Applied Sciences

Superconductivity and Topology in Quantum Materials

edited by

submission deadline 20 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 126 | Submission Open

Keywords: topological superconductivity; Josephson junctions; quantum coherence; topological qubits; Majorana modes; quantum error correction; superconducting circuits; non-abelian anyons; quantum information processing; topological phase transitions

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

Applications of Multifunctional Polymeric and Composite Materials

edited by

Thiago Assis Dutra

, Rafael Thiago Luiz Ferreira and

João Pedro Nunes Pereira

submission deadline 20 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 123 | Submission Open

Keywords: aerospace structures; soft robotics; automotive industry; biomedical equipment; smart building solutions; flexible tooling; advanced manufacturing systems; multifunctional materials

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

Advances in Environmental Applied Physics—3rd Edition

edited by

Francesco Caridi

submission deadline 20 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 114 | Submission Open

Keywords: environment ; radioactivity ; metals ; alpha spectrometry ; gamma spectrometry ; ICP-MS ; liquid scintillation counting (LSC) ; total alpha/beta counting ; emanometry

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

Retinal Imaging: Current State of the Art in Clinical Application and Basic Research

edited by

Stefano Nobile

submission deadline 20 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 108 | Submission Open

Keywords: optical coherence tomography (OCT); OCT angiography (OCTA); retinal biomarkers; artificial intelligence; translational research; adaptive optics; widefield imaging; clinical retinal applications; machine learning

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

Advancing Sustainable Chemistry: Green Synthesis of Hybrid Nanomaterials for Water Remediation and Environmental Pollution Control

edited by

Álvaro De Jesús Ruíz-Baltazar

submission deadline 20 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 100 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable chemistry; green synthesis; hybrid nanomaterials; water remediation; environmental pollution; nanotechnology

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

Nutrients and Functional Substances in Plant-Based Foods

edited by

Nela Nedić Tiban

and

Lidija Jakobek

submission deadline 25 Oct 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 7690 | Submission Open

Keywords: plant-based diet; phytochemicals ; functional food

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

Machine Learning in Computational Mechanics

edited by

Hugo Santos

submission deadline 25 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 825 | Submission Open

Keywords: machine learning; computational mechanics; numerical methods

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

Innovations in Dental Implants and Prosthodontics

edited by Eduardo Fernandez and Cristian Bersezio Miranda

submission deadline 25 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 491 | Submission Open

Keywords: dental implantology; prosthodontic innovations; advanced implant techniques; digital dentistry; implant-supported prosthetics; CAD/CAM technology; bone regeneration; implant surface engineering; biomaterials in prosthodontics; immediate loading implants; three-dimensional printing in dentistry; osseointegration; zirconia implants; patient-specific prosthetics; minimally invasive implantology

Gas Sensor: Optimization and Application

edited by

Mostafa Shooshtari

and

Sandrine Bernardini

submission deadline 25 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 308 | Submission Open

Keywords: materials for gas sensors; gas sensor design; sensing techniques; modelling

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

New Diagnostic and Therapeutic Approaches in Food Allergy

edited by

José Antonio Canas

,

Blanca Cárdaba

and Rubén Fernández-Santamaría

submission deadline 30 Oct 2025 | 14 articles | Viewed by 45136 | Submission Open

Keywords: food allergy; T2 response; IgE-mediated mechanisms; basophil activation test; immunotherapy

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

Applications of Wearable Sensors and Image Processing in Assistive and Rehabilitative Technologies

edited by

Hariton-Nicolae Costin

,

Cristian Rotariu

and Gladiola Petroiu

submission deadline 30 Oct 2025 | 8 articles | Viewed by 24736 | Submission Open

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biomedical Engineering)

Advanced Technologies for Food Packaging and Preservation

edited by

Eva Hernández García

, Ramón Ordoñez Lagos and

Sergio Torres-Giner

submission deadline 30 Oct 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 18479 | Submission Open

Keywords: advances technologies; food packaging; food preservation; bioactive compounds; food safety; environmentally friendly; artificial intelligence; food control; food quality

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

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 Oct 2025 | 10 articles | Viewed by 17015 | 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)

New Advances in Functional Foods and Nutraceuticals

edited by Ana Fontes and

Lígia Pimentel

submission deadline 30 Oct 2025 | 8 articles | Viewed by 14940 | Submission Open

Keywords: functional foods; nutraceuticals; bioactive compounds; health benefits; delivery systems; bioavailability; bioaccessibility

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

Applications in Computer Vision and Image Processing

edited by

Cai Meng

and Hongsheng He

submission deadline 30 Oct 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 13777 | Submission Open

Keywords: big data and computer vision; deep learning in computer vision; computer vision in robotics; computer vision in industry; computer vision in auto driving; visual SLAM; computer vision in remote sensing; target detection; recognition; and tracking; text detection and recognition; 3D reconstruction; human– computer interaction; pattern recognition and analysis; image segmentation; image restoration or image impaiting; other topics related to applications of computer vision and image processing

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

Advances in Cyber Security

edited by

Georgi R. Tsochev

, Maria Nenova,

Peican Zhu

and

Ki-Hyun Jung

submission deadline 30 Oct 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 13628 | Submission Open

Keywords: cybersecurity; threat detection; cryptography; digital forensics; cyber defense; artificial intelligence in security; Internet of Things (IoT) security; cloud security; cybercrime; data privacy

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

Energy and Power Systems: Control and Management

edited by Stelios Ioannou,

Mohamed Darwish

and

Nicholas G. Christofides

submission deadline 30 Oct 2025 | 8 articles | Viewed by 12351 | Submission Open

Keywords: active power grid periphery; multi-agent systems (MASs); smart grid; power systems; renewable energy

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

Performance Analysis and Training Process in Sports: Bridging Science and Practice

edited by

Gavriil George Arsoniadis

and

Rodrigo Zacca

submission deadline 30 Oct 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 11010 | Submission Open

Keywords: training methods; training and testing; performance analysis; training monitoring; individual and team sports

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

Artificial Intelligence (AI) for Energy Systems

edited by Murphy M. Peksen

submission deadline 30 Oct 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 10350 | Submission Open

Keywords: machine learning; AI; hydrogen; clean energy; optimisation; HP materials; multiphysics

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

Drug Discovery and Delivery in Medicinal Chemistry

edited by

Stoyanka Nikolova

and

Vera Gledacheva

submission deadline 30 Oct 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 9547 | Submission Open

Keywords: synthesis; drug design; drug candidates; drug-delivery; nanoparticles; in silico; biological activity; novel nonclinical approaches

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

Integration of AI, Big Data, and ICT into Emerging Technologies for Sustainable Solutions

edited by

Seongsoo Cho

,

Yeonwoo Lee

and

Changho Seo

submission deadline 30 Oct 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 9333 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence (AI); artificial intelligence and fuzzy systems; bio-inspired ai technology; big data analytics; information and communication technology (ICT); smart cities; sustainable engineering; healthcare technology; manufacturing innovation; urban air mobility (UAM); environmental management; smart infrastructure; digital transformation; performance optimization; renewable energy systems; data-driven decision making; IoT (Internet of Things) integration; security; visualization; logistics; telecommunication

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

State of the Art in AI-Based Co-Creativity

edited by

António Correia

,

Vincent A. Cicirello

and

Rui Araújo

submission deadline 30 Oct 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4725 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence; creative arts; creativity; generative AI; human– AI co-creativity

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

Novel Research on Bioactive Compounds in Plant Products

edited by Martin Backor

submission deadline 30 Oct 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4671 | Submission Open

Keywords: plant secondary metabolites; plant bioactive compounds; phytochemicals; plant biotechnology; biological activity; functional food of plant origin; plant natural resources

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

Human Activity Recognition (HAR) in Healthcare, 3rd Edition

edited by

Luigi Bibbò

and J. Artur Serrano

submission deadline 30 Oct 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4373 | Submission Open

Keywords: human activity recognition; machine learning; wearable sensor; Internet of Things; ambient assisted living; ambient intelligent

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

Advances in Natural Antimicrobial Compounds: Discovery, Synthesis, Characterization, and Application

edited by

Carla Sabia

and

Ramona Iseppi

submission deadline 30 Oct 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 4035 | Submission Open

Keywords: natural products; bacteriocins; antibacterial compounds; antibiofilm activity; antibiotic resistance

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

Current Research and Future Trends in Power Electronics Applications

edited by

Nicola Toscani

and

Francesco Castelli-Dezza

submission deadline 30 Oct 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3258 | Submission Open

Keywords: AC/DC; DC/AC; and DC/DC converters; multilevel converters; modular multilevel converters; DAB converters; SiC; GaN semiconductors; monolithic bidirectional devices; wireless power transfer; HVDC converters; fast and ultra-fast recharging station; power converter control

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

New Insights into Food Bioactive Compounds: Safety, Quality and Nutritional Determinants

edited by

Antonios E. Koutelidakis

and

Nikolaos D. Andritsos

submission deadline 30 Oct 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2997 | Submission Open

Keywords: food acceptability; functional foods; health; nutrition; food quality; food safety

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

Recent Advances in Underwater Acoustic Signal Processing

edited by Jie Tian

submission deadline 30 Oct 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2963 | Submission Open

Keywords: underwater acoustic communication; underwater acoustic imaging; underwater sensor networks; underwater detection; tracking and classification; underwater acoustic transducer; array signal processing; simulation of underwater environment and sonar systems; cross-media communication; artificial intelligence in underwater acoustic engineering

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

Innovations and Advances in Drying Processes and Technologies in Food Processing: Principles, Methods, and Applications

edited by

Iman Golpour

submission deadline 30 Oct 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2336 | Submission Open

Keywords: drying processes; food processing technologies; drying kinetics; novel drying methods; energy-efficient drying systems; freeze-drying; microwave drying; infrared drying; vacuum drying; solar dryer; solar-assisted heat pump system; hybrid drying technologies; heat and mass transfer in drying; food quality in drying; nutritional retention during drying; shelf-life extension; sustainable food drying; drying process optimization; industrial food drying applications; drying automation and control; post-drying packaging and storage; smart drying technologies; exergy and advanced exergy analysis; exergo-economic and environmental assessment

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

Thermal and Thermomechanical Management in Electronic Systems

edited by

Yonghai Zhang

, Xiaoping Yang and

Jiaqi Li

submission deadline 30 Oct 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2071 | Submission Open

Keywords: thermal management; electronics; energy storage; heat and mass transfer

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

Synthetic and Natural Drugs: Pharmacological Activity, Biochemical Properties, and Applications

edited by

Kasireddy Sudarshan

and

Hari Prasad Devkota

submission deadline 30 Oct 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2021 | Submission Open

Keywords: synthetic drugs; natural products; pharmacological activity; biochemical properties; drug discovery; mechanisms of action; ADME (absorption; distribution; metabolism; excretion); drug design; drug resistance; combination therapies; targeted therapy; therapeutic applications; personalized medicine; structure-based drug design; preclinical to clinical translation

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

Advanced Technology in Geotechnical Engineering

edited by Qingrong Xiong

submission deadline 30 Oct 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 1614 | Submission Open

Keywords: micromechanics; multiscale modeling; particle interactions

(This special issue belongs to the Section Civil Engineering)

Sustainability in Functional Textiles: Materials, Technology and Design

edited by Isabel Cabral and

Jorge Padrão

submission deadline 30 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1323 | Submission Open

Keywords: high-performance textiles; smart textiles and wearable technology; medical textiles; multifunctional textiles; eco-design; circular economy; biomimicry and bio-inspired; advanced manufacturing and nanotechnology; textile coloration

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

Near/Mid-Infrared Lasers: Latest Advances and Applications

edited by

Chen Chen

and Biao Wang

submission deadline 30 Oct 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1305 | Submission Open

Keywords: novel near/mid-IR sources and techniques; nonlinear and laser materials for near/mid-IR; ultrashort near/mid-IR pulses and frequency combs; near/mid-IR supercontinuum generation; near/mid-IR fibers and fiber lasers; near/mid-IR integrated photonics; new sources and techniques for near/mid-IR spectroscopy; near/mid-IR sensing; imaging; and spectroscopy; strong-field physics pumped by near/mid-IR laser; biomedical applications of near/mid-IR lasers; novel techniques of near/mid-IR spectral and temporal measurement

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

Future Autonomous Vehicles and Their Systems: Emerging Technologies and Applications

edited by

Redouane Khemmar

and

Karim Hammoudi

submission deadline 30 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1201 | Submission Open

Keywords: environment perception; object detection; deep learning; artificial intelligence; object tracking; mobile robotics; localization; autonomous vehicles; scene analysis and understanding; smart mobility

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

Advances in Fire Safety Engineering and Applications

edited by

Dongli Gao

and Eric Lee

submission deadline 30 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 885 | Submission Open

Keywords: pedestrian dynamics; evacuation modeling; building evacuation; fire modeling; fire dynamics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Civil Engineering)

Novel Approaches and Applications in Human–Robot Interactions

edited by Ho Seok Ahn and

David (Bong Jun) Choi

submission deadline 30 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 798 | Submission Open

Keywords: human– robot interactions (HRIs); co-speech gestures; social interaction; collaborative robots; human-centered design; adaptability; emotional engagement; human– AI teamwork

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

Concrete Structures: Latest Advances and Prospects

edited by

Mariella Diaferio

submission deadline 30 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 518 | Submission Open

Keywords: damage assessment; performance evaluation; design procedures for concrete structures; structural modeling; innovative concrete-based building materials; diagnosis techniques; experimental investigation on concrete structures; strengthening and repair of concrete structures; analysis of case studies

(This special issue belongs to the Section Civil Engineering)

Artificial Intelligence in Mining, Mineral and Material Processing

edited by

Xiu Liu

and

Chris Aldrich

submission deadline 30 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 451 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence; machine learning; deep learning; data analytics; automation; resource estimation; process optimization; environmental impact

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

Advances in Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering: Challenges and Solutions

edited by

Lanmin Wang

and Gang Wang

submission deadline 30 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 245 | Submission Open

Keywords: seismic design; analysis methods; tunnels; underground infrastructure; liquefaction; ground; foundation; structure; measuments; seismic isolation; geotechnical measurements; ground; foundation; resillient design; earthquake geotechnical engineering; seismic input; site effect; dynamic soil– structure interation; seismic landslides; flow slide; liquefaction; subsidence; geosynthetics; seismic resistance; deformation; stability

(This special issue belongs to the Section Civil Engineering)

Therapeutic Applications and Biology of Extracellular Vesicles

edited by

Paola Lanuti

,

Francesco Cappello

and

Celeste Caruso Bavisotto

submission deadline 30 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 237 | Submission Open

Keywords: extracellular vesicles; diagnostic biomarkers; drug Delivery; immunomodulation; angiogenesis; tumorigenesis; precision medicine; regenerative medicine

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

Digital Signal Processing for Wireless Communications and Multimedia Systems

edited by

Urszula Libal

and

Tomasz Grajek

submission deadline 30 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 212 | Submission Open

Keywords: signal processing; image processing; audio and speech processing; noise reduction; feature extraction; dimensionality reduction; sparse representation; data compression; signal parametrization; signal representations; pattern recognition; machine learning; statistical learning; deep learning; applications in signal and image processing

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

Recent Advances in Microwave Photonics: Second Edition

edited by

Tengfei Hao

and

Nuannuan Shi

submission deadline 30 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 210 | Submission Open

Keywords: microwave photonics; integrated microwave photonics; microwave photonic link; microwave photonic signal processor; optoelectronic oscillator; radio over fiber

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

Impact of Environmental Pollution: Towards Contaminant Assessment and Sustainable Remediation

edited by

Dario Savoca

and

Silvia Orecchio

submission deadline 30 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 208 | Submission Open

Keywords: analytical chemistry; environmental chemistry; environmental impact; xenobiotic substances; toxic compounds; exposure effects; bioindicator; biomagnification; pollutant removal; environmental remediation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Sciences)

Wireless Communication Technologies: Latest Advances and Prospects

edited by

Feng Li

and

Sergio Spanò

submission deadline 30 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 198 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence-enabled wireless communication; integrated sensing and communication; physical layer security; resource allocation; intelligent reflection surface; non-orthogonal multiple access; fluid antenna; orthogonal frequency division multiplexing

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

Emerging Cyber-Physical Systems for Industry 5.0

edited by

Anikó Costa

and Sanaz Nikghadam-Hojjati

submission deadline 30 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 178 | Submission Open

Keywords: cyber– physical systems; Industry 5.0; Society 5.0; feeling economy; co-creation; collaborative intelligence; human-machine collaboration

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

Phytochemicals as Natural Nutrients in the Prevention and Therapy of Diseases

edited by

Natalia Kurhaluk

and Halina Tkaczenko

submission deadline 30 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 162 | Submission Open

Keywords: natural antioxidant therapy; dietary phytochemical sources; bioavailability enhancement techniques; clinical nutrition applications; phytochemical synergy effects; chronic disease prevention; gut microbiota modulation; epigenetic pathway regulation; functional food innovation; sustainable dietary practices

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

Smart Composites: Design, Manufacturing, and Integration—2nd Edition

edited by

Marco P. Silva

and

João Pedro Nunes Pereira

submission deadline 30 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 145 | Submission Open

Keywords: smart materials; composites; smart composites; self-sensing; electromechanical response; haptic feedback; sensors; actuators; multifunctional materials

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

Technologies for Underwater Wireless Communication

edited by

Andrea Petroni

and

Mauro Biagi

submission deadline 30 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 137 | Submission Open

Keywords: underwater communication; underwater networks; underwater communication protocols; Internet of Underwater Things; underwater optical communication; underwater acoustic communication; underwater channel modeling

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

Innovative Functional Materials for a Sustainable Future: From Synthesis to Application

edited by

Jose Maria Calderon-Moreno

and

Monica Popa

submission deadline 30 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 134 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable functional materials; green chemistry; eco-friendly material synthesis; smart and responsive materials; biodegradable materials; biobased polymers; energy storage materials; water purification; environmental applications; circular economy

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

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