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2D and Hybrid Materials for Energy Conversion and Storage

Implementing the infrastructure for universal access to sustainable energy is a critical scientific, technological and social challenge, which requires major efforts in developing and developed countries. Th...

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Advanced Functional Materials

With the rapid development of advanced materials, fabrication technologies and manufacturing processes, natural and bio-inspired materials have been increasingly being introduced into the world for a wide ra...

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Advanced Functional Materials Inspired for Environmental Remediation

The search for materials with optical, magnetic, and photocatalytic properties has substantial interest in interdisciplinary fields of science encompassing chemistry, physics, and materials. Semiconductors h...

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Open

Submission deadline

01 December 2024

Advanced Materials - The Answer for the Challenges of the Future

Advanced materials are a key component of the 4th technological and industrial revolution, as they are the basis for the development of digital, bio and nano technologies. These materials represent major adv...

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Advancements in Processing, Functionality, and Emerging Applications of Nanocellulose

Contemporary R&D&I trends in material science are intimately intertwined with sustainability considerations. Factors such as predetermined life cycles, cost-effectiveness, and understanding their impact on b...

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Open

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14 March 2025

Advances in Eco-Materials

The Topical Collection of eco-materials aims to collect a wide variety of topics from different disciplines that share the focus on advanced eco-materials for green energy production and environment. The sco...

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Advances in Infrared Radiation Modulation Technology

Infrared radiation modulation technology has profoundly impacted various aspects of human life, including thermal management, imaging, sensing, camouflage, and thermal imaging. The objective of this topical ...

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Open

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30 April 2025

Advances in Joining Technologies for Aerospace Applications

New approaches to joining technologies are essential to address challenges in aerospace applications, such as the need for lightweight materials, improved structural integrity, and more efficient manufacturi...

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Open

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31 January 2025

Discover Materials for New Organic Photovoltaics Applications

Recent rapid advancements in the power conversion efficiency of organic photovoltaics (OPV), to beyond 19% for single-junction devices, have led to an increased amount of attention to this thin film and sust...

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Discover Natural Materials for Textiles: The Revival towards Classic

Sustainability is the demand of current era, where the globe is now rushing towards green products. The hazardous effects shed by non-biodegradable carcinogens are not only destroying the world beauty but al...

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Editor's Choice

Note that articles in this collection are selected by Editorial Board Members only.

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Ongoing

Exclusive Papers of Editorial Board Members

Note that articles in this collection are by Editorial Board Members only.

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Open

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Ongoing

Ferroic Materials

The Topical Collection of Ferroic Materials aims to collect a wide variety of topics from different disciplines that share the focus on Ferroic Materials for Energy applications and Information storage. This...

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Nanoporous Materials: MOFs and COFs for Adsorption and Separation in Energy and Environmental Applications

Nanoporous materials, specifically Metal-Organic Frameworks (MOFs) and Covalent Organic Frameworks (COFs), have emerged as key players in the realm of adsorption and separation-based technologies for a myria...

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Open

Submission deadline

30 May 2025

Novel Bio-Based Materials for Applications under the Spirit of Sustainability, Circular Economy, and Positive Ecological Footprint

Materials have always been a powerful tool for humans’ living evolution, and also the starting point for the R&D on a specific problem solution discovery. Human’s period names such as “Age of clay” or “Age o...

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Open

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01 September 2024

Polymers and Bio-Inspired Materials for Sustainable Built Environment

Nurturing the long-term sustainability in our built environments is becoming a cause for concern, given the huge disruptions in the supply chain and associated logistics for procurement of modern building ma...

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Open

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31 December 2024

Recent Advancement of Condensed Matter Physics

Condensed Matter Physics is the study of the structure and behaviour of the matter that makes up most of the usual (and unusual) stuff that surrounds us every day. It is not the study of the very small (part...

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Selected Papers from the ISEPD 2024 Conference

This Topical Collection is in cooperation with The 22nd International Symposium on Eco-materials Processing and Design, from January 21–24, 2024. We welcome submissions from the participants of the conference.

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Open

Submission deadline

30 June 2024

Simulation-Based Engineering and Modelling of Additive Manufacturing

Additive manufacturing (AM) is an emerging digital technology used to fabricate three-dimensional metallic structure from computer-aid design model. The scientific and technological challenge lies in composi...

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Open

Submission deadline

30 October 2024

Smart Nanomagnets for Energy, Water, Health and Environmental Applications

The field of magnetic nanomaterials has been of wide interest due to their application in various interdisciplinary sciences such as health, energy, water, and environment. However, before using such nanopar...

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Open

Submission deadline

01 December 2024

Sustainable Applications for Tribology

Sustainable applications for tribology aims to promote an environmentally friendly environment by emphasizing sustainable solutions in tribology through the creation of self-lubricating materials, eco-friend...

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Open

Submission deadline

01 March 2025

Synthesis, Design and Modeling of Functional Materials

Functional materials are advanced engineered materials whose design and synthesis are aimed at providing them with some specific function and tailored properties. The development of functional materials is n...

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The Role of Organic Matrices in Biomineralization

The biological formation of inorganic materials (biomineralization) is a very widespread biological phenomenon that occurs throughout the evolutionary tree. Biominerals have amazingly complex structures and ...

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