Nanostructured Materials: Design and Property Analysis
A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Nanotechnology and Applied Nanosciences".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 September 2026 | Viewed by 190
Special Issue Editors
Interests: fundamental material deformation mechanisms; material defect behaviors; material screening for energy storage using atomistic simulations, machine learning and techno-economic analysis
Interests: scanning electron microscopy in materials science; energy dispersive spectroscopy in materials science; biocompatible and biodegradable materials; corrosion resistance; ferrous alloys; thin metallic and non-metallic layers
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2. Research Center of Nanotechnologies for Engineering (CNIS), SAPIENZA University of Rome, Via A. Scarpa, 16-0161 Rome, Italy
Interests: nanoscience and nanotechnology, with a focus on the design and structure–property analysis of nanostructured materials; extensive experience in multiscale, multifunctional characterization, with strong expertise in electron microscopies (TEM/SEM/STEM and related techniques), electron diffraction, scanning probe methods, and Raman spectroscopy
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Interests: advanced composite materials; computational mechanics; doubly curved shells; functionally graded materials; generalized differential quadrature; multifield analysis; nanomaterials and nanotechnology; solid mechanics; theory of structures
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Nanostructured materials are materials with a characteristic length scale of which is on the order of a few nanometers. At this scale, materials often exhibit physical, mechanical and functional properties, as well as deformation mechanisms, that differ fundamentally from those of their bulk counterparts. These size-dependent effects provide unique opportunities for tuning material behavior and enabling advanced technological applications.
This Special Issue focuses on the design, analysis and understanding of nanostructured materials, welcomes contributions covering a broad range of approaches, including experimental synthesis and characterization, computational simulations, theoretical modeling and machine learning-based prediction methods. Topics of interest include the synthesis and fabrication of nanostructured materials; advanced experimental techniques for characterizing nanoscale structure, defects and properties; modeling and simulation methods that elucidate deformation mechanisms and structure-property relationships; data-driven and machine learning methods for predicting nanostructured material properties and performance.
The aim of this Special Issue is to showcase recent advances and emerging directions in the study of nanostructured materials, spanning fundamental mechanisms and applied research. By bringing together diverse contributions from experimental, computational, theoretical and data-driven perspectives, this issue seeks to provide a timely overview of current progress and to stimulate further innovation in the design and analysis of materials at the nanoscale.
Dr. Xinyi Wang
Prof. Dr. Nicanor Cimpoesu
Prof. Dr. Marco Rossi
Dr. Francesco Tornabene
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- nanostructured materials
- mechanical properties
- deformation mechanisms
- structure-property relationships
- characterization
- multi-scale simulation
- data-driven materials design
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