Materials 2024, 17(23), 5997; https://doi.org/10.3390/ma17235997 - 7 Dec 2024
Best Paper Award
We are pleased to announce the winners of the Materials 2022 Best Paper Awards. All the papers published in Materials (ISSN: 1996-1944) in 2022 were considered. After evaluating the originality and significance of the papers, citations and download data, six articles and six reviews were selected.
First Prize: CHF 500, an electronic certificate, and a chance to publish a paper free of charge in Materials in 2024.
Article:
“Antenna Characteristics of Helical Coil with 2.45 GHz Semiconductor Microwave for Microwave-Enhanced Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (MW-LIBS)”
by Yuji Ikeda, Yoshihiko Hirata, Joey Kim Soriano and Ikuo Wakaida
Materials 2022, 15(8), 2851; https://doi.org/10.3390/ma15082851
Review:
“Solid Lubrication at High-Temperatures—A Review”
by Rahul Kumar, Irina Hussainova, Ramin Rahmani and Maksim Antonov
Materials 2022, 15(5), 1695; https://doi.org/10.3390/ma15051695
Second Prize: CHF 300, an electronic certificate and a chance to publish a paper free of charge in Materials in 2024.
Articles:
“EIS Characterization of Ti Alloys in Relation to Alloying Additions of Ta”
by Pedro P. Socorro-Perdomo, Néstor R. Florido-Suárez, Julia C. Mirza-Rosca and Mircea Vicentiu Saceleanu
Materials 2022, 15(2), 476; https://doi.org/10.3390/ma15020476
“Back-Propagation Neural Network Optimized by K-Fold Cross-Validation for Prediction of Torsional Strength of Reinforced Concrete Beam”
by Zhaoqiu Lyu, Yang Yu, Bijan Samali, Maria Rashidi, Masoud Mohammadi, Thuc N. Nguyen and Andy Nguyen
Materials 2022, 15(4), 1477; https://doi.org/10.3390/ma15041477
Reviews:
“Additive Manufacturing of Biomaterials—Design Principles and Their Implementation”
by Mohammad J. Mirzaali, Vahid Moosabeiki, Seyed Mohammad Rajaai, Jie Zhou and Amir A. Zadpoor
Materials 2022, 15(15), 5457; https://doi.org/10.3390/ma15155457
“Root Causes and Mechanisms of Failure of Wind Turbine Blades: Overview”
by Leon Mishnaevsky, Jr.
Materials 2022, 15(9), 2959; https://doi.org/10.3390/ma15092959
Third Prize: CHF 200, an electronic certificate and a chance to publish a paper free of charge in Materials in 2024.
Articles:
“Chirality in the Solid State: Chiral Crystal Structures in Chiral and Achiral Space Groups”
by Gerhard H. Fecher, Jürgen Kübler and Claudia Felser
Materials 2022, 15(17), 5812; https://doi.org/10.3390/ma15175812
“Strength Properties of 316L and 17-4 PH Stainless Steel Produced with Additive Manufacturing”
by Slawomir Kedziora, Thierry Decker, Elvin Museyibov, Julian Morbach, Steven Hohmann, Adrian Huwer and Michael Wahl
Materials 2022, 15(18), 6278; https://doi.org/10.3390/ma15186278
“Hydroxyapatite Coating on Ti-6Al-7Nb Alloy by Plasma Electrolytic Oxidation in Salt-Based Electrolyte”
by Avital Schwartz, Alexey Kossenko, Michael Zinigrad, Yosef Gofer, Konstantin Borodianskiy and Alexander Sobolev
Materials 2022, 15(20), 7374; https://doi.org/10.3390/ma15207374
Reviews:
“Photovoltaic Cell Generations and Current Research Directions for Their Development”
by Justyna Pastuszak and Paweł Węgierek
Materials 2022, 15(16), 5542; https://doi.org/10.3390/ma15165542
“Magnesium-Based Alloys Used in Orthopedic Surgery”
by Iulian Antoniac, Marian Miculescu, Veronica Mănescu (Păltânea), Alexandru Stere, Pham Hong Quan, Gheorghe Păltânea, Alina Robu and Kamel Earar
Materials 2022, 15(3), 1148; https://doi.org/10.3390/ma15031148
“Surface Engineering of Nanomaterials with Polymers, Biomolecules, and Small Ligands for Nanomedicine”
by Ana M. Díez-Pascual
Materials 2022, 15(9), 3251; https://doi.org/10.3390/ma15093251
Please join us in congratulating the winners of the Materials 2022 Best Paper Award. We would also like to thank all our authors for their continued support of Materials.
Materials Editorial Office
Materials 2024 Best Paper Award
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Past Winners
Year:
Winner
High-Performance Advanced Composites in Multifunctional Material Design: State of the Art, Challenges, and Future Directions
Advancements in Photovoltaic Cell Materials: Silicon, Organic, and Perovskite Solar Cells
Materials 2024, 17(5), 1165; https://doi.org/10.3390/ma17051165 - 1 Mar 2024
Hydrogen Impact: A Review on Diffusibility, Embrittlement Mechanisms, and Characterization
Materials 2024, 17(4), 965; https://doi.org/10.3390/ma17040965 - 19 Feb 2024
Mechanism and Performance Control Methods of Sulfate Attack on Concrete: A Review
Materials 2024, 17(19), 4836; https://doi.org/10.3390/ma17194836 - 30 Sep 2024
Progress in Additive Manufacturing of Magnesium Alloys: A Review
Materials 2024, 17(15), 3851; https://doi.org/10.3390/ma17153851 - 3 Aug 2024
Polymer Materials for Optoelectronics and Energy Applications
Materials 2024, 17(15), 3698; https://doi.org/10.3390/ma17153698 - 26 Jul 2024
Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET) Recycled by Catalytic Glycolysis: A Bridge toward Circular Economy Principles
Materials 2024, 17(12), 2991; https://doi.org/10.3390/ma17122991 - 18 Jun 2024
A Review of Diamond Materials and Applications in Power Semiconductor Devices
Materials 2024, 17(14), 3437; https://doi.org/10.3390/ma17143437 - 11 Jul 2024
A Comprehensive Review of Stimuli-Responsive Smart Polymer Materials—Recent Advances and Future Perspectives
Materials 2024, 17(17), 4255; https://doi.org/10.3390/ma17174255 - 28 Aug 2024
Potential of Reusing 3D Printed Concrete (3DPC) Fine Recycled Aggregates as a Strategy towards Decreasing Cement Content in 3DPC
Materials 2024, 17(11), 2580; https://doi.org/10.3390/ma17112580 - 27 May 2024
Synergistic Effect of Blended Precursors and Silica Fume on Strength and High Temperature Resistance of Geopolymer
Materials 2024, 17(12), 2975; https://doi.org/10.3390/ma17122975 - 18 Jun 2024
Environmentally Friendly Bleaching Process of the Cellulose Fibres Materials Using Ozone and Hydrogen Peroxide in the Gas Phase
Materials 2024, 17(6), 1355; https://doi.org/10.3390/ma17061355 - 15 Mar 2024
In Situ Ultrasonic Characterization of Hydrogen Damage Evolution in X80 Pipeline Steel
Materials 2024, 17(23), 5891; https://doi.org/10.3390/ma17235891 - 1 Dec 2024
Optimization of 2024-T3 Aluminum Alloy Friction Stir Welding Using Random Forest, XGBoost, and MLP Machine Learning Techniques
Materials 2024, 17(7), 1452; https://doi.org/10.3390/ma17071452 - 22 Mar 2024
Research on the Measurement Technology for Pretension Stress on Small-Sized Bolts Based on the Piezoelectric Ultrasonic Resonance Method
Materials 2024, 17(23), 5802; https://doi.org/10.3390/ma17235802 - 26 Nov 2024
Impact of Plant Extract Phytochemicals on the Synthesis of Silver Nanoparticles
Materials 2024, 17(10), 2252; https://doi.org/10.3390/ma17102252 - 10 May 2024
Additive Manufacturing of Composite Polymers: Thermomechanical FEA and Experimental Study
Materials 2024, 17(8), 1912; https://doi.org/10.3390/ma17081912 - 20 Apr 2024
Award Committee
Dr. Maryam Tabrizian
Chairperson
McGill University
Dr. Vsevolod Razumovskiy
Materials Center Leoben Forschung GmbH
Prof. Gang Wei
Qingdao University of Science and Technology
Dr. Shinichi Tashiro
Osaka University
Prof. Thomas Niendorf
University of Kassel
Winner
Back-Propagation Neural Network Optimized by K-Fold Cross-Validation for Prediction of Torsional Strength of Reinforced Concrete Beam
Materials 2022, 15(4), 1477; https://doi.org/10.3390/ma15041477 - 16 Feb 2022
Chirality in the Solid State: Chiral Crystal Structures in Chiral and Achiral Space Groups
Materials 2022, 15(17), 5812; https://doi.org/10.3390/ma15175812 - 23 Aug 2022
Hydroxyapatite Coating on Ti-6Al-7Nb Alloy by Plasma Electrolytic Oxidation in Salt-Based Electrolyte
Materials 2022, 15(20), 7374; https://doi.org/10.3390/ma15207374 - 21 Oct 2022
Strength Properties of 316L and 17-4 PH Stainless Steel Produced with Additive Manufacturing
Materials 2022, 15(18), 6278; https://doi.org/10.3390/ma15186278 - 9 Sep 2022
EIS Characterization of Ti Alloys in Relation to Alloying Additions of Ta
Materials 2022, 15(2), 476; https://doi.org/10.3390/ma15020476 - 8 Jan 2022
Solid Lubrication at High-Temperatures—A Review
Materials 2022, 15(5), 1695; https://doi.org/10.3390/ma15051695 - 24 Feb 2022
Root Causes and Mechanisms of Failure of Wind Turbine Blades: Overview
Materials 2022, 15(9), 2959; https://doi.org/10.3390/ma15092959 - 19 Apr 2022
Photovoltaic Cell Generations and Current Research Directions for Their Development
Materials 2022, 15(16), 5542; https://doi.org/10.3390/ma15165542 - 12 Aug 2022
Magnesium-Based Alloys Used in Orthopedic Surgery
Materials 2022, 15(3), 1148; https://doi.org/10.3390/ma15031148 - 2 Feb 2022
Surface Engineering of Nanomaterials with Polymers, Biomolecules, and Small Ligands for Nanomedicine
Materials 2022, 15(9), 3251; https://doi.org/10.3390/ma15093251 - 30 Apr 2022
Additive Manufacturing of Biomaterials—Design Principles and Their Implementation
Materials 2022, 15(15), 5457; https://doi.org/10.3390/ma15155457 - 8 Aug 2022
Award Committee
Dr. Maryam Tabrizian
Chairperson
McGill University
Prof. Francesco Baino
Politecnico di Torino
Dr. Katsuhiko Ariga
NIMS
Prof. Dr. Zhifeng Wang
Hebei University of Technology
Winner
Current Trends in Automotive Lightweighting Strategies and Materials
Materials 2021, 14(21), 6631; https://doi.org/10.3390/ma14216631 - 3 Nov 2021
Charge Carrier Processes and Optical Properties in TiO2 and TiO2-Based Heterojunction Photocatalysts: A Review
Materials 2021, 14(7), 1645; https://doi.org/10.3390/ma14071645 - 27 Mar 2021
Antioxidants: Classification, Natural Sources, Activity/Capacity Measurements, and Usefulness for the Synthesis of Nanoparticles
Materials 2021, 14(15), 4135; https://doi.org/10.3390/ma14154135 - 25 Jul 2021
A Stretchable, Self-Healable Triboelectric Nanogenerator as Electronic Skin for Energy Harvesting and Tactile Sensing
Materials 2021, 14(7), 1689; https://doi.org/10.3390/ma14071689 - 30 Mar 2021
Behaviour and Properties of Eco-Cement Pastes Elaborated with Recycled Concrete Powder from Construction and Demolition Wastes
Materials 2021, 14(5), 1299; https://doi.org/10.3390/ma14051299 - 8 Mar 2021
Award Committee
Dr. Maryam Tabrizian
Chairperson
McGill University
Prof. Seung Hwan KO
Seoul National University
Prof. Francesco Baino
Politecnico di Torino
Dr. Katsuhiko Ariga
NIMS
Winner
A Broadband Tunable Terahertz Metamaterial Absorber Based on Single-Layer Complementary Gammadion-Shaped Graphene
Materials 2020, 13(4), 860; https://doi.org/10.3390/ma13040860 - 14 Feb 2020
On the Vibrations and Stability of Moving Viscoelastic Axially Functionally Graded Nanobeams
Materials 2020, 13(7), 1707; https://doi.org/10.3390/ma13071707 - 6 Apr 2020
3-D Printed Protective Equipment during COVID-19 Pandemic
Materials 2020, 13(8), 1997; https://doi.org/10.3390/ma13081997 - 24 Apr 2020
Recent Trends in the Use of Pectin from Agro-Waste Residues as a Natural-Based Biopolymer for Food Packaging Applications
Materials 2020, 13(3), 673; https://doi.org/10.3390/ma13030673 - 3 Feb 2020
Face Masks and Respirators in the Fight Against the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Review of Current Materials, Advances and Future Perspectives
Materials 2020, 13(15), 3363; https://doi.org/10.3390/ma13153363 - 29 Jul 2020
Brief History of Early Lithium-Battery Development
Materials 2020, 13(8), 1884; https://doi.org/10.3390/ma13081884 - 17 Apr 2020
Award Committee
Dr. Shirley Chiang
Chairperson
University of California Davis
