Applied Sciences

Layered Nanomaterials for Sustainable Photocatalysis and Environmental Remediation

edited by

and

submission deadline 20 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 39 | Submission Open

Keywords: layered nanomaterials; approaches of fabrication; nanoscale structures; well-controlled properties; photocatalysis; environmental applications; clean energy

(This special issue belongs to the Section Green Sustainable Science and Technology)

Advances in Biomass Valorization: Waste to Industrial Application

edited by

Sergio Nogales Delgado

submission deadline 20 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 37 | Submission Open

Keywords: waste management; agricultural waste; industrial waste; sustainable processing; efficiency; biorefinery

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Science and Technology)

Security, Privacy and Application in New Intelligence Techniques: 2nd Edition

edited by Jian Xu and Ruijin Wang

submission deadline 20 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 34 | Submission Open

Keywords: security; privacy; intelligence techniques; adversarial machine learning; blockchain; federated learning; Internet of Things

(This special issue belongs to the Section Computing and Artificial Intelligence)

Artificial Intelligence in the Design and Innovation of High-Performance Concrete Materials

edited by

Chuanqi Li

and

Xiancheng Mei

submission deadline 20 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 31 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence; high-performance concrete; material design; machine learning; data analysis; optimization algorithms; sustainability; intelligent production

(This special issue belongs to the Section Materials Science and Engineering)

AI and Connectivity in the Internet of Unmanned Vehicles: Challenges and Innovations

edited by

Antonio Manuel de Jesus Pereira

submission deadline 20 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 31 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence; internet of unmanned vehicles; 5G/6G networks; edge computing; federated learning; autonomous systems; V2X communication; swarm intelligence; UAV networks; secure connectivity

(This special issue belongs to the Section Transportation and Future Mobility)

Innovations in Solar Energy Utilization: The Promise of Nanofluid Applications

edited by Paloma Martínez-Merino

submission deadline 20 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 30 | Submission Open

Keywords: heat transfer; nanofluids; solar energy; thermal conductivity; isobaric specific heat; parabolic trough collectors

(This special issue belongs to the Section Fluid Science and Technology)

Natural Products from Medicinal Plants: Sources, Chemistry, and Therapeutic Applications

edited by

Mashenka Dimitrova

and

Denitsa Teofanova

submission deadline 20 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 30 | Submission Open

Keywords: medicinal plants; bioactive herb compounds; plants toxicity; application of plants preparations; biological activity; in vitro and in vivo tests; phytochemical analysis; secondary metabolites; plant biotechnology

(This special issue belongs to the Section Chemical and Molecular Sciences)

Advancements in Computer Systems and Software Testing

edited by João Durães

submission deadline 20 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 29 | Submission Open

Keywords: software testing; reliable computing; AI-driven testing; safety-critical systems; fault injection

(This special issue belongs to the Section Computing and Artificial Intelligence)

Innovative and Sustainable Packaging for Food

edited by

Persephoni Giannouli

submission deadline 20 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 27 | Submission Open

Keywords: edible films and coatings; biopolymers; active packaging; intelligent packaging; nanotechnology; circular economy; food preservation; environmental sustainability; biodegradable materials

(This special issue belongs to the Section Food Science and Technology)

Recent Advancements in Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering

edited by

Bojan Žlender

and

Rok Varga

submission deadline 20 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 26 | Submission Open

Keywords: soil mechanics; geotechnical engineering; sustainability; soil– structure interaction; constitutive modeling

(This special issue belongs to the Section Civil Engineering)

AI-Driven Health and Wellbeing: Self-Monitoring, Early Detection, and Multi-Criteria Personalized Decision Support

edited by

Stanislav Dadelo

submission deadline 20 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 25 | Submission Open

Keywords: digital health analytics; self-assessment data; wearable sensor data; behavioral and physiological indicators; feature selection and data fusion; adaptive decision-support systems; hybrid evaluation models; explainable modeling; personalized lifestyle adaptation; proactive wellness interventions

(This special issue belongs to the Section Applied Biosciences and Bioengineering)

Recent Advances in Biofibres, Biodegradable Polymers and Biocomposites

edited by Sarai Agustin-Salazar and

Giovanni Dal Poggetto

submission deadline 20 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 24 | Submission Open

Keywords: biofibre; biodegradable polymers; biocomposites; biomaterials processing

(This special issue belongs to the Section Materials Science and Engineering)

The Development of Materials by Electrospinning for Biomedical Applications

edited by

Antonio Laezza

submission deadline 20 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 24 | Submission Open

Keywords: electrospinning; polymers; fibres; composites; tissue regeneration; drug delivery

(This special issue belongs to the Section Applied Biosciences and Bioengineering)

Microalgae-Derived Bioactives for Cosmetic and Biological Applications

edited by Maria Lourdes Mourelle and

Carmen P. Gómez

submission deadline 20 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 23 | Submission Open

Keywords: microalgae; cosmetics; skin care; nutraceuticals; bioactive compounds; biological activities

(This special issue belongs to the Section Applied Biosciences and Bioengineering)

Dietary Induced Metabolic Syndrome: Challenges and Prospects

edited by

Pedro Juan Tárraga-López

submission deadline 20 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 22 | Submission Open

Keywords: metabolic syndrome; social isolation; mediterranean diet; physical activity; lifestyle; sociodemographic variables

(This special issue belongs to the Section Applied Biosciences and Bioengineering)

The Role of Bioactive Natural Products in Health and Disease, 2nd Edition

edited by

Anna Muzykiewicz-Szymańska

,

Karolina Jakubczyk

and

Anna Nowak

submission deadline 20 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 22 | Submission Open

Keywords: natural products; medicinal plants; chemistry; pharmacology; plant extract; isolation method; natural drugs; chromatography; antioxidants; natural food

(This special issue belongs to the Section Applied Biosciences and Bioengineering)

Advanced Applications and Perspectives of Optical Imaging

edited by

Fanlu Wu

,

Zhengjun Liu

and Dongdong Xu

submission deadline 20 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 21 | Submission Open

Keywords: space optical; infrared imaging; multispectral imaging; hyperspectral imaging; computational optical imaging; single-photon imaging; super-resolution imaging; polarization imaging; compressive sensing imaging; optical image processing

(This special issue belongs to the Section Applied Physics General)

Physic Detectors and Applications

edited by

Xiaoning Wang

and Xuefei Guo

submission deadline 20 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 21 | Submission Open

Keywords: high luminosity; high occupancy; data acquisition; object reconstruction; tracking detectors; calorimetry; pile-up mitigation; tracking; streaming readout; triggerless DAQ; silicon sensors; radiation hardness; front-end electronics; jet tagging; particle flow; vertexing; clustering algorithms; machine learning

(This special issue belongs to the Section Applied Physics General)

Surfactant Technologies and Applications

edited by

Rafael Bailón-Moreno

submission deadline 20 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 20 | Submission Open

Keywords: surfactant; surfactants and household industry; surfactants and pharmaceutical industry; surfactants and petrochemical industry; surfactants and environment; surfactant and agriculture; surfactants and biotechnology; surfactants and nanotechnology; surfactant and sustainability

(This special issue belongs to the Section Chemical and Molecular Sciences)

Advances in Molecular and Genetic Technologies in Animal Sciences

edited by

Maria Elena Arias Cea

submission deadline 20 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 20 | Submission Open

Keywords: reproductive biotechnology; molecular biology of reproduction; genome editing; functional genomics; epigenetic regulation; in vitro embryo production; cloning; animal biotechnology; genetic engineering

(This special issue belongs to the Section Agricultural Science and Technology)

Sound and Vibration: Measurement, Perception, and Control

edited by

Yu Huang

and Liang Yu

submission deadline 20 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 18 | Submission Open

Keywords: sound measurement; vibration analysis; noise control; acoustic perception; smart materials

(This special issue belongs to the Section Acoustics and Vibrations)

Application of Molecular Biology in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Cancer

edited by

Christiana Neophytou

and

Christiana Charalambous

submission deadline 20 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 17 | Submission Open

Keywords: molecular oncology; cancer biomarkers; precision medicine; genomic profiling; targeted therapy; liquid biopsy; tumor microenvironment; gene expression; molecular diagnostics; cancer therapeutics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Applied Biosciences and Bioengineering)

Additive Manufacturing for Advanced Thermal Management and Cooling Applications

edited by Jaewook Lee and

Kunwoo Kim

submission deadline 20 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 16 | Submission Open

Keywords: additive manufacturing; thermal management; heat exchangers; thermal metamaterials; lattice structures; conformal cooling channels; ai-driven design optimization; digital twin; thermal simulation; advanced cooling applications

(This special issue belongs to the Section Additive Manufacturing Technologies)

Advances in Computer Networks and Software-Defined Networks

edited by

Jerzy Domzal

and

Edyta Biernacka

submission deadline 20 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 13 | Submission Open

Keywords: software-defined networks; machine-learning; traffic engineering; cross-layer networks; SDN controllers

(This special issue belongs to the Section Computing and Artificial Intelligence)

Advances in Natural Extracts: Bioactive Compounds and Health Impacts

edited by

Marco Giammanco

and

Manuela Mauro

submission deadline 20 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 12 | Submission Open

Keywords: bioactive compounds; natural extracts; micronutrients

(This special issue belongs to the Section Food Science and Technology)

Underwater Communication Networks

edited by

Ruiqin Zhao

and Xiaohong Shen

submission deadline 20 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 10 | Submission Open

Keywords: underwater acoustic network; underwater acoustic communication; underwater sensor networks; underwater optical communication; underwater network protocols; underwater network security

(This special issue belongs to the Section Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering)

Impacts of Climate Change on Marine Communities

edited by

Claudio Valdovinos

submission deadline 20 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 8 | Submission Open

Keywords: climate change; marine communities; biodivesrity shifts; monitoring technologies and modeling tools; nature-based solutions and ecological restoration; adaptive management under climate change; ecological resilience; coastal and marine ecosystems

(This special issue belongs to the Section Marine Science and Engineering)

Advances in Computational Chemistry and Molecular Dynamics

edited by Somnath Bhowmick

submission deadline 20 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 6 | Submission Open

Keywords: catalysis; reaction mechanisms; energy materials; drug discovery; soft matter; interfaces; membranes; nucleation; photochemistry; sensing; separations

(This special issue belongs to the Section Chemical and Molecular Sciences)

Applications of Modern Medical Technologies Combined with Artificial Intelligence

edited by Dmytro Chumachenko

submission deadline 20 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 5 | Submission Open

Keywords: medical imaging; remote patient monitoring; public health monitoring; clinical decision support; synthetic data; digital twins; simulation of infectious diseases; health informatics; telemedicine; smart health

(This special issue belongs to the Section Computing and Artificial Intelligence)

Chemical and Methodological Approaches to Meat Quality and Preservation

edited by

John Quiñones

, Néstor Sepulveda and

Rommy Díaz

submission deadline 20 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 3 | Submission Open

Keywords: meat quality; lipid oxidation; preservation methods; analytical techniques; natural antioxidants; active packaging; omics technologies; shelf-life; production process; meat products

(This special issue belongs to the Section Food Science and Technology)

Advanced Fiber-Optic Devices and Sensing Technologies

edited by Chengliang Zhu,

Hailiang Chen

and

Hongtao Li

submission deadline 20 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 3 | Submission Open

Keywords: fiber-optic devices; optical fiber sensing; light-field manipulation; fiber-optical tweezers; computational photonics; signal processing in photonics; micro/nanophotonics; integrated photonic systems

(This special issue belongs to the Section Optics and Lasers)

AI for Medical Systems: Algorithms, Applications, and Challenges

edited by

Rafał J. Doniec

and

Katarzyna Mocny-Pachońska

submission deadline 20 Jun 2026 | Submission Open

Keywords: AI in healthcare; medical data mining; machine learning and deep learning; biomedical signal and image analysis; intelligent diagnostics; telemedicine and remote monitoring; clinical decision support systems; explainable AI (XAI); multimodal medical data; medical system optimization

(This special issue belongs to the Section Computing and Artificial Intelligence)

Advances in AI for Extended Reality: From Explainable Agents to Generative Worlds

edited by

Marina Anca Cidota

and

Clara Maathuis

submission deadline 20 Jun 2026 | Submission Open

Keywords: XAI techniques; generative AI; agent-based modeling; digital twin; augmented/virtual/mixed realities

(This special issue belongs to the Section Computing and Artificial Intelligence)

Applications of Artificial Intelligence Technologies for Education

edited by Solange Denervaud and Anaelle Camarda

submission deadline 20 Jun 2026 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence; curiosity; human-centered education; neurocognitive development; adaptive learning systems; epistemic agency

(This special issue belongs to the Section Computing and Artificial Intelligence)

Advances in Human–Machine Systems, Human–Machine Interfaces and Human Wearable Device Performance, 2nd Edition

edited by Kaiwei Li and

Lu Peng

submission deadline 20 Jun 2026 | Submission Open

Keywords: human– machine system; human– machine interface; human– computer interactions; wearable devices; manned and unmanned system operation; augmented reality; virtual reality; control room and control panel design and assessment; transportation safety; human– robot interactions; extraskeletons; mental workload; vigilance

(This special issue belongs to the Section Computing and Artificial Intelligence)

Robust Fault-Tolerant Controllers for Unmanned Aircraft Vehicles

edited by Valery Salauyou

submission deadline 20 Jun 2026 | Submission Open

Keywords: actuator faults; adaptive controller; attitude controller; disturbance rejection controller; distributed controller; external disturbances; failure recovery system; fault-tolerant controller; field-programmable gate array (FPGA); finite-state machine (FSM); flight controller; formation maintenance; fuzzy logic controller; hardware description language (HDL); hierarchical controller; machine learning; multi-drone system; neural controller; path tracking controller; pose tracking; proportional integral-derivative (PID) controller; robust controller; sliding mode controller; speed controller; swarm intelligence; UAV swarm; system on a chip (SoC); trajectory tracking; tracking controller; UAV network; unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs)

(This special issue belongs to the Section Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering)

Applied Audio Interaction: 2nd Edition

edited by

Andreas Floros

,

Emmanouel Rovithis

and

Nikolaos Moustakas

submission deadline 20 Jun 2026 | Submission Open

Keywords: audio games; augmented reality audio; game audio; data sonification; auditory perception; accessibility; visual impairment; immersion

(This special issue belongs to the Section Acoustics and Vibrations)

Emerging Techniques and Trends in Food Analysis and Quality Control

edited by

Artur Mazurek

and

Marzena Włodarczyk-Stasiak

submission deadline 20 Jun 2026 | Submission Open

Keywords: food analysis; food quality control; modern analytical technologies; artificial intelligence in food analysis; quality control and validation procedures in food analysis

(This special issue belongs to the Section Food Science and Technology)

Application of Biology to Conservation and Restoration of Works of Art

edited by

Maria Filomena Macedo

and

António Manuel Santos Carriço Portugal

submission deadline 20 Jun 2026 | Submission Open

Keywords: cultural heritage; biodeterioration; conservation and restoration; preservation; treatments; biocides; biodiversity; climatic changes; sustainability

(This special issue belongs to the Section Applied Biosciences and Bioengineering)

Restorative Innovations in Pediatric and Behavior-Challenged Patients

edited by

Denise Corridore

submission deadline 20 Jun 2026 | Submission Open

Keywords: minimally invasive restorative dentistry; bioactive dental materials; AI-enhanced diagnostic and treatment workflows

(This special issue belongs to the Section Applied Dentistry and Oral Sciences)

Intelligent Robotics Systems: Current Developments and Future Prospects

edited by Jong-Hwan Kim, Joon-Hyuk Park and

Namsuk Cho

submission deadline 20 Jun 2026 | Submission Open

Keywords: deep learning; reinforcement learning; robotic perception; autonomous systems; multi-robot coordination; system validation; simulation and digital twins

(This special issue belongs to the Section Robotics and Automation)

Innovations in Blasting Technology and Rock Engineering

edited by Peng Xu and Liyun Yang

submission deadline 20 Jun 2026 | Submission Open

Keywords: rock blasting; blast waves; crack propagation; mining engineering; intelligent blasting; rockway excavation; blast virbration

(This special issue belongs to the Section Civil Engineering)

Applied Geophysics and Volcanology: Tools for Exploring the Dynamic Earth

edited by

Antonella Longo

submission deadline 20 Jun 2026 | Submission Open

Keywords: volcanic underground magmatic systems and eruptions; crust and mantle structure and dynamics; earthquakes; surface phenomena: tsunami; landslide; costal and submarine instability; volcanic and/or tectonic monitoring: gas emissions; geodesy; seismicity; and thermal; gravity; electromagnetic; magnetotelluric observations; inversion procedures; numerical and laboratory modeling; integrated multi-sensor volcano surveillance; early-warning systems

(This special issue belongs to the Section Earth Sciences)

Wireless Networking: Application and Development, 2nd Edition

edited by

Evangelos Spyrou

and

Vassilios Kappatos

submission deadline 20 Jun 2026 | Submission Open

Keywords: wireless networking; telecommunications; cross-layer development; optimization; 5G and beyond; real-world applications

(This special issue belongs to the Section Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering)

Grounding Systems Optimization for Low-Frequency Fault Currents and Lightning Strikes, 3rd Edition

edited by

Eduardo Faleiro

,

Gabriel Asensio

and

Jorge Moreno

submission deadline 20 Jun 2026 | Submission Open

Keywords: transient response; lightning-induced fields; non-negligible internal impedance; optima ground-line location; grounding electrode heating; ampacity study; coated electrodes; grounding system damage; effects of electrode corrosion; grounding malfunction detection test; influence of soil modeling

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Science and Technology)

New Challenges in Thermodynamics

edited by

Javier Rodríguez-Martín

,

Javier Muñoz Antón

,

Susana Sánchez-Orgaz

and Fernando Varela

submission deadline 25 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 110 | Submission Open

Keywords: first law of thermodynamics; second law of thermodynamics; exergy; entropy; thermophysical properties; teaching; energy

(This special issue belongs to the Section Applied Thermal Engineering)

Current Advances in Performance Analysis and Technologies for Sports

edited by

Adrian Escudero-Tena

,

Diego Muñoz Marín

and

Sergio José Ibáñez Godoy

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 10 articles | Viewed by 21960 | Submission Open

Keywords: sports science; exercise performance; sports performance; real-time monitoring of sport performance; behavior analysis

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biomedical Engineering)

Structural Health Monitoring in Bridges and Infrastructure

edited by

Yang Yang

,

Yang Yang

and Lijun Liu

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 13105 | Submission Open

Keywords: structural health monitoring; structural damage identification; structural response reconstruction; structural load identification; structural diagnosis; machine learning; intelligent algorithms; bridge/ infrastructure

(This special issue belongs to the Section Civil Engineering)

Additive Manufacturing for Novel and Advanced Materials: Characteristics, Challenges, and Applications

edited by Edgar Moraru and

Manoj Gupta

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 9 articles | Viewed by 11840 | Submission Open

Keywords: additive manufacturing; digital manufacturing; metal additive manufacturing; ceramic additive manufacturing; polymer additive manufacturing; composite additive manufacturing; 3D printing; 4D printing; rapid prototyping; fused deposition modelling; vat photopolymerisation; selective laser melting; selective laser sintering; selective electron-beam melting; powder bed fusion; binder jetting; material jetting; laminated object manufacturing; direct metal deposition; resin-based materials; powder-based materials; filament-based materials

(This special issue belongs to the Section Additive Manufacturing Technologies)

Advances in Robot Path Planning, 3rd Edition

edited by

Jonghoek Kim

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 11201 | Submission Open

Keywords: online and dynamic path planning; energy-efficient path planning; motion planning; SLAM; coverage problem; mobile robots; multiple robots; robot arms; underwater robots; UAVs

(This special issue belongs to the Section Robotics and Automation)

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