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Electrochemical Preparation of Magnetic Materials

edited by Milica Spasojević Savković and

Milentije Luković

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

Keywords: electrodeposition; magnetization; electric properties; energy storage; electrochemistry

(This special issue belongs to the Section Materials for Energy Applications)

Advanced Catalytic Materials in Energy and Environment

edited by Wanliang Yang

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

Keywords: crystalline catalysts; crystal facet; defect engineering; in situ XRD; CO2 reduction; water splitting; photocatalysis; electrocatalysis; perovskite; MOF

(This special issue belongs to the Section Materials for Energy Applications)

Advances and Expansion of Epitaxial Nitride-Based Materials

edited by

Brelon J. May

, Robert A. Makin and

Karol Strzałkowski

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

Keywords: epitaxy; nitride; heterostructure; doping; electrical transport; magnetism; optical properties; machine learning; artificial intelligence

(This special issue belongs to the Section Inorganic Crystalline Materials)

Transition Metal Complexes with Heterocyclic Ligands: Structural Insights, Biological Potential, and Computational Perspectives

edited by

Nikolina Filipović

Tomislav Balić

and

Anamarija Stanković

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 356 | Submission Open

Keywords: antimicrobial activity; antiproliferative activity; drug development; DFT (density functional theory); in vitro studies; molecular docking; NMR spectroscopy; transition metal complexes; X-ray diffraction (XRD); heterocyclic scaffolds

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hybrid and Composite Crystalline Materials)

Advanced Research in Lithium-Ion Battery Materials

edited by

Jiancun Rao

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 114 | Submission Open

Keywords: lithium metal anodes; electrolyte design solid-state batteries; cathode stabilization; novel characterization methodologies

(This special issue belongs to the Section Materials for Energy Applications)

Properties of Transition Metals and Their Compounds at Extreme Conditions (2nd Edition)

edited by

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submission deadline 15 Jun 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 15232 | Submission Open

Keywords: extreme conditions research; phase transitions; structural; electronic and magnetic properties; textural evolution; phase diagrams modelling and characterisation; new materials; equation of state; melting curves; symmetry-breaking

(This special issue belongs to the Section Crystalline Metals and Alloys)

Fatigue and Fracture of Crystalline Metal Structures

edited by Xiangnan Pan and

Abílio M. P. De Jesus

submission deadline 20 Jun 2026 | 9 articles | Viewed by 12547 | Submission Open

Keywords: fatigue and fracture; fatigue regimes; engineering vibration; elastic and plastic waves; metals and alloys; additive manufacturing; microstructure modeling; microstructure characterization; civil engineering; aerospace structure

(This special issue belongs to the Section Crystalline Metals and Alloys)

Solid-State Batteries: Materials Design and Optimization

edited by Sijie Liu and

Le Zhou

submission deadline 20 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 67 | Submission Open

Keywords: solid-state batteries; crystalline materials; electrode materials; solid electrolytes; interface engineering; cell design; energy storage; lithium-ion batteries; thermal stability; ionic conductivity

(This special issue belongs to the Section Materials for Energy Applications)

Preparation and Performance Research of Piezoelectric Ceramics

edited by

Yalin Qin

and Yongcheng Zhang

submission deadline 20 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 35 | Submission Open

Keywords: piezoelectric ceramics; ferroelectric materials; lead-free piezoelectrics; material synthesis; sintering; structure-property relationships; electromechanical properties; actuators and sensors

(This special issue belongs to the Section Polycrystalline Ceramics)

Metal–Organic Complexes for Synthesis

edited by

Yan Liu

and

Bing Yu

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 101 | Submission Open

Keywords: metal– organic complexes; photocatalysis; organic synthesis; photothermal reactions; enzyme mimic catalysis; synthetic methodology; homogeneous catalysis; heterogeneous catalysis; electrocatalysis; cooperative catalysis; gas conversion; metal– organic frameworks (MOFs); nanoenzymes; plastic recycling; polymer engineering

(This special issue belongs to the Section Organic Crystalline Materials)

MXenes: From Synthesis to Applications

edited by

Zhifang Liu

and

Hanqi Feng

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 52 | Submission Open

Keywords: MXenes; two-dimensional materials; surface engineering; energy storage and conversion; electromagnetic interference shielding; terahertz absorption

(This special issue belongs to the Section Inorganic Crystalline Materials)

Synthesis and Characterization of Ceramics and Ceramic-Based Composites

edited by

Milica Posarac-Markovic

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

Keywords: ceramics; crystalline structure; characterization methods; sintering; microstructure; ceramic-based composites

(This special issue belongs to the Section Polycrystalline Ceramics)

Graphene Based Nanocomposites

edited by

Zhao-Chi Chen

and Tien-Li Chang

submission deadline 20 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 49 | Submission Open

Keywords: graphene nanocomposites; 2D materials; functionalization and defect engineering; laser/photonic processing; additive manufacturing; flexible/wearable sensors; energy storage and conversion; electro/photocatalysis; in situ/operando characterization; machine learning guided materials design

(This special issue belongs to the Section Polycrystalline Ceramics)

Crystallography of Enzymes (2nd Edition)

edited by

Bo Liang

and

Houfu Guo

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

Keywords: enzyme structure and function; X-ray and serial crystallography; de novo enzyme design; ancestral reconstruction; protein engineering; catalytic mechanism; structural dynamics; substrate and inhibitor interactions; computational modeling

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biomolecular Crystals)

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