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Mechanical Properties and Strengthening Mechanism of New Superalloys
edited by , Weihong Zhang and Yubi Gao
submission deadline 20 Apr 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4001 | Submission Open
Keywords: Ni-based wrought superalloy; twin boundary; twinning strengthening; stacking fault; microstructure; mechanical property
(This special issue belongs to the Section Metals and Alloys)
Advances in Wood-Based Composites from Alternative Lignocellulosic Raw Materials
edited by and Valentina Lo Giudice
submission deadline 20 Apr 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3911 | Submission Open
Keywords: wood-waste-based composites; lignocellulosic composites; recycling; recovered wood; post-consumer wood; cascading use of wood; circular economy; life cycle assessment; biopolymer composites; binderless wood composites; reinforced composite structures; mechanical properties; nanotechnology and nanomaterials in wood composites
(This special issue belongs to the Section Green Materials)
Properties and Applications of Oral Implant Biomaterials submission deadline 20 Apr 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3727 | Submission Open
Keywords: dental implants; biocompatibility; surface modification; bioactivity; smart biomaterials; bone substitutes
(This special issue belongs to the Section Biomaterials)
Innovations in Digital Dentistry: Novel Materials and Technologies
edited by Marcia Borba and Paula Benetti
submission deadline 20 Apr 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3637 | Submission Open
Keywords: dental materials; intraoral scanning; 3D printing; CAD/CAM; artificial intelligence
(This special issue belongs to the Section Biomaterials)
Development of Sustainable Asphalt Materials
edited by Bo Li, , Fujiao Tang, Haopeng Zhang and Enhui Yang
submission deadline 20 Apr 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3456 | Submission Open
Keywords: anti-icing materials; reclaimed asphalt pavement (RAP); recycled asphalt shingle (RAS); crumb rubber; waste plastic; sustainable pavement
(This special issue belongs to the Section Construction and Building Materials)
Electrochemical Materials and Devices for Energy Conversion and Storage—2nd Edition
edited by
submission deadline 20 Apr 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3446 | Submission Open
Keywords: fuel cells; metal– ion batteries; flow batteries; metal– sulfur (selenium) batteries; metal– air batteries; supercapacitors; electrode materials; electrocatalysts; membranes; electrolytes
(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Materials)
Advances in Flexible Electronics and Electronic Devices
edited by Zuqing Yuan, Junlu Sun and Wenqiang Wu
submission deadline 20 Apr 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3423 | Submission Open
Keywords: flexible electronics; stretchable materials; printed electronics; bioelectronics; e-skin; soft robotics; biodegradable electronics
(This special issue belongs to the Section Electronic Materials)
Advanced Bioactive Materials and Bulk-Fill Composite Resins in Dental Restorations submission deadline 20 Apr 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3391 | Submission Open
Keywords: bioactive materials; bulk-fill composite resins; dental restoratives; polymerization shrinkage; mechanical properties
(This special issue belongs to the Section Biomaterials)
Recent Progress in Sustainable Construction Materials
edited by , Hongwei Wang and
submission deadline 20 Apr 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3264 | Submission Open
Keywords: sustainable construction; eco-friendly materials; waste recycling; resource efficiency; performance evaluation; concrete optimization; mining backfill; roadbed materials; artificial intelligence; environmental impact; safety and sustainability
(This special issue belongs to the Section Construction and Building Materials)
Corrosion, Fatigue and Corrosion Protection of Metals and Their Alloys in Various Environments (2nd Edition)
edited by
submission deadline 20 Apr 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 3106 | Submission Open
Keywords: corrosion processes; electrochemical methods; corrosion protection; organic coatings; inorganic coatings; nanocomposite film; corrosion inhibitor; surface analysis; mechanical properties; microstructure; fatigue; metallic materials; computer modeling
(This special issue belongs to the Section Corrosion)
Advanced Materials, Structures, and Technologies for Thin-Film Light-Emitting Diodes submission deadline 20 Apr 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 2964 | Submission Open
Keywords: thin-film LEDs; LEDs; quantum dots; perovskites; organic materials; interfaces; semiconductors; OLEDs
(This special issue belongs to the Section Optical and Photonic Materials)
Biomaterials Modification, Characterization and Applications
edited by
submission deadline 20 Apr 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2743 | Submission Open
Keywords: biomaterials; tissue engineering; drug delivery; biomedicine
(This special issue belongs to the Section Biomaterials)
Effects of Adding Cement Admixtures on the Microstructure and Properties of Cement Materials (2nd Edition)
edited by Hongwei Wang and Ying Shi
submission deadline 20 Apr 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2708 | Submission Open
Keywords: cement admixtures; microstructure; hydration process; mechanical properties; durability; compressive strength; tensile strength; chemical admixtures; supplementary cementitious materials (SCMS); cement paste; concrete performance; permeability; shrinkage; cracking resistance; sustainable construction materials; high-performance concrete; carbon emissions reduction; durability enhancement
(This special issue belongs to the Section Construction and Building Materials)
Advanced Road Materials and Pavement: Design, Characterization, Structural and Mechanical Performance
edited by and
submission deadline 20 Apr 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2489 | Submission Open
Keywords: road materials; asphalt concrete; pavement structure; characterization and modeling
(This special issue belongs to the Section Construction and Building Materials)
Advanced Leather and By-Product Processing for Sustainable Industry submission deadline 20 Apr 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2456 | Submission Open
Keywords: leather; protein by-products; collagen; keratin; ecological leather; ecological processes for leather; smart leather; by-product recirculation; LCA
(This special issue belongs to the Section Biomaterials)
The Interactions of Microorganisms and Materials: Biocorrosion and Bioleaching
edited by , , Yimeng Zhang and
submission deadline 20 Apr 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2411 | Submission Open
Keywords: microbiologically influenced corrosion (MIC); bioleaching; material degradation; metal recovery; sustainable bioprocessing; metal corrosion
(This special issue belongs to the Section Corrosion)
Hierarchically Structured Materials for Photocatalysis, Electrocatalysis and Photoelectrocatalysis
edited by Jie Jin and Shipeng Wan
submission deadline 20 Apr 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2391 | Submission Open
Keywords: hierarchical structure; photocatalysis; electrocatalysis; photoelectrocatalysis; nanocomposite; artificial photosynthesis
(This special issue belongs to the Section Catalytic Materials)
Green and Resilient Materials and Technologies for Future-Oriented Built Environments submission deadline 20 Apr 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2321 | Submission Open
Keywords: green concrete; eco-efficient binders; biocomposites; reuse of construction and demolition waste in new applications; LCA and CBA frameworks for evaluating performance and sustainability; climate-resilient materials and self-repairing systems; smart technologies (sensors; AI; and digital twins) in construction and asset management
(This special issue belongs to the Section Construction and Building Materials)
Advances in Mechanical Behavior of Laminated Materials submission deadline 20 Apr 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2206 | Submission Open
Keywords: laminated metal composite; layered structure; microstructure; mechanical properties; dynamic response of laminated composites
(This special issue belongs to the Section Advanced Composites)
Lightweight and High-Strength Sandwich Panel (2nd Edition)
edited by and
submission deadline 20 Apr 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2191 | Submission Open
Keywords: multiscale modeling; damage and failure; design and application; experiments
(This special issue belongs to the Section Advanced Composites)
Advances in the Nondestructive Testing of Construction and Building Materials
edited by
submission deadline 20 Apr 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 2138 | Submission Open
Keywords: non-destructive testing of new or traditional building materials; structural health monitoring; hybrid non-destructive characterization; defect detection and characterization; damage evaluation; artificial intelligence and machine learning
(This special issue belongs to the Section Advanced Materials Characterization)
Adhesion to Modern Dental Ceramics and Dental Biomaterials submission deadline 20 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 2061 | Submission Open
Keywords: dental ceramic materials; dental ceramic bonding; resin-ceramic adhesion; silane coupling agents; hydrofluoric acid etching; resin cements; surface treatment techniques; properties of modified dental materials; tribochemical coating; universal adhesives; bond durability; ageing of dental materials; CAD/CAM ceramics
(This special issue belongs to the Section Biomaterials)
3D Tissue Models and Biomaterials for Oral Soft Tissue Regeneration
edited by Maedeh Rahimnejad and Nileshkumar Dubey
submission deadline 20 Apr 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2046 | Submission Open
Keywords: 3D tissue models; biomaterials; oral soft tissue regeneration; regenerative medicine; tissue engineering; 3D bioprinting; scaffold; biocompatibility
(This special issue belongs to the Section Biomaterials)
Numerical Analysis of Sandwich and Laminated Composites
edited by Qingshan Wang, Xianjie Shi and
submission deadline 20 Apr 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1980 | Submission Open
Keywords: composite materials; numerical analysis; sandwich structures; structural optimization; damage mechanics; multiscale modeling; multi-physics field simulation; high-performance computing
(This special issue belongs to the Section Advanced Composites)
Selected Papers from the 26th International Conference on Computer Methods in Mechanics (CMM2025)
edited by
submission deadline 20 Apr 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 1973 | Submission Open
Keywords: finite element method; boundary element method; meshless approaches; probabilistic computational mechanics; artificial intelligence
(This special issue belongs to the Section Mechanics of Materials)
Νanoparticles for Biomedical Applications (2nd Edition) submission deadline 20 Apr 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1891 | Submission Open
Keywords: nanoparticles; lipid-based; carbon-based; polymeric; inorganic; functionalization; controlled delivery; bioimaging; theranostics; tissue engineering
(This special issue belongs to the Section Advanced Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology)
Novel Materials for Advanced Water and Wastewater Treatment and Environmental Health Protection submission deadline 20 Apr 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1712 | Submission Open
Keywords: novel materials; nanomaterials; water; wastewater; advanced treatment; hydrogen production; CCS/CCU; biorefinery
(This special issue belongs to the Section Green Materials)
Modeling and Mechanical Analysis of Materials and Structures in Civil Engineering
edited by and Aiguo Zhao
submission deadline 20 Apr 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 1712 | Submission Open
Keywords: engineering structures; composite structures; metamaterials; functionally graded materials; multi-field coupling; fatigue and fracture; analytical solutions; optimization design
(This special issue belongs to the Section Construction and Building Materials)
Innovative Approaches to Enhancing Corrosion Resistance in Stainless Steel and Other Corrosion-Resistant Alloys submission deadline 20 Apr 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1642 | Submission Open
Keywords: stainless steel; corrosion resistant alloys; localized corrosion; electrochemistry; passivation
(This special issue belongs to the Section Corrosion)
Smart/Multifunctional Cementitious Composites and Structures
edited by , , , Linwei Li, Hongyan Li and Danna Wang
submission deadline 20 Apr 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1626 | Submission Open
Keywords: cementitious composites; structures; smart and multifunctional; performance characterization and prediction; long durability and service life; health monitoring
(This special issue belongs to the Section Construction and Building Materials)
Advanced Dental Materials: From Design to Application, Third Edition submission deadline 20 Apr 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1516 | Submission Open
Keywords: dental materials; ceramics; dental alloys; composite materials; CAD– CAM technology; dental implants; prosthodontics; fixed prosthodontics; removable dental prosthesis base materials; restorative dentistry
(This special issue belongs to the Section Biomaterials)
Advances in Mechanical/Acoustic Metamaterials and Vibration/Noise Reduction Properties
edited by Jie Liu, and Xi Liang
submission deadline 20 Apr 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1398 | Submission Open
Keywords: mechanical metamaterials; acoustic metamaterials; vibration/noise control; novel design/reverse design methods; multifunctional design; new mechanisms; manufacturing method; experimental testing
(This special issue belongs to the Section Materials Physics)
Corrosion Mechanism and Protection of Reinforced Concrete
edited by , and
submission deadline 20 Apr 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1374 | Submission Open
Keywords: corrosion of the steel reinforcement; corrosion-induced cracking; corrosion mechanism; corrosion prevention; corrosion inhibitor
(This special issue belongs to the Section Construction and Building Materials)
Advancing Biomass Conversion and Utilization for Sustainable Energy and Materials
edited by and Sasha Yang
submission deadline 20 Apr 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1366 | Submission Open
Keywords: biomass conversion and utilization; upgrading of biofuel; biomass-derived materials; catalysis; energy storage; pollutant removal
(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Materials)
Advances in Materials Processing (4th Edition)
edited by
submission deadline 20 Apr 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1303 | Submission Open
Keywords: processing; manufacturing; powder metallurgy; processing of composite materials; surface modification; plasma synthesis; laser processing
(This special issue belongs to the Section Manufacturing Processes and Systems)
Materials, Design, and Performance of Nanogenerators
edited by Chengyu Li, Youchao Qi and Zijie Xu
submission deadline 20 Apr 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1299 | Submission Open
Keywords: materials and structural design in nanogenerators; advanced manufacturing technologies; energy harvesting and system integration; active sensing and self-powered intelligent systems
(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Materials)
Nanoparticle Assembly: Fundamentals and Applications
edited by and
submission deadline 20 Apr 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1283 | Submission Open
Keywords: nanoparticles; self-assembly; colloidal stability; material properties and characterization; biomedical application; nanomanufacturing and nanocomposites; nanoparticle assembles in electronics and optoelectronics; energy application and catalysis; environmental applications
(This special issue belongs to the Section Advanced Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology)
Optimization and Simulation in Alloy Cutting Processes (Third Edition) submission deadline 20 Apr 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1276 | Submission Open
Keywords: machining; CNC machining; CAD/CAM systems; optimization; simulation; FEM; additive manufacturing; difficult-to-cut materials; microstructure; hybrid manufacturing
(This special issue belongs to the Section Manufacturing Processes and Systems)
High-Strength Lightweight Alloys: Innovations and Advancements
edited by and Rupesh Chafle
submission deadline 20 Apr 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1240 | Submission Open
Keywords: high-strength lightweight; alloy designing; processing; microstructural engineering; material characterization; deformation mechanisms; computational modeling; sustainability
(This special issue belongs to the Section Metals and Alloys)
Nanomaterials: Recent Advances in Photocatalysis and Sensing
edited by Kandasamy Sasikumar, and
submission deadline 20 Apr 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1227 | Submission Open
Keywords: functional nanomaterials; quantum dots; metal– organic frameworks; plasmonic nanostructures; environmental remediation; fluorescent nanoprobes; colorimetric sensing
(This special issue belongs to the Section Advanced Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology)
Functional UV-Curable Polymers and Their Composites: Synthesis, Properties and Applications submission deadline 20 Apr 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1176 | Submission Open
Keywords: functional monomers; functional polymers; functional resins; functional materials; coatings; adhesives; UV curing; photopolymerization; controlled polymerizations techniques; composites
(This special issue belongs to the Section Polymeric Materials)
New Advances in Corrosion Inhibitor for Metals and Alloys
edited by
submission deadline 20 Apr 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1103 | Submission Open
Keywords: corrosion inhibitors; metals and alloys; green inhibitors; nanotechnology; computational modeling; sustainable materials; electrochemical techniques; smart coatings; corrosion protection; advanced materials
(This special issue belongs to the Section Corrosion)
Transforming Construction Industry: Advances and Perspectives in Sustainable Cementitious and Cementless Materials
edited by , , Sepehr Ghaffari and Dumitru Vasile Moldovan
submission deadline 20 Apr 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1100 | Submission Open
Keywords: supplementary cementitious materials; asphalt concrete; nano-materials; recycled aggregates; recycling industrial wastes; alternative aggregate; alternative binders; low carbon
(This special issue belongs to the Section Green Materials)
Electroactive Polymers: Fundamentals and Applications
edited by , Hong Wang and Haocheng Yuan
submission deadline 20 Apr 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1068 | Submission Open
Keywords: electroactive polymers (EAPS); conducting polymers; ionic polymer-metal composites (IPMCS); dielectric elastomers (DES); liquid-crystal elastomers (LCES); piezoelectric polymers; smart materials; sensors and actuators; advanced polymer technologies  
(This special issue belongs to the Section Smart Materials)
Advanced Functional Nanomaterials for Biomedical Application (Second Edition)
edited by , , and Jing Yu
submission deadline 20 Apr 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1055 | Submission Open
Keywords: biomaterials; bioactive coatings; bionanocomposites; surface modification; biomedical applications; functional nanomaterials; hydrogels
(This special issue belongs to the Section Biomaterials)
Influence of Processing Parameters on the Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Metals
edited by
submission deadline 20 Apr 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1036 | Submission Open
Keywords: processing parameters; microstructure; mechanical properties; metals
(This special issue belongs to the Section Metals and Alloys)
Resilient Building Materials and Structural Systems for Extreme Environments
edited by
submission deadline 20 Apr 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1005 | Submission Open
Keywords: high-performance materials; resilient building materials; extreme environment design; corrosion-resistant structures; disaster-resilient infrastructure; sustainable construction; cold-climate engineering; seismic-resilient systems; flood-resistant materials; adaptive structural solutions
(This special issue belongs to the Section Construction and Building Materials)
Numerical Simulation of Materials Processing
edited by Sudipta Biswas and Wen Jiang
submission deadline 20 Apr 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1004 | Submission Open
Keywords: modeling and simulation; advanced manufacturing; additive manufacturing; sintering; material evolution; process modeling; component modeling
(This special issue belongs to the Section Manufacturing Processes and Systems)
Sustainable Thermoelectric Materials and Energy Conversion Systems
edited by
submission deadline 20 Apr 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 890 | Submission Open
Keywords: thermoelectric materials; sustainable energy conversion; green manufacturing; lifecycle assessment; waste heat recovery; environmental impact; resource efficiency; energy harvesting
(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Materials)
Ultrafast Laser Micro-/Nano-Processing: Igniting Innovation at the Tiniest Scales
edited by
submission deadline 20 Apr 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 879 | Submission Open
Keywords: micro-/nano-processing; ultrafast lasers; micro-/nano-scale material processing; laser– material interactions; precision fabrication; novel applications; characterization of micro-/nano-structures; metamaterials
(This special issue belongs to the Section Manufacturing Processes and Systems)
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