Modeling and Simulations of Smart Materials

Dear Colleagues,

Research on materials able to autonomously change their properties in response to an external simulation is considered a promising field. Therefore, this Special Issue on Modeling and Simulations of Smart Materials aims to discuss state-of-the-art research on smart materials focusing, in particular, on their modeling and simulations, collecting contributions from universities, laboratories, research institutes, and industries.

This Special Issue welcomes contributions from all researchers working on smart materials, covering different topics ranging from their definition to the study, from an experimental and numerical point of view, of their behavior. Contributions on smart materials applications (smart actuators/structures) are also welcome.

The Special Issue will cover but not be limited to the following topics:

• Smart materials;
• Properties and characterization of smart materials;
• Materials selection of smart materials;
• Shape memory alloys (SMA);
• Magnetic shape memory alloys;
• Piezoelectric materials;
• Self-healing materials;
• Modelling and simulation of smart materials;
• Design for manufacture of smart materials;
• Smart actuators;
• Smart structures.

It is my pleasure to invite you to submit a manuscript for this Special Issue. Full papers, communications, and reviews are welcome.

Dr. Andrea Sellitto
Dr. Mauro Zarrelli
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

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Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Materials is an international peer-reviewed open access semimonthly journal published by MDPI.

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