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Advanced and Functional Ceramics and Glasses exhibit an exceptional versatility in terms of composition, structure, and related properties, thus being suitable for taking part in countless applications of human life. This section “Advanced and Functional Ceramics and Glasses” publishe...

Advanced composites are increasingly used in several industrial sectors such as transportation (airplanes, helicopters, trains, automobiles, motorbikes, bicycles), civil construction, electrical and electronic equipment, pipes and tanks, marine, energy conversion, and consumers goods. They play a...

The section "Advanced Materials Characterization" focuses on contributions that have a significant component linked to the (advanced) structural characterization of solid materials. In many applications, the exact structure, crystal structure, position of the functional groups, and other structur...

Nanomaterials are composed of structures at the nanoscale, usually achieved via specifically designed self-assembly processes. They acquire unique electronic, optical, mechanical, magnetic, catalytic properties, which cannot be achieved without their nano-architecture. Such advanced nanomaterials...

This Section of Materials covers the broad field of biomaterials, understood as materials for applications in contact with the human body in the biomedical field, including materials in medicine, medical devices, biosensors, implants, scaffolds for tissue engineering, drug delivery syste...

Carbon materials exhibit significant application potential due to their large specific surface area, low density, high mechanical strength, and characteristic 0D, 1D, 2D, and 3D structures. These materials take numerous (allotropic) forms, including graphite, carbon fiber, carbon nanotubes, graph...

This section, “Catalytic Materials”, publishes original contributions detailing the synthesis, design, characterization, and catalytic applications of materials. Fields covered include all types of synthesis methods, the characterization of catalysts, and mechanisms of catalytic react...

The Section “Construction and Building Materials” covers the areas of construction and building materials science and engineering, including construction chemistry, building physics, modelling and testing, as well as related crossover fields in relation to their mechanical, physical, ...

Corrosion costs every economy and society dearly, and hence its effective and durable mitigation is of paramount importance. Given the age-old and vexing nature of the problem, numerous approaches and measures have been deployed for corrosion mitigation. However, the serious economic implications...

Nowadays, electronic materials are widely used in our daily life. As an example, communication devices, power supplies, energy conversion systems, computers and wireless systems, physical and chemical sensors, solid-state lighting devices, light- and particle-detectors, etc. are all based on the ...

Rapidly growing global energy demands, limited reserves of fossil fuels and associated environmental concerns, the intermittent nature of renewable energy sources, the limited efficiency of existing energy conversion systems—these are the challenges that society faces today. Advanced materi...

“Green Materials” are understood as materials that are sourced from local renewable resources. They are environmentally responsible because impacts are considered over their extended life. All material classes are considered, including metals, ceramics, polymers, and ...

The section on Manufacturing Processes and Systems in Materials covers a wide range of manufacturing processes, from traditional methods to more advanced technologies. It emphasizes the importance of selecting the appropriate manufacturing process based on the desired material properties...

The section of /Materials Chemistry/ covers the areas of materials science, chemical engineering and related crossing fields. Some topics of interest are:

• Synthesis, chemical and physical characterization of materials
• Fundamental, theoretical and experimental studies of...

Materials physics has been long established as one of the most active fields in current materials research that played a pivotal role in shaping and advancing modern materials from both fundamental and applied perspective. Relying on multidisciplinary cutting edge res...

The section "Materials Simulation and Design" publishes original research reports, article reviews and short communications on all aspects of inorganic and organic materials properties, advances in synthesis, processing, characterisation, testing and design of materials and engineering systems, a...

Mechanics of Materials aims to disseminate high-quality research work in the field of mechanics of engineering and natural materials. It reports the latest and most important advances in mechanics-guided/based design and synthesis, mechanical behaviors, properties and mechanisms,...

Metals and Alloys aims to provide an international peer-reviewed medium for dissemination and active discussion of the latest and most important advances in the field of metals and alloy science, as well as advances in engineering technology and innovative applications. Experimen...

The section “Optical and Photonic Materials” provides a platform for original articles and comprehensive reviews exploring all aspects of fundamental science and applied research that relates to materials used for optics and photonics. This is a dynamically developing area of knowledg...

Polymeric materials, owing to their versatile properties, have found numerous applications in various areas of our daily life, such as packaging (plastics), industry (in fabrication of spaceships, airplanes, bridges, high-performance cars, boats, sports equipment, 3D printing, etc.), civil engine...

Porous materials featuring high surface areas, narrow pore size distribution and tuneable pore diameters have attracted a great deal of attention due to their relevant properties and applications in various areas including adsorption, separation, sensing and catalysis. With the development of a w...

The Quantum Materials section publishes novel scientific and applied research that significantly contributes to the understanding and discovery of quantum materials and related phenomena, functions, and applications. Quantum Materials are characterized by quantum many-body-systems in a typical fo...

Smart materials can overcome the limitations of their inherent material properties by exploiting the unique design and structures of the materials. Smart materials are designed to significantly change in a controlled fashion in response to external stimuli, such as st...

Soft matter is characterized by the key role of entropy and the great variety of phase transitions. As such soft matter forms the basis for future switchable and intelligent materials and devices. The research in soft matter covers among others polymers, liquid crysta...

The use of nanometer to micrometer thickness thin film materials is widespread for technological applications, spanning from electronics through medicine. Thin film materials are able to exhibit a greater number of vastly different structural, chemical, electrical, optical, and mechanical propert...