaterials; nanomagnetism; Mössbauer spectrometry; materials science
Dr. Weiyang(Fiona) Li Thayer School of Engineering, Dartmouth College, 14 Engineering Drive, Hanover, NH 03755, USA Website \| E-Mail Interests: functional nanomaterials design and synthesis; structure-property correlations; electrochemical engineering; energy storage and conversion devices; electrocatalysis
Dr. Filippo Giannazzo Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche –Institute for Microelectronics and Microsystems (CNR-IMM), Strada VIII, 5 I-95121 Catania, Italy Website \| E-Mail Interests: graphene, 2D materials, wide-bandgap semiconductors (SiC, GaN), high power and high frequency electronics, scanning probe microscopy Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals: Special Issue in Crystals: Integration of 2D Materials for Electronics Applications
Prof. Dr. Yulin Deng School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Renewable Bioproducts Institute, Georgia Institute of Technology, 500 10th Street N.W., Atlanta, GA 30332-0620, USA Tel. 404 894 5759; Fax: 404 894 4771 Website \| E-Mail Interests: Nanomaterial synthesis and self-assembling; biofuel and biomass materials; colloid and interface science and engineering polymer synthesis; papermaking and paper recycling Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals: Special Issue in Fibers: Current Developments in Cellulose Based Nanomaterials
Prof. Dr. Peter Raymond Slater School of Chemistry, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK Website \| E-Mail Interests: fuel cells and electrolysers; Lithium and Sodium ion batteries; solid state chemistry; perovskite materials; neutron diffraction; oxygen storage materials Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals: Special Issue in Applied Sciences: New Materials for Solid Oxide Fuel Cells/Electrolysers
Prof. Dr. Alexander Chroneos Faculty of Engineering, Environment and Computing, Coventry University, Priory Street, Coventry CV1 5FB, United Kingdom Website \| E-Mail Interests: atomistic modelling; solid oxide fuel cells; semiconductors; Lithium batteries; nuclear materials
Prof. Dr. Philippe Bergonzo Bergonzo CEA (The French Atomic Energy Commission), LIST Institute, University Paris-Saclay, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France Website \| E-Mail Interests: Elecronic materials, Sensors, Carbon and related materials and devices, Diamond
Dr. Rahul Kumar Gupta School of Engineering, RMIT University, Melbourne, Victoria 3000, Australia Website \| E-Mail Interests: Nanotechnology and Materials Engineering- Polymers for biomedical applications, recycled plastics, Nanocomposites, Bio-nanocomposites, Rheology
Prof. Dr. Bert Müller Biomaterials Science Center (BMC), University of Basel, Gewerbestrasse 14, 4123 Allschwil, Switzerland Website \| E-Mail Interests: nanotechnology-based medical implants; thin-film technology; epitaxial growth and characterisation; high-resolution X-ray imaging; three-dimensional image analysis; nanoscience for human health; advances in dentistry
Prof. Dr. Won Ho Park Department of Organic Materials & Engineering, College of Engineering, Chungnam National University, South Korea Tel. +82-42-821-6613 Website \| E-Mail Interests: Modification and Functionalization of Biopolymers; Environmental Friendly and Biomedical Polymers; Scaffolds for Tissue Engineering; Polymer Hydrogels for Drug Delivery; Functional Nanofibers and Nanoparticles
Prof. Dr. Bumjoon J. Kim Polymer Nano Electronics (PNEL) Laboratory, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Daejeon 34141, South Korea Tel. +82-42-350-3935; Fax: +82-42-350-3910 Website \| E-Mail Interests: Polymer-Based Hybrid Materials; Polymer Electronics; Polymer Solar Cells; Conjugated Polymers; Block Copolymer Particles; Smart Polymer Particles; Smart Sensing Systems
Prof. Nadia Lotti Department of Civil, Chemical, Environmental, and Materials Engineering, Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna, 40126 Bologna, Italy Tel. +39 051 20 9 0354 Website \| E-Mail Interests: biodegradation; polyesters; polymer synthesis; crystallization kinetics; polymer characterization; biobased polymers; nanocomposites; barrier properties; nano systems for controlled drug delivery; chemical modifications of commercial polymers; biopolymers for tissue engineering Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals: Special Issue in Applied Sciences: Eco-Friendly Nanocomposites for Biomedical Applications Special Issue in Sustainability: Sustainable Materials for Food Packaging
Dr. Shujun Zhang ISEM/AIIM, University of Wollongong, NSW 2500, Wollongong, Australia Tel. 242981479 Website \| E-Mail Interests: Piezoelectricity, Ferroelectricity, Crystals, Ceramics, Transducers Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals: Special Issue in Crystals: Piezoelectric Crystals Special Issue in Applied Sciences: Piezoelectric Actuators
Prof. Amit Bandyopadhyay, Ph.D. School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164-2920, USA Tel. (509) 335-4862 Website \| E-Mail Interests: additive manufacturing; biomaterials; laser processing; biotribology
Prof. Dr. Luyi Sun Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering and Polymer Program, Institute of Materials Science, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269, USA Website \| E-Mail Interests: solid state chemistry; layered compounds; clays; hydrates; polymers; composites; green science Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals: Special Issue in Inorganics: Metal Phosphates and Phosphonates
Prof. Dr. Yoshiko Miura Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Kyushu University, 744 Motooka, Nishi-ku, Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan Tel. +81 92 802 2749; Fax: +81 92 802 2800 Website \| E-Mail Interests: polymer; biopolymer; interface science; membrane; porous materials
Prof. Dr. Takao Aoyagi Department of Materials and Applied Chemistry, Nihon University, 1-8-14, Kanda-Surugadai, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 101-8308, Japan Website \| E-Mail Interests: Biomaterials, Smart Polymers, Biodegradable Polymers, Shape Memory Materials, Self-Healing Materials, Nanoparticles, Drug Delivery
Prof. Dr. Alkiviadis Paipetis Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, 45110, Greece Website \| E-Mail Interests: Composite Materials; Composite Interfaces; Micromechanics; Mechanical behaviour; Non-destructive evaluation; Hybrid-Nano Composites; Self healing Materials; Structural Health Monitoring Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals: Special Issue in Materials: Acoustic Waves in Advanced Materials
Prof. Dr. Antonio Facchetti Northwestern University, Department of Chemistry, 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, Illinois 60208-3113, USA Fax: +1 847 491 2990 Website \| E-Mail Interests: plastic electronics; organic photovoltacis; metal oxide/transparent electronics; electro-optic materials and devices; organic materials for multiphotonics; contrast agents for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals: Special Issue in Materials: Conjugated Polymers 2012
Prof. Dr. Shoufeng Yang Professor of Additive Manufacturing, Production Engineering, Machine Design and Automation, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (KULeuven), Celestijnenlaan 300, 3001 Heverlee, Leuven, Belgium Website \| E-Mail Interests: additive manufacturing; rapid prototyping; multiple materials additive manufacturing; 3D printing; particle technology
Prof. Dr. Chul B. Park Microcellular Plastics Manufacturing Laboratory, Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3G8, Canada Website \| E-Mail Interests: microcellular foaming, nano cellular foaming, polymer processing, injection moulding, extrusion, blow moulding, visualization, pressure-volume-temperature (PVT) behaviour, heat insulation property, solubility, diffusivity, permeation, Rigid Amorphous Fraction (RIF), conductive polymer composites, etc
Prof. Dr. Kerry Kirwan Department of Sustainable Materials and Manufacturing, Warwick Manufacturing Group (WMG), University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, UK Website \| E-Mail Interests: sustainability; sustainable materials; sustainable manufacturing; polymers; composites
Prof. Dr. Yuyuan Zhao School of Engineering, University of Liverpool, The Quadrangle, Brownlow Hill L69 3GH, UK Website \| E-Mail Interests: porous metals; metal foams; fluid flow and heat transfer in porous media; powder metallurgy
Prof. Dr. Andy Alderson Materials and Engineering Research Institute, Faculty of ACES, Sheffield Hallam University, Sheffield S1 1WB, UK Website 1 \| Website 2 \| E-Mail Interests: auxetic materials; negative Poisson's ratio materials; smart materials; mechanical properties; polymers; composites; cellular solids Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals: Special Issue in Materials: Auxetic Materials 2017-2018
Prof. Dr. Faris Ali School of the Built Environment, University of Ulster, Jordanstown, Newrownabbey BT37 0QB, UK Website \| E-Mail Interests: fire; steel; concrete; thin walled structures; finite element method
Prof. Dr. Yasuhide Shindo Department of Materials Processing, Graduate School of Engineering, Tohoku University, Aoba-yama 6-6-02, Sendai 980-8579, Japan Website \| E-Mail Interests: mesomechanics of material systems and structures; electromagnetic fracture and damage mechanics; dynamics and cryomechanics of advanced composite materials/structural alloys; reliability and durability of micro/nano components and devices
Prof. Dr. Patrick A. Fairclough Department of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Sheffield, Sheffield S1 3JD, UK Website \| E-Mail Interests: Composites and Polymers: nanocomposites, stability and durability of polymers, composites with natural fibres; polymer networks, diffusion and permeability in polymers. Structural Colour and biomimicry; Algae processing, biofuels and their interactions with polymers, Small Angle X-ray and Neutron Scattering
Dr. Cem Selcuk TWI Ltd - Granta Park, Cambridge CB21 6AL, UK Website \| E-Mail Interests: metallurgical engineering; materials processing; materials design; powder metallurgy; reactive sintering; additive manufacturing; non-destructive testing; quality control; structural integrity Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals: Special Issue in Applied Sciences: Quality Control in Net-Shape Manufacturing Environment
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Johannes Kiefer Technische Thermodynamik, Universität Bremen, Badgasteiner Str. 1, 28359 Bremen, Germany Tel. +49 (0)421 218-64777 Website \| E-Mail Interests: spectroscopy; process analysis; material characterization; ionic liquids; combustion Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals: Special Issue in Applied Sciences: Optics and Spectroscopy for Fluid Characterization
Prof. Mohamed Khayet Department of Structure of Matter, Thermal Physics and Electronics Faculty of Physics, University Complutense of Madrid Avda. Complutense s/n, 28040 Madrid (Spain) Fax: +34 91 394 5191 Website \| E-Mail Interests: Membrane Science and Technology (Membrane Preparation, Nanofibrous membranes, hollow fiber membranes, nanocomposite and mixed matrix membranes, Membrane modification, Membrane characterization, Membrane processes) Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals: Special Issue in Polymers: Polymeric Fibers Special Issue in Membranes: Membrane Distillation for the Treatment of Brackish, Seawater and Brines Effluents Special Issue in Polymers: Electrospinning of Nanofibres Special Issue in Membranes: Advanced Nanofiltration Membranes Special Issue in Polymers: Hollow Fiber
Prof. Dr. Daniel X.B. Chen Department of Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK S7N5A9, Canada Website \| E-Mail Interests: biofabrication; tissue engineering scaffolds; mechanical properties; 3D printing Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals: Special Issue in Journal of Functional Biomaterials: Mechanical Properties of Tissue Engineering Scaffolds Special Issue in Applied Sciences: Biomaterials and Scaffolds in Tissue Engineering Applications and Cancer Therapies Special Issue in Applied Sciences: Biomaterials and Scaffolds in Tissue Engineering Applications and Cancer Therapies 2018
Dr. Huey Hoon Hng School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Block N4.1, Nanyang Avenue, Singapore 639798, Singapore Fax: +65 6790 9081 Website \| E-Mail Interests: thermoelectric materials; energy storage materials; energetic materials; nanomaterials
Prof. Dr. Bertrand Lenoir Jean Lamour Institute, Lorraine University, Parc de Saurupt, 54011 Nancy, France Website 1 \| Website 2 \| E-Mail Interests: thermoelectric materials; transport properties; small-band gap semiconductors; thermoelectric conversion Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals: Special Issue in Applied Sciences: Recent Progress in the Development of Thermoelectric Materials
Dr. Lennart Y. Ljungberg Integrated Product Development, University of Skövde, P.O. Box 408, SE-541 28 Skövde, Sweden Fax: +46 0500 448599 Website \| E-Mail Interests: materials science; sustainable engineering; product development; design; vacuum brazing; chemical interactions between ceramics and metals; wetting of metals; microscopy; corrosion; welding; production engineering; mechanical engineering in general
Prof. Dr. Hamid Oughaddou Institut des Sciences Moléculaires d’Orsay, ISMO-CNRS, University of Paris Sud, 91405 Orsay, France Tel. +33 1 69153265; Fax: +33 1 69156777 Website 1 \| Website 2 \| E-Mail Interests: 2D materials; silicene; surface alloys; selfassembled organic molecules; thin oxide films
Prof. Jorge de Brito Department of Civil Engineering, Architecture and Georresources, Instituto Superior Técnico, University of Lisbon, Av. Rovisco Pais, 1049-001 Lisbon, Portugal Website \| E-Mail Interests: sustainable construction (recycled aggregates in concrete and mortars); bridge and building management systems; buildings service life (prediction); construction technology; cementitious materials; life cycle analysis Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals: Special Issue in Applied Sciences: New Trends in Recycled Aggregate Concrete Special Issue in J: Self-Compacting Concrete Produced with Recycled Aggregates Special Issue in Buildings: Life Cycle Prediction and Maintenance of Buildings

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Prof. Dr. Peter Van Puyvelde Section Editor-in-Chief Department of Chemical Engineering, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200f-box 2424, 3001 Leuven, Belgium Tel. +32-16322357; Fax: +32-16322991 Website \| E-Mail Interests: applied materials; rheology; polymer processing; additive manufacturing Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals: Special Issue in Applied Sciences: Materials for 3D Printing
Prof. Dr. Jos Brouwers Department of the Built Environment, Technische Universiteit Eindhoven, Eindhoven, The Netherlands Website \| E-Mail Interests: Building materials; cement; gypsum; wood; photocatalysis; nanomaterials; supplementary cementitious materials (SCM) and concrete
Prof. Dr. Yin Xiao Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, QLD 4059, Australia Tel. 61-7-31386240; Fax: 61-7-31386030 Website 1 \| Website 2 \| E-Mail Interests: Biomaterials, Stem Cells, Tissue Engineering, Regenerative Medicine, Dentistry, Bone, Cartilage Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals: Special Issue in Materials: Metallic Scaffolds for Bone Regeneration
Prof. Dr. Stefano Caramori Department of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Ferrara, Via L.Borsari 46, 44121 Ferrara, Italy Website \| E-Mail Interests: electron transfer processes involving heterogeneous phases; conversion and storage of solar energy; coordination compounds; electrocatalysts; nanostructured photoelectrodes
Prof. Dr. Jesús Toribio Fracture & Structural Integrity Research Group (FSIRG), University of Salamanca (USAL), Campus Viriato, Avda Requejo 33, 49022 Zamora, Spain Website \| E-Mail Interests: Material Characterization; Materials; Mechanical Properties; Finite Element Analysis; Mechanical Behavior of Materials; Mechanical Testing; Stress Analysis; Materials Testing; Metals; Fracture Mechanics; Metallurgical Engineering; Engineering Drawing; Failure Analysis; Corrosion Testing; Finite Element Method; Plasticity; Technical Drawing; Steel Corrosion Testing; Experimental Mechanics; Computational Analysis; Micromechanics; Corrosion Engineering; Micromechanics of Materials; Fractography; Corrosion Science; Steelmaking; Material Testing; Fatigue; Fracture Strength Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals: Special Issue in Metals: Hydrogen Embrittlement of Metallic Materials: Past, Present and Future
Prof. Dr. Armando Silvestre CICECO – Aveiro Institute of Materials, Department of Chemistry, University of Aveiro, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal Tel. c; Fax: +351 234 370 084 Website \| E-Mail Interests: sustainable extraction and upgrading of added-value compounds from biomass, addressing mainly bioactive compounds through the use benign solvents; new biobased polymers derived from 2,5-furandicarboxylic acid and new functional (nano)composite materials and biomaterials based on biopolymers and cellulose (nano)fibers Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals: Special Issue in Materials: Advances in Cellulosic Materials Special Issue in Materials: Advances in Cellulosic Materials 2014 Special Issue in Materials: Biobased Nanocomposite Functional Materials Special Issue in Applied Sciences: Bacterial Cellulose Composites
Prof. Dr. T. Randall Lee Cullen Distinguished University Chair and Associate Dean for Research College of Natural Sciences & Mathematics, University of Houston, Houston, TX 77204-5003, USA Tel. (713)-743-2724; Fax: (281)-754-4445 Website \| E-Mail Interests: applied nanomaterials; including nanoscale organic and polymeric coatings that inhibit corrosion and resist biofilm formation and magnetic and photonic nanoparticles for biomedical and energy applications
Dr. Vasilios Georgakilas Department of Materials Science, University of Patras, Rio 26504, Greece Website \| E-Mail Interests: carbon nanostructures, graphene, carbon nanotubes, fullerenes, carbon dots, chemical functionalization of carbon nanomaterials, metallic nanoparticles, chemistry of nanomaterials, nanocomposites, nanohybrids
Prof. Dr. Francesco Colangelo Department of Engineering, University of Naples Parthenope, Naples, Italy Website \| E-Mail Interests: ferrous metals; durability of iron; metallic waste recycling; innovative materials for civil applications; metallic fibers; 3D printing; FRP; FRC; SCC; geopolymer; sustainability of construction materials; the application of Life Cycle Assessment methodology to different processes for preparation of innovative building material; sustainability of construction Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals: Special Issue in Materials: Recycled Materials, Eco-design and 3D Printing
Prof. Dr. Kourosh Kalantar-Zadeh School of Chemical Engineering, University of New South Wales (UNSW), Sydney, Australia Tel. +61 3 9925 3254 Website \| E-Mail Interests: gas sensors; liquid metals; electronic materials; medical devices and microfluidics
Prof. Dr. Antonio Miotello Physics Department, University of Trento, I-38123 Povo, Trento, Italy Website 1 \| Website 2 \| E-Mail Interests: materials science; laser-surface interaction; laser-ablation for nanomaterials production; photocatalysis; water splitting; water purification
Prof. Dr. Ho Bum Park Department of Energy Engineering, Hanyang University, Seoul 133-791, Korea Website \| E-Mail Interests: membrane; gas separation; liquid separation; fuel cells Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals: Special Issue in Membranes: Polymeric Membranes for Gas Separation
Dr. Eric Guibal Ecole des mines d'Alès, Centre des Matériaux des Mines d'Alès (C2MA), 6, avenue de Clavières, 30319 Alès cedex, France Tel. +33 (0)466782734 E-Mail Interests: biopolymers; wastewater treatment; metal ion interactions with biopolymers; biopolymer conditioning; supported catalysis; encapsulation processes; ionic liquids Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals: Special Issue in Molecules: Heterogeneous Catalysis Special Issue in Materials: Sorption Materials for Environment Purification Special Issue in Applied Sciences: Biopolymers and Their Applications Special Issue in Molecules: Ionic Liquids in Chemical Separations: Promise and Prospects
Prof. Dr. Dong-Won Kim Department of Chemical Engineering, Hanyang University, 222 Wangsimni-ro, Seongdong-gu, Seoul 04763, Korea Website \| E-Mail Interests: Rechargeable Lithium Batteries; Electrochemical Capacitors; Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells; Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Fuel cells Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals: Special Issue in Applied Sciences: Advanced Materials for Rechargeable Lithium Batteries
Prof. Dr. Ren-Ke Li Department of Surgery Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto Medical Discovery Tower, Room 3-702, 101 College Street, Toronto, Ontario M5G 1L7, Canada Tel. 416-581-7492 Website \| E-Mail Interests: Tissue Engineering, Biomaterial, Stem Cells, Heart Failure, Heart Regeneration, Animal Model
Dr. Giorgio Biasiol AMD - Advanced Material and Devices group, CNR-IOM, TASC Laboratory Laboratory, S.S. 14, Km 163.5 in Area Science Park, 34149 Basovizza (Trieste), Italy Fax: +39 040 226767 Website \| E-Mail Interests: compound semiconductor thin films and nanostructures; crystal growth and epitaxy; kinetics of epitaxial growth; photoemission spectroscopy and microscopy; coherent transport Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals: Special Issue in Materials: Epitaxial Materials
Prof. Dr. Francisco José Alguacil CSIC - Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Metalurgicas (CENIM), Madrid, Spain Website \| E-Mail Interests: hydrometallurgical operations; liquid membranes; material recycling and effluent treatment
Prof. Dr. Gino Mariotto Department of Computer Science, University of Verona, Via S. Francesco, 22, 37129 Verona, Italy Website \| E-Mail Interests: Structure and vibrational dynamics of ionic materials, crystals and glasses, as well as of ceramic materials; Structural and optical properties of transition metal and rare earth doped oxide crystals; Electronic and vibrational properties of metal and semiconductor nano-clusters in transparent dielectric matrices; Vibrational spectroscopy analysis of functional composite materials, based on Si and C, in form of thin films and bulk; Quantum confinement effects in nanostructured systems, in particular in zero-dimensional, one-dimensional and two-dimensional structures
Prof. Dr. Denis L. Nika E. Pokatilov Laboratory of Physics and Engineering of Nanomaterials, Department of Physics and Engineering, Moldova State University, Chisinau MD-2009, Moldova Tel. +373 67560423; Fax: +373 22 577712 Website \| E-Mail Interests: phonons; thermal transport; graphene; nanostructures; thermoelectrics
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Youn-Sang Bae Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Yonsei University, 50 Yonsei-ro, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul 03722, Korea Tel. +82-2-2123-2755; Fax: +82-2-312-6401 Website \| E-Mail Interests: Nanoporous Materials; Metal-Organic Frameworks (MOFs); Adsorption; Gas Separations and Storage; Greenhouse Gas Capture, Olefin/Paraffin Separation; Natural Gas Purification and Storage; Noble Gas Separation/Capture; Aromatic Compounds Separation; Mixed Matrix Membranes
Prof. Dr. Jong-Sook Lee School of Materials Science and Engineering, Chonnam National University, Korea Website \| E-Mail Interests: electroceramics; impedance spectroscopy for energy and electronic applications Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals: Special Issue in Applied Sciences: Selected Papers from IUMRS-ICEM 2018
Dr. Eric Gaffet Institut Jean Lamour (UMR 7198 CNRS - Université de Lorraine) Nancy, France Website \| E-Mail Interests: nanosciences; nanomaterials synthesis; processing and properties of nanomaterials; nanopowder synthesis; nanopowder characterization; far from equilibrium phase transition; solid state reaction
Dr. Christian B. Nielsen Materials Research Institute and School of Biological and Chemical Sciences, Queen Mary University of London, United Kingdom Tel. +44 (0)20 7882 5902 Website 1 \| Website 2 \| E-Mail Interests: materials chemistry; Conjugated polymers; Organic electronics; Organic bioelectronics; Organic photovoltaics; Field-effect transistors Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals: Special Issue in Polymers: Organic Photovoltaics Special Issue in Polymers: Organic Photovoltaics 2016
Prof. Israel Felner Racah Institute of Physics,The Hebrew University, Jerusalem 91904, Israel Tel. 972 (0)2-6585752 Website \| E-Mail Interests: High Tc Superconductivity ,magneto-superconducting materials; Magnetism and Mossbauer Studies; Magnetic and structural properties of Rare-earth based intermetallics; Mixed Valencies in Rare earth intermetallic compounds
Prof. Dr. Rui Vilar Department of Chemical Engineering, Instituto Superior Tecnico, Av. Rovisco Pais, 1049-001 Lisboa, Portugal Website 1 \| Website 2 \| Website 3 \| Website 4 \| Website 5 \| Website 6 \| Website 7 \| E-Mail Interests: Materials science; Laser materials processing; Laser surface engineering; Laser-assisted metal printing; Laser cladding; Femtosecond lasers; Surface processing with femtosecond lasers
Prof. Tetsuo Soga Nagoya Institute of Technology, Department of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering, Nagoya, Japan Website \| E-Mail Interests: Photovoltaic device; Organic–inorganic hybrid; Organic electronics; Nanomaterial Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals: Special Issue in Applied Sciences: Advanced Nanostructured Materials for Solar Cell Applications
Prof. Dr. Moncef L. Nehdi Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Western University, London, Ontario N6A 5B9, Canada Website \| E-Mail Interests: cement and concrete technology; durability and repair of concrete infrastructure; structural behaviour of special concretes; modeling the behaviour of cement-based materials; and recycling industrial and mining by-products in construction applications
Prof. Dr. Markus Linder Department of Bioproducts and Biosystems, School of Chemical Engineering, Aalto University, FI-02150, Espoo, Finland Website \| E-Mail Interests: biomimetics, protein engineering, cellulose, self-assembly, biomaterials
Dr. Alberto Villa Dipartimento di Chimica, Università degli Studi di Milano, Via Golgi 19, I-20133 Milano, Italy Website \| E-Mail Interests: metal nanoparticles; heterogeneous catalysis; nanostructured metal oxides; functionalized carbons; metal carbides; biomass transformation Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals: Special Issue in Materials: Nanoparticle Synthesis and Applications in Catalysis Special Issue in Nanomaterials: Nanostructure Metal Alloys for the Transformation of Biomass Special Issue in Applied Sciences: Support Effect in Liquid Phase Reactions
Prof. Dr. Angelo Maria Taglietti Dipartimento di Chimica – Sezione Chimica Generale, Università di Pavia, Viale Taramelli 12, I-27100 Pavia, Italy Website \| E-Mail Interests: antibacterial nanomaterials and surfaces; anisotropic noble metal nanoparticles for functionalization and application to biomedical and sensing problems and use in Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy (SERS); theranostic devices; supramolecular chemistry; transition metal complexes Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals: Special Issue in Applied Sciences: Nano-systems for Antimicrobial Therapy
Prof. Dr. Karl Ulrich Kainer ¹ Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht, Centre for Materials and Coastal Research, Director Institute of Materials Research, Magnesium Innovation Centre, Max-Planck-Str. 1, 21502 Geesthacht, Germany ² Hamburg University of Technology, Institute of Material Physics and Technology, Chair Materials Technology, Eissendorfer Str. 42, 21073 Hamburg, Germany Website 1 \| Website 2 \| E-Mail Interests: magnesium: alloy development, process development, wrought alloys, microstructure and texture design, corrosion, surface treatment; magnesium bio-materials Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals: Special Issue in Metals: Selected Papers from the 2^nd International Conference on Light Materials LightMAT 2017
Dr. Oomman K. Varghese Department of Physics, University of Houston, Houston, Texas 77204-5008,  United States Website \| E-Mail Interests: earth-abundant inorganic materials, organic polymers, carbon materials from sustainable sources for solar cells, solar fuel generation, and environmental sensing
Dr. Jean-Marc Greneche Institute of Molecules and Materials, IMMM UMR CNRS 6283 University Le Mans, Avenue Olivier Messiaen, 72085 Le Mans, France Website \| E-Mail Interests: magnetic materials; magnetic nanomaterials; nanomagnetism; Mössbauer spectrometry; materials science
Dr. Weiyang(Fiona) Li Thayer School of Engineering, Dartmouth College, 14 Engineering Drive, Hanover, NH 03755, USA Website \| E-Mail Interests: functional nanomaterials design and synthesis; structure-property correlations; electrochemical engineering; energy storage and conversion devices; electrocatalysis
Dr. Filippo Giannazzo Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche –Institute for Microelectronics and Microsystems (CNR-IMM), Strada VIII, 5 I-95121 Catania, Italy Website \| E-Mail Interests: graphene, 2D materials, wide-bandgap semiconductors (SiC, GaN), high power and high frequency electronics, scanning probe microscopy Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals: Special Issue in Crystals: Integration of 2D Materials for Electronics Applications
Prof. Dr. Yulin Deng School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Renewable Bioproducts Institute, Georgia Institute of Technology, 500 10th Street N.W., Atlanta, GA 30332-0620, USA Tel. 404 894 5759; Fax: 404 894 4771 Website \| E-Mail Interests: Nanomaterial synthesis and self-assembling; biofuel and biomass materials; colloid and interface science and engineering polymer synthesis; papermaking and paper recycling Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals: Special Issue in Fibers: Current Developments in Cellulose Based Nanomaterials
Prof. Dr. Peter Raymond Slater School of Chemistry, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK Website \| E-Mail Interests: fuel cells and electrolysers; Lithium and Sodium ion batteries; solid state chemistry; perovskite materials; neutron diffraction; oxygen storage materials Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals: Special Issue in Applied Sciences: New Materials for Solid Oxide Fuel Cells/Electrolysers
Prof. Dr. Alexander Chroneos Faculty of Engineering, Environment and Computing, Coventry University, Priory Street, Coventry CV1 5FB, United Kingdom Website \| E-Mail Interests: atomistic modelling; solid oxide fuel cells; semiconductors; Lithium batteries; nuclear materials
Prof. Dr. Philippe Bergonzo Bergonzo CEA (The French Atomic Energy Commission), LIST Institute, University Paris-Saclay, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France Website \| E-Mail Interests: Elecronic materials, Sensors, Carbon and related materials and devices, Diamond
Dr. Rahul Kumar Gupta School of Engineering, RMIT University, Melbourne, Victoria 3000, Australia Website \| E-Mail Interests: Nanotechnology and Materials Engineering- Polymers for biomedical applications, recycled plastics, Nanocomposites, Bio-nanocomposites, Rheology
Prof. Dr. Bert Müller Biomaterials Science Center (BMC), University of Basel, Gewerbestrasse 14, 4123 Allschwil, Switzerland Website \| E-Mail Interests: nanotechnology-based medical implants; thin-film technology; epitaxial growth and characterisation; high-resolution X-ray imaging; three-dimensional image analysis; nanoscience for human health; advances in dentistry
Prof. Dr. Won Ho Park Department of Organic Materials & Engineering, College of Engineering, Chungnam National University, South Korea Tel. +82-42-821-6613 Website \| E-Mail Interests: Modification and Functionalization of Biopolymers; Environmental Friendly and Biomedical Polymers; Scaffolds for Tissue Engineering; Polymer Hydrogels for Drug Delivery; Functional Nanofibers and Nanoparticles
Prof. Dr. Bumjoon J. Kim Polymer Nano Electronics (PNEL) Laboratory, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Daejeon 34141, South Korea Tel. +82-42-350-3935; Fax: +82-42-350-3910 Website \| E-Mail Interests: Polymer-Based Hybrid Materials; Polymer Electronics; Polymer Solar Cells; Conjugated Polymers; Block Copolymer Particles; Smart Polymer Particles; Smart Sensing Systems
Prof. Nadia Lotti Department of Civil, Chemical, Environmental, and Materials Engineering, Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna, 40126 Bologna, Italy Tel. +39 051 20 9 0354 Website \| E-Mail Interests: biodegradation; polyesters; polymer synthesis; crystallization kinetics; polymer characterization; biobased polymers; nanocomposites; barrier properties; nano systems for controlled drug delivery; chemical modifications of commercial polymers; biopolymers for tissue engineering Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals: Special Issue in Applied Sciences: Eco-Friendly Nanocomposites for Biomedical Applications Special Issue in Sustainability: Sustainable Materials for Food Packaging
Dr. Shujun Zhang ISEM/AIIM, University of Wollongong, NSW 2500, Wollongong, Australia Tel. 242981479 Website \| E-Mail Interests: Piezoelectricity, Ferroelectricity, Crystals, Ceramics, Transducers Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals: Special Issue in Crystals: Piezoelectric Crystals Special Issue in Applied Sciences: Piezoelectric Actuators
Prof. Amit Bandyopadhyay, Ph.D. School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164-2920, USA Tel. (509) 335-4862 Website \| E-Mail Interests: additive manufacturing; biomaterials; laser processing; biotribology
Prof. Dr. Luyi Sun Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering and Polymer Program, Institute of Materials Science, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269, USA Website \| E-Mail Interests: solid state chemistry; layered compounds; clays; hydrates; polymers; composites; green science Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals: Special Issue in Inorganics: Metal Phosphates and Phosphonates
Prof. Dr. Yoshiko Miura Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Kyushu University, 744 Motooka, Nishi-ku, Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan Tel. +81 92 802 2749; Fax: +81 92 802 2800 Website \| E-Mail Interests: polymer; biopolymer; interface science; membrane; porous materials
Prof. Dr. Takao Aoyagi Department of Materials and Applied Chemistry, Nihon University, 1-8-14, Kanda-Surugadai, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 101-8308, Japan Website \| E-Mail Interests: Biomaterials, Smart Polymers, Biodegradable Polymers, Shape Memory Materials, Self-Healing Materials, Nanoparticles, Drug Delivery
Prof. Dr. Alkiviadis Paipetis Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, 45110, Greece Website \| E-Mail Interests: Composite Materials; Composite Interfaces; Micromechanics; Mechanical behaviour; Non-destructive evaluation; Hybrid-Nano Composites; Self healing Materials; Structural Health Monitoring Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals: Special Issue in Materials: Acoustic Waves in Advanced Materials
Prof. Dr. Antonio Facchetti Northwestern University, Department of Chemistry, 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, Illinois 60208-3113, USA Fax: +1 847 491 2990 Website \| E-Mail Interests: plastic electronics; organic photovoltacis; metal oxide/transparent electronics; electro-optic materials and devices; organic materials for multiphotonics; contrast agents for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals: Special Issue in Materials: Conjugated Polymers 2012
Prof. Dr. Shoufeng Yang Professor of Additive Manufacturing, Production Engineering, Machine Design and Automation, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (KULeuven), Celestijnenlaan 300, 3001 Heverlee, Leuven, Belgium Website \| E-Mail Interests: additive manufacturing; rapid prototyping; multiple materials additive manufacturing; 3D printing; particle technology
Prof. Dr. Chul B. Park Microcellular Plastics Manufacturing Laboratory, Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3G8, Canada Website \| E-Mail Interests: microcellular foaming, nano cellular foaming, polymer processing, injection moulding, extrusion, blow moulding, visualization, pressure-volume-temperature (PVT) behaviour, heat insulation property, solubility, diffusivity, permeation, Rigid Amorphous Fraction (RIF), conductive polymer composites, etc
Prof. Dr. Kerry Kirwan Department of Sustainable Materials and Manufacturing, Warwick Manufacturing Group (WMG), University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, UK Website \| E-Mail Interests: sustainability; sustainable materials; sustainable manufacturing; polymers; composites
Prof. Dr. Yuyuan Zhao School of Engineering, University of Liverpool, The Quadrangle, Brownlow Hill L69 3GH, UK Website \| E-Mail Interests: porous metals; metal foams; fluid flow and heat transfer in porous media; powder metallurgy
Prof. Dr. Andy Alderson Materials and Engineering Research Institute, Faculty of ACES, Sheffield Hallam University, Sheffield S1 1WB, UK Website 1 \| Website 2 \| E-Mail Interests: auxetic materials; negative Poisson's ratio materials; smart materials; mechanical properties; polymers; composites; cellular solids Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals: Special Issue in Materials: Auxetic Materials 2017-2018
Prof. Dr. Faris Ali School of the Built Environment, University of Ulster, Jordanstown, Newrownabbey BT37 0QB, UK Website \| E-Mail Interests: fire; steel; concrete; thin walled structures; finite element method
Prof. Dr. Yasuhide Shindo Department of Materials Processing, Graduate School of Engineering, Tohoku University, Aoba-yama 6-6-02, Sendai 980-8579, Japan Website \| E-Mail Interests: mesomechanics of material systems and structures; electromagnetic fracture and damage mechanics; dynamics and cryomechanics of advanced composite materials/structural alloys; reliability and durability of micro/nano components and devices
Prof. Dr. Patrick A. Fairclough Department of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Sheffield, Sheffield S1 3JD, UK Website \| E-Mail Interests: Composites and Polymers: nanocomposites, stability and durability of polymers, composites with natural fibres; polymer networks, diffusion and permeability in polymers. Structural Colour and biomimicry; Algae processing, biofuels and their interactions with polymers, Small Angle X-ray and Neutron Scattering
Dr. Cem Selcuk TWI Ltd - Granta Park, Cambridge CB21 6AL, UK Website \| E-Mail Interests: metallurgical engineering; materials processing; materials design; powder metallurgy; reactive sintering; additive manufacturing; non-destructive testing; quality control; structural integrity Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals: Special Issue in Applied Sciences: Quality Control in Net-Shape Manufacturing Environment
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Johannes Kiefer Technische Thermodynamik, Universität Bremen, Badgasteiner Str. 1, 28359 Bremen, Germany Tel. +49 (0)421 218-64777 Website \| E-Mail Interests: spectroscopy; process analysis; material characterization; ionic liquids; combustion Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals: Special Issue in Applied Sciences: Optics and Spectroscopy for Fluid Characterization
Prof. Mohamed Khayet Department of Structure of Matter, Thermal Physics and Electronics Faculty of Physics, University Complutense of Madrid Avda. Complutense s/n, 28040 Madrid (Spain) Fax: +34 91 394 5191 Website \| E-Mail Interests: Membrane Science and Technology (Membrane Preparation, Nanofibrous membranes, hollow fiber membranes, nanocomposite and mixed matrix membranes, Membrane modification, Membrane characterization, Membrane processes) Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals: Special Issue in Polymers: Polymeric Fibers Special Issue in Membranes: Membrane Distillation for the Treatment of Brackish, Seawater and Brines Effluents Special Issue in Polymers: Electrospinning of Nanofibres Special Issue in Membranes: Advanced Nanofiltration Membranes Special Issue in Polymers: Hollow Fiber
Prof. Dr. Daniel X.B. Chen Department of Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK S7N5A9, Canada Website \| E-Mail Interests: biofabrication; tissue engineering scaffolds; mechanical properties; 3D printing Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals: Special Issue in Journal of Functional Biomaterials: Mechanical Properties of Tissue Engineering Scaffolds Special Issue in Applied Sciences: Biomaterials and Scaffolds in Tissue Engineering Applications and Cancer Therapies Special Issue in Applied Sciences: Biomaterials and Scaffolds in Tissue Engineering Applications and Cancer Therapies 2018
Dr. Huey Hoon Hng School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Block N4.1, Nanyang Avenue, Singapore 639798, Singapore Fax: +65 6790 9081 Website \| E-Mail Interests: thermoelectric materials; energy storage materials; energetic materials; nanomaterials
Prof. Dr. Bertrand Lenoir Jean Lamour Institute, Lorraine University, Parc de Saurupt, 54011 Nancy, France Website 1 \| Website 2 \| E-Mail Interests: thermoelectric materials; transport properties; small-band gap semiconductors; thermoelectric conversion Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals: Special Issue in Applied Sciences: Recent Progress in the Development of Thermoelectric Materials
Dr. Lennart Y. Ljungberg Integrated Product Development, University of Skövde, P.O. Box 408, SE-541 28 Skövde, Sweden Fax: +46 0500 448599 Website \| E-Mail Interests: materials science; sustainable engineering; product development; design; vacuum brazing; chemical interactions between ceramics and metals; wetting of metals; microscopy; corrosion; welding; production engineering; mechanical engineering in general
Prof. Dr. Hamid Oughaddou Institut des Sciences Moléculaires d’Orsay, ISMO-CNRS, University of Paris Sud, 91405 Orsay, France Tel. +33 1 69153265; Fax: +33 1 69156777 Website 1 \| Website 2 \| E-Mail Interests: 2D materials; silicene; surface alloys; selfassembled organic molecules; thin oxide films
Prof. Jorge de Brito Department of Civil Engineering, Architecture and Georresources, Instituto Superior Técnico, University of Lisbon, Av. Rovisco Pais, 1049-001 Lisbon, Portugal Website \| E-Mail Interests: sustainable construction (recycled aggregates in concrete and mortars); bridge and building management systems; buildings service life (prediction); construction technology; cementitious materials; life cycle analysis Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals: Special Issue in Applied Sciences: New Trends in Recycled Aggregate Concrete Special Issue in J: Self-Compacting Concrete Produced with Recycled Aggregates Special Issue in Buildings: Life Cycle Prediction and Maintenance of Buildings