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Applications of Thin Films and Their Physical Properties

edited by

Marilou Cadatal Raduban

submission deadline 20 Feb 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4192 | Submission Open

Keywords: thin film fabrication; thin film characterization; thin film modelling; thin film applications; surfaces and interfaces; nanocomposite thin films; nanoparticles; solar energy conversion; catalysis; magnetics and magneto-optics; electronics; optics; and opto-electronics

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

Research on Properties of Novel Building Materials

edited by

Yue Gu

, Lin Liu and Kai Lyu

submission deadline 20 Feb 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4169 | Submission Open

Keywords: construction materials; durability; low carbon; CO2 uptake; energy storage; self-sensing; artificial intelligence; nano-modified

(This special issue belongs to the Section Civil Engineering)

Trends and Prospects in Software Security

edited by Zhanyong Tang

submission deadline 20 Feb 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 4060 | Submission Open

Keywords: system and software security; artificial intelligence; information security; privacy

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

Engineering Groundwater and Groundwater Engineering—2nd Edition

edited by

Jianxiu Wang

submission deadline 20 Feb 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4053 | Submission Open

Keywords: groundwater; engineering construction; mechanism analysis; control technology; case history

(This special issue belongs to the Section Civil Engineering)

Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence in Rock Mechanics

edited by

Zhongwen Yue

and Hongze Zhao

submission deadline 20 Feb 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4029 | Submission Open

Keywords: rock mechanics; intelligent mining; lithologic identification; artificial intelligence; data-driven models

(This special issue belongs to the Section Civil Engineering)

Applied Biomechanics for Sport Performance and Injury Rehabilitation

edited by

Francisco García-Muro San José

and Ángel Luis Rodríguez-Fernández

submission deadline 20 Feb 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3908 | Submission Open

Keywords: sport physiotherapy; sport biomechanics; injury; performance; rehabilitation

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

Technical Advances In and Applications of Low-Cost/Power Sensors

edited by

Hicham Klaina

and

Peio Lopez-Iturri

submission deadline 20 Feb 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 3831 | Submission Open

Keywords: low-cost sensors; low-power sensors; wireless technologies; smart cities; 5G; artificial intelligence (AI); virtual reality (VR); augmented reality (AR); Internet of Things (IoT); sensor networks; energy-efficient systems

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

New Perspectives in Natural Language Processing and Computational Linguistics

edited by

Víctor Fernández

submission deadline 20 Feb 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3827 | Submission Open

Keywords: interoperabiity; transformers; pretrained models; multilingual NLP; bias and fairness; explainability; reasoning; generative models; few-shot learning; multimodal learning; smartcity; AI

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

Application of Nanomaterials in the Field of Photocatalysis

edited by

Alejandro Pérez-Larios

submission deadline 20 Feb 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3821 | Submission Open

Keywords: photocatalysis; nanomaterials; semiconductor catalysts; environmental remediation; hydrogen generation; water splitting; CO₂ reduction; visible light photocatalysis; metal oxide nanoparticles; photocatalytic efficiency

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

Remote Sensing Technology in Landslide and Land Subsidence—2nd Edition

edited by

Jiewei Zhan

Wu Zhu

and

Qing Wang

submission deadline 20 Feb 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3777 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; landslide; land subsidence; hazard detection; risk scenarios

(This special issue belongs to the Section Civil Engineering)

IoT and Edge Computing for Smart Infrastructure and Cybersecurity

edited by

Kai Peng

submission deadline 20 Feb 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3636 | Submission Open

Keywords: Internet of Things (IoT); edge computing; smart infrastructure; cybersecurity; data privacy; intelligent transportation; industrial automation; real-time data processing; AI-driven analytics; blockchain security

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

Advances in Food Processing Technology: Enhancing Quality, Safety, and Sustainability

edited by Ayerim Hernández-Almanza,

Cristóbal Noé Aguilar González

and

Lorenzo M. Pastrana

submission deadline 20 Feb 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3509 | Submission Open

Keywords: food safety; food quality; food processing; energy efficient equipment; waste reduction; ecofriendly packaging materials; monitoring; microbial inactivation

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

Applications of Machine Learning with White-Boxing

edited by Ashok K. Singh

submission deadline 20 Feb 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 3379 | Submission Open

Keywords: machine learning; artificial intelligence; white-box models; interpretability; prediction

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

Big Data and Artificial Intelligence Applications in Infrared Thermography

edited by

Henrique Fernandes

and

Nicolas P. Avdelidis

submission deadline 20 Feb 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3345 | Submission Open

Keywords: big data; artificial intelligence; infrared thermography

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

New Insights into Lithium-Ion Batteries: Technologies and Challenges

edited by

Xiao-Guang Yang

and Tao Zhu

submission deadline 20 Feb 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 3300 | Submission Open

Keywords: lithium-ion battery; fast charging; smart battery; battery management system; thermal management; electrochemical modeling; battery safety; Li-metal battery

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

Pattern Recognition in Video Processing

edited by

Mingliang Zhou

, Xuekai Wei and

Yi Qin

submission deadline 20 Feb 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3290 | Submission Open

Keywords: video pattern recognition; object detection and tracking; action and activity recognition; facial expression analysis; gesture recognition; video anomaly detection; deep learning for video analysis; real-time video processing; video surveillance applications; autonomous vehicle perception

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

Mechanical Fault Diagnosis and Signal Processing

edited by

Juan Jose Saucedo-Dorantes

and

Miguel Delgado-Prieto

submission deadline 20 Feb 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3277 | Submission Open

Keywords: intelligent fault detection; high-resolution signal processing; noise elimination and feature extraction; non-linear operating conditions; electromechanical systems

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mechanical Engineering)

New Developments in Smart Farming Applied in Sustainable Agriculture, 2nd Edition

edited by

Katarzyna Pentoś

Tomasz Wojciechowski

and

Gniewko Niedbała

submission deadline 20 Feb 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3210 | Submission Open

Keywords: smart farming; precision agriculture; precision livestock; precision horticulture; digital agriculture; remote sensing; internet of things; data analysis; sustainable agriculture; traceability; supply chain; artificial neural networks; machine learning

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

Pioneering Progress in Medical Imaging and Diagnostic Advancements

edited by

Luca Ulrich

Corrado Calì

Enrico Vezzetti

and Andrea Luigi Guerra

submission deadline 20 Feb 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 3155 | Submission Open

Keywords: Healthcare 4.0; human body tracking; human body visualization; behavioral analysis; digital image processing; augmented reality; virtual reality; artificial intelligence; deep learning

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

Environmental Pollution and Wastewater Treatment Strategies

edited by

Robert Kowalik

and Mária Kaňuchová

submission deadline 20 Feb 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3120 | Submission Open

Keywords: advanced wastewater technology; natural wastewater treatment system; biological treatment and physicochemical treatment; wastewater quality; wastewater treatment and health; sewage sludge treatment and disposal; hormones in water and wastewater; water reuse; resource recovery; municipal wastewater; wastewater reuse

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Sciences)

Biological Activities of Plant Extracts and Their Applications

edited by

Francisco Cruz-Sosa

submission deadline 20 Feb 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2982 | Submission Open

Keywords: biological activity; bioactive compounds; plant cell cultures; plant extracts; secondary metabolites

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

Development and Application of Intelligent Drilling Technology: 2nd Edition

edited by

Jingbin Li

and Mengmeng Zhou

submission deadline 20 Feb 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 2901 | Submission Open

Keywords: machine learning; drilling technology; intelligent well trajectory optimization; intelligent optimization of the drilling rate; intelligent guided drilling; downhole closed-loop control; intelligent monitoring and decision-making; intelligent rig; intelligent drilling pipe; intelligent bit; intelligent controlled pressure drilling; intelligent drilling fluid

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

Advanced GNSS Technologies: Measurement, Analysis, and Applications

edited by

Qiuzhao Zhang

submission deadline 20 Feb 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 2832 | Submission Open

Keywords: GNSS; hybrid positioning; co-operative positioning; integrity monitoring; reliability enhancement; multi-sensor integration

(This special issue belongs to the Section Earth Sciences)

Biomedical Optics and Imaging: Latest Advances and Prospects

edited by

Vladislav Toronov

submission deadline 20 Feb 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2819 | Submission Open

Keywords: dynamic light scattering imaging; quantum biophotonics; multiphoton and super-resolution microscopy; immunifluorescence; applications of tissue optical clearing; optical coherence tomography and elastography; molecular imaging; brain imaging; photoacoustics; applications of machine learning in spectroscopy

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

Animal Nutrition: Latest Advances and Prospects

edited by Polyana Pizzi Rotta and

Alex Lopes da Silva

submission deadline 20 Feb 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2809 | Submission Open

Keywords: animal nutrition; feed additives; nutrient metabolism; gut health; feed efficiency; precision feeding; sustainable livestock production; functional ingredients; climate-smart nutrition; microbiome; digital agriculture; ruminants; monogastrics; aquafeed; feed innovation

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

Aerosol Measurement, Properties and Its Impacts

edited by

Tymon Zielinski

and

Luca Ferrero

submission deadline 20 Feb 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2726 | Submission Open

Keywords: aerosol role in climate change; aerosol pathways/sources; aerosol chemical composition; transformation of aerosol optical properties; radiative balance/radiative forcing; remote sensing; impacts of aerosol loadings for sustainability of global changes; field and theoretical studies

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Sciences)

Nonlinear Vibration Analysis of Smart Materials

edited by Livija Cveticanin

submission deadline 20 Feb 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2722 | Submission Open

Keywords: piezoelectric material; memory alloy; magnetostrictive material; vibration in metamaterial; vibration control; vibration in smart material

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

Advances in Nanomaterials and Nanostructures: Synthesis, Characterization, and Applications

edited by

Adrian Topolski

and

Aleksandra Radtke

submission deadline 20 Feb 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2699 | Submission Open

Keywords: nanomaterials; nanostructures; nanoparticles; activity; applications

(This special issue belongs to the Section Nanotechnology and Applied Nanosciences)

Mechanical Properties and Numerical Modeling of Advanced Materials

edited by

Maria Amélia Ramos Loja

submission deadline 20 Feb 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2679 | Submission Open

Keywords: advanced materials; mechanical testing; experimental methodologies; numerical and/or analytical methods

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

Augmented and Virtual Reality for Smart Applications

edited by

Kang Hoon Lee

submission deadline 20 Feb 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2591 | Submission Open

Keywords: augmented reality (AR); virtual reality (VR); mixed reality (MR); human– computer interaction (HCI); immersive technologies; smart applications; ubiquitous computing; artificial intelligence (AI) for AR/VR; computer vision for AR/VR; real-time rendering; 3D interaction; embodied agents; digital twins; wearable technology; virtual environment creation; interactive simulation; agent control; interactive entertainment

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

The Applications of Artificial Intelligence in the Management of Construction Engineering Projects

edited by

Paulo Vaz-Serra

Felix Kin Peng Hui

and

Lu Aye

submission deadline 20 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 2549 | Submission Open

Keywords: AI in construction management; construction robotics; sustainable building technology; AI-driven project management; construction industry innovation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Civil Engineering)

Data Mining and Artificial Intelligence for Urban Informatics in Smart City

edited by

Yunyun Niu

and Jianhua Xiao

submission deadline 20 Feb 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2539 | Submission Open

Keywords: route planning; traffic management; waste management; supply chain; disaster warning; artificial intelligence; data mining; smart city

(This special issue belongs to the Section Applied Industrial Technologies)

Control and Security of Industrial Cyber–Physical Systems

edited by

Meng Zhang

and Meng Li

submission deadline 20 Feb 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2529 | Submission Open

Keywords: cyber-physical systems; fault detection; collaborative control of multi-agent systems

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

Polymer Chemistry: Polymerization Reactions, Catalysts and Applications

edited by

Fábio Rodrigues

and

Rui Carrilho

submission deadline 20 Feb 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2501 | Submission Open

Keywords: natural polymers; synthetic polymers; polymer synthetic methods; catalytic polymerization approaches; polymerization catalysts; polymer functionalization and modification; polymer characterization; biopolymers; polymeric and biopolymeric composites; polymer applications

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

New Insights into Microplastics in the Environment

edited by

Marco Carnevale Miino

and

Elena Cristina Rada

submission deadline 20 Feb 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2440 | Submission Open

Keywords: microplastics; wastewater treatment; emerging contaminants; laundry wastewater; microplastics valorisation; microplastics disposal

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Sciences)

Advances in Precision Machining Technology

edited by

Łukasz Żyłka

, Paweł Lajmert, Andrzej Weremczuk and Jakub Matuszak

submission deadline 20 Feb 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2375 | Submission Open

Keywords: surface roughness; surface waviness; dimensional accuracy; shape accuracy; tool wear; tool edge geometry; cutting fluids; machining strategies; machining parameters; machining diagnostics; process monitoring; process modeling; machining simulation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mechanical Engineering)

Recent Advancements in Novel Dental Materials

edited by

Francesca Gazzani

and

Roberta Lione

submission deadline 20 Feb 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2341 | Submission Open

Keywords: dental materials; resin composites; materials in orthodontic treatment; nanotechnology; 3D imaging in dentistry; mechanical properties; adhesion and wear analysis; stripping tecnhicques

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

Computational Approaches to the Discovery and Design of Pharmaceutical Drugs

edited by

Jose Ignacio Bueso-Bordils

and Pedro A. Alemán-López

submission deadline 20 Feb 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2295 | Submission Open

Keywords: cheminformatics; data mining; drug discovery; drug design; graph theory; molecular descriptors; QSAR/QSPR modelling; biological activity; physicochemical property; pharmacokinetic property

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biomedical Engineering)

Advances in Tunnel Excavation and Underground Construction

edited by

Wangping Qian

Zeen Wan

and

Richeng Liu

submission deadline 20 Feb 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2289 | Submission Open

Keywords: tunnel excavation; underground construction; mechanized tunneling; ground stability; support systems; artificial intelligence applications; numerical modeling; construction safety; construction monitoring; risk management; sustainability

(This special issue belongs to the Section Civil Engineering)

EEG Recognition and Biomedical Signal Processing

edited by

Andrea Giorgi

and Christoph Hintermüller

submission deadline 20 Feb 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2277 | Submission Open

Keywords: biosignal acquisition; signal processing; electroencephalography (EEG); physiological monitoring; biomedical analysis

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biomedical Engineering)

Deep Learning Applied in Dentistry: Challenges and Prospects

edited by

María Prados-Privado

submission deadline 20 Feb 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2238 | Submission Open

Keywords: deep learning; artificial intelligence in dentistry; computer-aided surgery; medical image analysis; dental radiology; guided dental surgery; biomedical engineering; convolutional neural networks; predictive modeling in oral health; clinical decision support systems

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

Optimized Design and Analysis of Mechanical Structure

edited by

Hyun-Bum Park

submission deadline 20 Feb 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2185 | Submission Open

Keywords: composite material; structural design and analysis; optimal design; solid mechanics; FEM analysis; impact damage; failure criteria; manufacturing; structural test

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

Recent Advances and Applications Related to Light-Emitting Diodes

edited by

Chun-An Cheng

, Lain-Chyr Hwang,

Hung-Liang Cheng

Chien-Hsuan Chang

and

Ching-Min Lee

submission deadline 20 Feb 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2171 | Submission Open

Keywords: light-emitting diodes; LED display and lighting; LED

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

Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Enhanced Oil Recovery

edited by Yuliang Su and Guanglong Sheng

submission deadline 20 Feb 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2159 | Submission Open

Keywords: enhanced oil recovery; artificial intelligence; reservoir simulation; real-time monitoring and management; data-driven; optimization operations

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

Advancing Bioremediation Technologies for Emerging Micropollutants

edited by

Maria João Da Silva Rodrigues

submission deadline 20 Feb 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2010 | Submission Open

Keywords: environmental biotechnology; micropollutant bioaccumulation; bioremediation technologies; advanced water purification

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Sciences)

Artificial Intelligence Applications in Precision Agriculture

edited by

Marcelo Barbosa Júnior

and

Paulo Flores

submission deadline 20 Feb 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1963 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence; automation; computer vision; decision support systems; digital agriculture; field management; precision agriculture; predictive models; remote sensing; smart farm

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

Biological Sample Analysis Techniques and Devices

edited by

Gerardo Perozziello

submission deadline 20 Feb 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1961 | Submission Open

Keywords: optical sensors; screening techniques; screening devices; microfluidics; lab on a chip; optofluidics; spectroscopy techniques

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

Applied Research in Combustion Technology and Heat Transfer

edited by Joe Mmbaga and

Robert E. Hayes

submission deadline 20 Feb 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1956 | Submission Open

Keywords: combustion processes; combustion modeling; alternative fuels

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

Autonomous Vehicles and Robotics—2nd Edition

edited by Nan Ma, Taohong Zhang and Yang Yang

submission deadline 20 Feb 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 1880 | Submission Open

Keywords: autonomous vehicle; intelligent interaction; self-driving environment perception; machine vision; visual understanding

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

Computational Fluid Dynamics for Aerospace and Aeronautical Applications

edited by Elisabeth Lacazedieu and Wei Kang

submission deadline 20 Feb 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1876 | Submission Open

Keywords: computational fluid dynamics; numerical simulations; optimization; fluid– structure interactions; aeroelasticity; flow control; AI-based computational fluid dynamics

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

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