Materials — Section Editors

Section Editor-in-Chief
van ’t Hoff laboratory for physical & colloid chemistry, Debye Institute for Nanomaterials Science, Utrecht University, The Netherlands and Laboratory of Physical Chemistry, Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands
Tel. +31302531167
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Interests: Colloids and nanoparticles; Self-organisation; Colloidal crystals; Colloidal liquid crystals; Chiral colloids; Active matter and dissipative assembly; Advanced synchrotron scattering techniques; Microscopy at the nanoscale

Dipartimento di Fisica, Sapienza Università di Roma
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Interests: nanostructured materials (quantum dots, nanowires, 2D crystals), optical properties, hydrogen in semiconductors, optoelectronic devices
Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals:
Special Issue in Materials: Semiconductor Nanowire Devices and Applications

Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Campus North, Institute of Nanotechnology, Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany
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Interests: electron microscopy; in-situ & tomography Techniques; batteries; catalysis, nanocrystalline metals
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Special Issue in Nanomaterials: Electron Microscopy in Nanotechnology

Center for Electron Nanoscopy, Technical University of Denmark, DK-2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark
Tel. +45 45256476
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Interests: nanomaterials; nanoparticles; catalysis; dynamics of nanoparticles; electron microscopy; 2D materials; image analysis

Chair for Multicomponent Materials, Kiel University, Kaiserstr. 2, 24143 Kiel, Germany
Tel. +49 (0)431 880-6225; Fax: +49 (0)431 880-6229
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Interests: functional nanocomposites; magnetoelectric sensors; plasmonics; vapor phase deposition; plasma nanoscience

School of Chemical Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU), 2066 Seobu-ro, Jangan-gu, Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do 440-746, Republic of Korea
Tel. 82-31-299-4715
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Interests: Energy storage materials and devices; Carbon and 2D nanomaterials; Flexible devices; CO₂ capture and conversion

Laboratory CRISMAT, UMR 6508, CNRS-ENSICAEN, Université de Caen, 6Bd Marechal Juin 14050 Caen, France
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Interests: mesoporous materials, nanoparticles, nanostructures, thin films, novel materials, CMR and multiferoic materials and thin films based on it, In-situ investigation of phase transition in the materials, heteroepitaxial multilayer systems, Electron Microscopy investigation of inorganic materials, atomic structure of interfaces and grain boundaries and correlation with the physical properties

Laboratory of Chemistry and Bioengineering, Tampere University of Technology, Korkeakoulunkatu 8, Fi-33720 Tampere, Finland
Tel. +358 40 748 4160
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Interests: Photoactive compounds; molecular films; self-assembled monolayers; organic-semiconductor hybrid nanostructures; quantum dots; photopysics and photochemistry; photoinduced electron transfer; organic and hybrid solar cells; ultrafast spectroscopy

Vilniaus universitetas, Department of Physical Chemistry, Vilnius, Lithuania
Tel. +37060032332
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Interests: Conducting polymers, Physical Chemistry, Nanotechnology, Biosensors, Biofuel cells, Nanoparticles, Biomaterials, Organic semiconductors

BioNano technology Research Center, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology, 125 Gwahak-ro, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon, 34141, Korea
Tel. +82 42 879 8456; Fax: +82 42 879 8492
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Interests: drug delivery, multifunctional nanocomposite, cancer imaging, nano-bio materials, nanomaterials, nano-bio probe, nano-bio sensor
Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals:
Special Issue in Nanomaterials: Nanoscience and Health: Tiny Technology Raises Big Questions

Department of Electromechanical Engineering, University of Beira Interior, Covilhã, Portugal
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Interests: Composites; polymer nanocomposites; graphene related composites; bonded repair; additive manufacturing; mechanical characterization

Department of Drug Sciences, University of Pavia, Viale Taramelli 12, 27100 Pavia – Italy
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Interests: nanoparticles, nanofibers, in situ gelling systems, scaffolds, tissue engineering
Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals:
Special Issue in Pharmaceutics: Chitosan Biomedical Applications: Opportunities and Challenges
Special Issue in Marine Drugs: Marine Biopolymers and Drug Delivery

Physics Department, Faculty of Sciences, University of Oviedo, E-33007 Oviedo, Spain
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Interests: Magnetic properties of amorphous, nano-crystalline and nanostructured materials; Heusler alloys; synthesis of nanoporous materials by electrochemical etching; magnetic nanowires and nanotubes; magneto-transport -and-electric effects; magnetocaloric and thermoelectric effects; magneto-optical sensing and biosensing; surface coatings for healthcare and nanobiomedical applications; microfluidic lab-on-a-chip systems; photo-catalysis; energy recovery, conversion and storage; supercapacitors; energy harvesting and wastewater
Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals:
Special Issue in Nanomaterials: Synthesis and Characterization of Nanowires
Special Issue in Nanomaterials: ALD Technique for Functional Coatings of Nanostructured Materials

IFW Dresden, D-01171 Dresden, Germany
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Interests: transmission electron microscopy; CVD; 2D materials; synthesis; structure - property relationships

Peter Grünberg Institute Electronic Materials (PGI-7) Forschungszentrum Jülich 52425 Jülich Germany; IWE 2, RWTH-Aachen Univeristy, Sommerfeld Str. 24, 52074 Aachen, Germany
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Interests: nanoscale electrochemistry; physical chemistry; memrsitors; resistive switching memories; nanoscale processes and phenomena; electrode kinetics; physical chemistry of solids; water electrolysis; electrocatalysis; solid state ionics

Department of Engineering, University of Messina, Contrada Di Dio, I-98166 Messina, Italy
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Interests: Nanomaterials; Drug Delivery Systems; Tissue Engineering; Biomaterials
Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals:
Special Issue in Polymers: Biomedical Polymer Materials
Special Issue in Nanomaterials: Graphene-based Materials for Cancer Therapy

Dipartimento di Ingegneria dell’Innovazione, Università del Salento, via per Monteroni, km 1, 73100 Lecce, Italy
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Interests: composite processing and properties; polymer processing and properties; nanocomposites

Department of Physics E. R. Caianiello, University of Salerno, via Giovanni Paolo II, 132, 84084 Fisciano, Salerno, Italy
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Interests: Optical and electrical properties of carbon nanotubes, graphene and 2D materials. Semiconductor heterojunctions and their application as photodetectors, solar cells and chemical sensors. Van der Waals heterojunctions of 2D layered materials. Field-effect transistors. Tunneling transistors. Non-volatile memories. CMOS technologies. Solid-state radiation detectors. Field emission.
Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals:
Special Issue in Nanomaterials: Graphene and Nanotube Based Devices
Special Issue in Sustainability: The Applications of Graphene and 2D Layered Materials
Special Issue in Applied Sciences: Field Emission from Graphene and other Nanostructures
Special Issue in Materials: Recent Advances in 2D Nanomaterials
Special Issue in Nanomaterials: 2D Materials and Van der Waals Heterostructures: Physics and Applications
Special Issue in Applied Sciences: Design, Fabrication and Characterization of Novel Graphene/Semiconductor Devices
Special Issue in Materials: 2D Transition Metal Dichalcogenides

Department de Ciència dels Materials i Quimica Fisica, Universitat de Barcelona, c/Marti i Franques 1, 08028 Barcelona, Spain
Tel. (+34) 93 403 7212; Fax: (+34) 93 402 1231
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Interests: computational modelling; nanostructured inorganic materials for catalysis, hydrogen technology, energy storage and related applications

^1. NanoScience Technology Center, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL 32826, USA
^2. Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL 32826, USA
^3. Department of Chemistry, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL 32826, USA
Tel. +(407)882-2847; Fax: +(407)882-2819
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Interests: polymer and ceramic composites of carbon nanotubes and graphene; polyelectrolytes; conjugated polymers; self-assembly; surface science and engineering
Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals:
Special Issue in Polymers: Polymer and Composite Aerogels

Institute of Micro- and Nanomaterials, Ulm University, Albert-Einstein-Allee 47, 89081 Ulm, Germany
Tel. +49731 502 5490/5488; Fax: +49731 502 5490/5488
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Interests: Advanced Nanomaterials, Nanotechnology, Interface Engineering
Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals:
Special Issue in Metals: Amorphous Alloys

CENIMAT, Centro de Investigação de Materiais, I3N, Instituto de Nanoestruturas, Nanomodelação e Nanofabricação, FCT-UNL, Campus da FCT, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal
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Interests: transparent electronics; oxide semiconductors; thin-film transistors; oxide nanostructures; nanofabrication/nanopatterning; nanotransistors
Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals:
Special Issue in Materials: Oxide Semiconductor Thin-Film Transistor

AMD - Advanced Material and Devices group, CNR-IOM, TASC Laboratory Laboratory, S.S. 14, Km 163.5 in Area Science Park, 34149 Basovizza (Trieste), Italy
Fax: +39 040 226767
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Interests: compound semiconductor thin films and nanostructures; crystal growth and epitaxy; kinetics of epitaxial growth; photoemission spectroscopy and microscopy; coherent transport
Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals:
Special Issue in Materials: Epitaxial Materials

University of Manchester, School of Physics and Astronomy, Manchester, United Kingdom
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Interests: chirality effects, polymer modified liquid crystals, lyotropic graphene oxide liquid crystals, defect dynamics, nanoparticles in liquid crystals, electrophoresis in anisotropic fluids
Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals:
Special Issue in Materials: Liquid Crystals
Special Issue in Nanomaterials: Nanomaterials in Liquid Crystals

Department of Materials, ETH Zürich, HCI F 515, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 5, CH-8093 Zürich, Switzerland
Fax: +41 44 632 10 96
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Interests: inorganic polymers; organometallic polymers; nanocomposites
Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals:
Special Issue in Materials: Nanocomposites of Polymers and Inorganic Particles
Special Issue in Polymers: Polymer-Inorganic Hybrids and Their Applications
Special Issue in Polymers: Polymer-Inorganic Hybrids and Their Applications 2014
Special Issue in Polymers: Nanocomposites of Polymers and Inorganic Particles 2016

Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, University of Science & Technology of China, Jinzhai Rd 96, Hefei, China
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Interests: metal-based polymerization catalysts; olefin polymerization; polar monomers; ring-opening polymerization; carbon-based nano-materials; industrial engineering polymers
Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals:
Special Issue in Polymers: Metal-Mediated Polymer Synthesis
Special Issue in Polymers: Olefin Polymerization and Polyolefin

1.School of Chemical Technology- Nanochemistry and Nanoengineering, Aalto University, Kemistintie 1, 00076 Aalto, Finland 2. Institute for Materials Science - Nanochemistry and Nanoengineering, CAU-Kiel University, Kaiserstr. 2, D-24143 Kiel, Germany 3. Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht- Nanochemistry and Nanoengineering, Max-Planck-Str. 1, 21502 Geesthacht, Germany
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Interests: functional nanomaterials and nanocomposites; smart materials; green nanotechnology; bio-nanotechnology; environmental remediation; nanophotonics and plasmonic
Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals:
Special Issue in Materials: Nanocomposites of Polymers and Inorganic Particles 2013
Special Issue in Materials: Green Nanotechnology
Special Issue in Materials: Renwable Solar Energy: Developments and Future Prespectives - Selected papers from INCORE2016 Confernce-Zewail City Egypt

Institute of Chemistry , the Center for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Casali center for applied Chemistry,The Hebrew University of Jerusalem Edmond J Safra Campus, Givat Ram, Jerusalem, 9190401, Israel
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Interests: photovoltaic solar cells; physics of semiconductor materials; synthesis of nanomaterials; optical properties of nanomaterials; organic-inorganic perovskite; quantum dots; perovskite based solar cells; quantum solar cells; dye sensitized solar cells; photoactive materials
Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals:
Special Issue in Materials: Solar Energy Materials 2013
Special Issue in Photonics: Perovskite Photovoltaic and Optoelectronics

Department of Applied and Environmental Chemistry, University of Szeged, H-6720 Szeged, Rerrich B. ter 1., Hungary
Tel. +36 62 544626; Fax: +36 62 544619
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Interests: heterogeneous catalysis; carbon nanotubes; nanocomposite materials; immobilization of biologically active units; cell-to-biomaterials interactions
Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals:
Special Issue in Materials: Synthesis of Carbon Nanotube
Special Issue in Materials: Photocatalytic Materials
Special Issue in Materials: Advancement of Photocatalytic Materials 2016
Special Issue in Materials: New Trends in Semiconductors' Catalytic Application

Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), Osteoarticular and Dental Regenerative Nanomedicine Laboratory, Faculté de Médecine, 11 rue Humann, Strasbourg, France
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Interests: material science; nanomedicine; regenerative medicine; tissue engineering
Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals:
Special Issue in Materials: Therapeutics Delivery Systems for Regenerative Nanomedicine

National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taiwan
Fax: +886 2 2737 6644 or +886 2 2378 1441
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Interests: polymeric materials; recision polymerization
Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals:
Special Issue in Energies: Selected Papers from 2019 2nd International Conference on Nano Science&Technology (ICNST 2019)

Chemistry Department, FCT-University NOVA of Lisbon
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Interests: dyes and emitters; chalcogenide materials; nanoparticles; manomedicine; manoproteomics; rods and quantum dots
Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals:
Special Issue in Materials: Selected papers from ISN2A2016
Special Issue in Materials: Materials and Nanomaterials for Environmental and Bio-Medical Applications
Special Issue in Materials: Nanomaterials and Materials for Translational Research
Special Issue in International Journal of Molecular Sciences: Translational Chemistry: From a Single Molecule to Biological Research
Special Issue in Chemosensors: New insides in Fluorescent and Colorimetric Probes
Special Issue in Materials: Nanomaterials and Materials for Multifuncional Translational Research 2020

Schulich Faculty of Chemistry, Solid State Institute, Russell Burrie Nanotechnology Institute, Grand Technion Energy Program, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, 32000, Israel
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Interests: Synthesis and magneto-optical characterization of colloidal semiconductor nanostructures (dots, rods, platelets); core/shell heterostructures; perovskites and layered semiconductors; Magneto-optical methodologies including magneto- photoluminescence, optically detected magnetic resonance, microwave modulated spectroscopy, confocal spectroscopy; Investigation of spin properties in nanostructures of various composition and morphology

School of Chemical Engineering, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA 5005, Australia
Fax: +61 8 8303 4373
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Interests: nanomaterials; nanoengineering; nanomedicine; biosensing; bioseparations; functional biomaterials; bioinspired materials; drug-releasing implants; nano-carriers for drug delivery; diatom nanotechnology
Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals:
Special Issue in Materials: Advanced Nanomaterials for Biosensors
Special Issue in Sensors: Nanopore Sensors: Fabrications, Properties and Applications
Special Issue in C: Graphene Aerogels

Department of Environmental and Natural Resources Management University of Patras, Greece
Tel. +306944573831
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Interests: STEM, hydrides; hydrogen storage and compression; nanocomposite intermetallics in polymer matrices; CFD modeling; permanent magnetic materials; carbon dioxide transport and capture; thermoelectrics, hydrogen&fuel cells, electrolyzers

Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, USA
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Interests: polymer and organic materials; soft materials; nanostructures; nanocomposites
Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals:
Special Issue in Journal of Functional Biomaterials: Stimuli Responsive Biomaterials

Director of AMER and Professor of Surface and Interface Chemistry, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin 2, Ireland
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Interests: advanced materials and bio-Engineering research; polymer self-assembly; surface engineering; nanoelectronics devices; membrane science and lanthanide oxide solid chemistry

Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Otto Schott Institute of Materials Research (OSIM), Colloids, Surfaces, and Interfaces (CSI), Löbdergraben 32, 07743 Jena, Germany
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Interests: bio-inspired materials; biomaterials; biomineralization; laser materials processing; additive manufacturing; surface modification; nanoparticles
Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals:
Special Issue in Materials: Advances in Surface Coatings
Special Issue in Materials: Bioinspired and Biomimetic Materials
Special Issue in Materials: Laser Materials Processing
Topical Collection in Materials: Laser Materials Processing

Department of Physics, Michigan Tech University, Houghton, MI 49931, USA
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Interests: Low-dimensional Nanostructures, Nano-Bio hybrid systems, Density Functional Theory, Electron Transport, Sensing Devices

Department of Chemistry, University of Zurich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, CH‐8057 Zurich, Switzerland
Fax: +41 44 635 4691
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Interests: transition metal‐based water oxidation catalysts; photocatalytic properties of oxide‐based nanomaterials; synthesis of nanomaterials and functional hybrid composites; mechanistic studies on photocatalytic reactions; synthesis and biomedical applications of polyoxometalates
Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals:
Special Issue in Materials: Progress in Nanomaterials Preparation

Universita degli Studi di Trento, Department of Civil, Trento, Italy
Tel. +39-0461-282525; Fax: +39 0461 282599
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Interests: nanomechanics; nanomaterials; bioinspired materials
Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals:
Special Issue in Materials: Advances in Bio-inspired Materials
Special Issue in Nanomaterials: Mechanics, Electrical and Optical Properties of Nano-Thin Films

DCCI—Department of Chemistry and Industrial Chemistry, Faculty of Sciences, University of Genova, Via Dodecaneso 31, 16146 Genova, Italy
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Interests: nanotechnology and nanoparticles chemical synthesis (bottom-up processes, top-down processes), solids disaggregation and etching (chemical etching, templated etching, and mask etching), lithography (stencil lithography, nanolithography), nano-manufacturing (patterning, nanomachining), modelling of heat and mass transfer in condensed matter
Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals:
Special Issue in Materials: Advances in Physical and Wet-Chemical Methods for Inorganic Nanoparticles Synthesis
Special Issue in Materials: Green and Eco-Friendly Nanotechnology

Computational Materials Science, Otto-Schott-Institut für Materialforschung, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, Löbdergraben 32, D-07743 Jena, Germany
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Interests: computational materials science; density functional theory; electronic structure calculations; atomistic simulations; computational chemistry; computational physics; solid state physics; condensed matter; nanostructured materials; low-dimensional materials; polymers

1 Departament de Física, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, E-08193 Bellaterra, Spain
2 Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats (ICREA), Pg. Lluís Companys 23, E-08010 Barcelona, Spain
Tel. +34 93 581 2085; Fax: +34 93 581 2155
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Interests: metallic alloys; composite materials; nanomaterials; biomaterials; thin films; nanoporous materials; surface treatments; mechanical performance; magnetism
Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals:
Special Issue in Materials: Titanium Materials for Biomedical Application 2013
Special Issue in Nanomaterials: Ordered Mesoporous Nanomaterials
Special Issue in Metals: Nanoporous Metallic Alloys
Special Issue in Nanomaterials: Frontiers in Mesoporous Nanomaterials
Special Issue in Nanomaterials: Multifunctional Metallic Nanomaterials
Special Issue in Applied Sciences: Permanent and Long-Term Biodegradable Biomaterials

State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing, Wuhan University of Technology, 122 Luoshi Road, 430070 Wuhan, China
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Interests: fuel cells; Li-ion battery; electrochemical energy materials; nanostructured electrolyte; electrocatalyst; self-assembling hybrid materials
Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals:
Special Issue in Polymers: Polymeric Materials for Electrochemical Energy Conversion and Storage

Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN 46556, USA
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Interests: catalysis; nano science; materials synthesis
Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals:
Special Issue in Inorganics: Energy Storage and Conversion

Weapons and Materials Research Directorate, United States Army Research Laboratory, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Aberdeen, MD, USA
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Interests: material extrusion additive manufacturing, reactive extrusion, polymer processing, melt and electrospinning, biomaterials, surface modification
Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals:
Special Issue in Materials: Electrospun Materials
Special Issue in Materials: New Materials and Approaches in Polymer Additive Manufacturing