Cutting-Edge Research in Materials: Sustainability, Science and Practicality

Dear Colleagues,

The current worldwide situation with health emergencies, armed conflicts, climate change and many other challenging issues demands also emerging and innovative proposals on how to offer fresh, effective and inclusive solutions to problems for which there is little or no experience at all in the scientific community.  In particular, novel materials are required for basically each current defiance, from new vaccines and delivery systems, in which nanotechnology could play a definitive role, to more effective fertilizers to prevent the scarcity of urea compounds, an opportunity for new synthesis approaches of materials, no to mention alternative energy generation and storage materials and systems. In addition to the specific challenges and opportunities for Materials Science and Engineering, in each one of their specialties, from synthesis to characterization, including metals, ceramics, polymers, hybrids and composites of all sorts, we are interested particularly on novel views and proposals not only of materials, but also of complete systems, as to offer a comprehensive, transdisciplinary approaches that include Physics, Chemistry, all types of Engineering (electrical, electronics, mechatronics, civil, etc.).  One of the main challenges is to translate fast enough the findings from the laboratory to the end consumer, for which we expect to include in this Special Issue innovative contributions from Translational Science and Implementation Theory.

We look forward to receiving your contributions.

You may choose our Joint Special Issue in Nanomaterials.

Prof. Dr. Victor M. Castaño
Prof. Dr. Luciano Castillo
Guest Editors

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