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Latest Novelties in Smart Materials for Environmental Remediation and Wastewater Management

Guest Editor: Yuan Jiao
Viewed by 91

Deadline: 20 January 2026

Open for Submission

Advanced Smart Materials for 3D/4D Printing: Mechanisms, Performance and Applications

Guest Editors: Cheng Lin, Liwu Liu, Xiaozhou Xin
Viewed by 139

Deadline: 20 January 2026

Open for Submission

Self-Healing Materials for Smart Manufacturing Systems

Guest Editors: Tarik Zarrouk, Mohammed Nouari
Viewed by 361

Deadline: 20 January 2026

Open for Submission

Advances in Shape Memory Polymers: Fundamentals and Applications

Guest Editors: Long Chen, Xiangsheng Gao
Viewed by 126

Deadline: 31 December 2025

Open for Submission

Advanced Design and Synthesis in Piezoelectric Smart Materials

Guest Editor: Long Jin
2 articles | Viewed by 1,716

Deadline: 20 December 2025

Open for Submission

Metamaterials: Design, Properties, and Applications

Guest Editor: Zhendong Li
1 article | Viewed by 1,388

Deadline: 20 December 2025

Open for Submission

Advanced Biomimetic Materials: Manufacturing and Mechanical Properties

Guest Editors: Xinlin Li, Jiafeng Song, Mingming Xu
Viewed by 130

Deadline: 20 December 2025

Open for Submission

Magnetic Shape Memory Alloys: Fundamentals and Applications

Guest Editors: Zhenzhuang Li, Ziqi Guan
3 articles | Viewed by 2,558

Deadline: 10 December 2025

Open for Submission

Design, Optimization, and Mechanical Applications of Smart Materials and Structures

Guest Editor: Chunlei Li
1 article | Viewed by 918

Deadline: 30 November 2025

Closed

Multi-Scale Bionic Materials: Interfacial Design, Effective Fabrication and Functional Application

Guest Editors: Haoqi Yang, Xiaolin Liu, Yunyun Song
14 articles | Viewed by 16,569

Deadline: 31 October 2025

Closed

Innovations in Piezoelectric Materials and Multifunctional Ferroelectrics

Guest Editor: Shaoxiong Xie
Viewed by 290

Deadline: 30 September 2025

Closed

Smart Soft Materials: From Design to Applications

Guest Editors: Jianbo Yin, Xufeng Dong, Haoming Pang
2 articles | Viewed by 3,192

Deadline: 20 September 2025

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