(ISSN 2689-5846)
Recent Progress in Materials (ISSN 2689-5846) is an international peer-reviewed Open Access journal published quarterly online by LIDSEN Publishing Inc. This periodical is devoted to publishing high-quality papers that describe the most significant and cutting-edge research in all areas of Materials. Its aim is to provide timely, authoritative introductions to current thinking, developments and research in carefully selected topics. Also, it aims to enhance the international exchange of scientific activities in materials science and technology.
Recent Progress in Materials publishes original high quality experimental and theoretical papers and reviews on basic and applied research in the field of materials science and engineering, with focus on synthesis, processing, constitution, and properties of all classes of materials. Particular emphasis is placed on microstructural design, phase relations, computational thermodynamics, and kinetics at the nano to macro scale. Contributions may also focus on progress in advanced characterization techniques.
Main research areas include (but are not limited to):
Characterization & evaluation of materials
Metallic materials
Inorganic nonmetallic materials
Composite materials
Polymer materials
Biomaterials
Sustainable materials and technologies
Special types of materials
Macro-, micro- and nano structure of materials
Environmental interactions, process modeling
Novel applications of materials
Publication Speed (median values for papers published in 2023): Submission to First Decision: 5.3 weeks; Submission to Acceptance: 12.6 weeks; Acceptance to Publication: 7.5 days (1-2 days of FREE language polishing included)
Editorial Board (51)
Editor-in-Chief
Dr. Hossein Hosseinkhani, Biomedical Engineer, has broad experience in life sciences and is an expert in nanotechnology, biomaterials, drug delivery, 3D in vitro systems, bioreactor technology, and bioengineering stem cells technology. His working experience is mainly attributed to academia and industry of biomedical engineering research and development (which includes several years of basic science research experience in a number of premier institutions related to the structure and function of biomaterials, and in polymer-based and mineral-based medical implants development in the medical device industry). He has been awarded several prestigious awards including JSPS (Japan Society for Promotion of Science) of Japan, European Marie Skłodowska-Curie Award, and Japanese ICYS (International Center for Young Scientists) Award. He authored more than 100 scientific papers published on peer-reviewed Journals, 5 books, and 10 book chapters (H-index: 46 Google Scholar). He is inventor of 16 National and International patents, several of which are licensed to companies acting in the biomedical fields and translated to 7 commercial products. He is the founder of Matrix HT, Inc., a world leading Biotech Company dedicated to healthcare technology to improve patient's quality of life. He is Editor-in-Chief of Biomedical Engineer Professor, Innovation Center for Advanced Technology, Matrix HT, Inc., New York, USA
Research Interests: biomaterials; nanotechnology; biomedical engineering; drug delivery; tissue engineering; biosensors
Special Issues and Collections in LIDSEN journals:Special Issue: Applications and Development of Biomaterials in Medicine
Editorial Board Members
Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York (SUNY), Buffalo, NY 14260-4200, USA
Research Interests: self-assembly; directed assembly; complex fluids; soft materials; colloids; nanomaterials; interfacial phenomena; polymers; surfactants; particles; formulations; biomass processing; plastics recycling; PFAS separations
Associate Professor, Department of Building, Civil & Environmental Engineering, Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Research Interests: Waste utilization and resource recovery; spill response and remediation; advanced physiochemical and biological treatment; green materials; environmental sustainability
Senior Researcher, Centre de Sciences Nucléaires et de Sciences de la Matière (CSNSM), Orsay Campus, France
Research Interests: ion beam analysis (IBA); effect of radiation on materials; implantation; irradiation; thin layers (target); isotopes for medical applications; synthesis & characterization using ion accelerators
Faculty of Physics, Babeş-Bolyai University, M. Kogălniceanu 1, RO-400084 Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Research Interests: Materials; nanostructures; photocatalysis; tissue engineering
Principal Investigator, LAQV-REQUIMTE Associate laboratory, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Faculty of Sciences, University of Porto, 4169-007 Porto, Portugal
Research Interests: Composite materials; material synthesis; metal-organic frameworks, heterogeneous catalysis; polyoxometalates
Professor, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Manchester Metropolitan University, Chester Street, M1 5GD, United Kingdom
Research Interests: Cyclic voltammetry; carbon nanomaterials; nanocomposites; material characteristics; nanomaterials
NASA Glenn Research Center, Cleveland, Ohio 44135, USA
Research Interests: Solid oxide fuel cells; thermal and environmental barrier coatings; fiber-reinforced ceramic matrix composites for high-temperature structural applications in turbine engines; nano-composites; CMAS; high-temperature superconductors; sol-gel and combustion processing; refractory glass-ceramics; kinetics of phase transformations; IR-transmitting materials
Associate Professor, Department of Engineering "Enzo Ferrari", University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy
Research Interests: Materials chemistry (glass, glass ceramics, ceramics, composites, geopolymers, lightweight aggregates, etc.); consolidation technologies (hot: vitrification, devitrification, sintering, plasma; cold: geopolymerization, cementification); material characterization; development of chemical foundations of technologies for products and processes in the field of waste materials management
Professor, Normandie Université, CRISMAT-UMR 6508 CNRS/ENSICAEN, Caen, France
Research Interests: combined analysis; X-ray diffraction; neutron diffraction; EBSD; synchrotron; anisotropic properties; materials science; texture analysis; softwares/databases; reflectivity; anisotropic spectroscopies; biomineralisation/molluscs/fossils; atomic force microscopy; anisotropic elaboration techniques; tomography
Professor, Department of Manufacturing and Materials Engineering, University of Campinas, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil
Research Interests: Solidification; Continuous casting; Laser surface treatment; Purification by zonal refining; Numerical simulation
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, China
Research Interests: Material characterization; computer modeling of various electrooptical effects in Liquid; fast multistable ferroelectric liquid crystal devices
Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, National University of Singapore, 4 Engineering Drive 4, Singapore 117585 and Graduate Institute of Applied Science and Technology, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taiwan 10607
Research Interests: Membranes science; polymeric membranes; clean energy; CO2 capture
Research Director, Research Institute on Sustainable Economic Growth (IRCRES-CNR), National Research Council of Italy, 10135 Torino, Italy
Visiting Scholar, School of Complex Adaptive Systems, Arizona State University, 85281, Tempe, AZ, USA
Research Interests: Nanomaterials; material characterization; sustainable strategic materials; innovations in materials; biodegradable materials; sources of innovation in materials; diffusion of new materials; new materials and technological change; new methods of materials science
Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, United States
Research interests: innovative processing and manufacturing of advanced materials; nickel aluminides; iron aluminides; moly silicides; functionally graded composites of moly silicide and silicon nitride; thin film materials and characterization
Professor and Director of the Science Center, Medical and Dental Engineering Centre for Research, Design and Production ASKLEPIOS Ltd in Gliwice, Poland
Research Interests: Material characterization; materials; materials testing; microstructure; x-ray diffraction; nanomaterials synthesis; material characteristics; advanced materials
Professor, Department of Materials and Production, Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark
Research Interests: double-network gels with dynamic bonds; glassy polymers; macroporous temperature-sensitive gels with fast response; stimuli-responsive hydrogels; supramolecular elastomers; nanomechanics of 2D graphene-like materials; electromechanical response of Li-ion batteries
Department of Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering, University of Padova, Italy
Research Interests: use of recycled components for structural materials; reinforced concrete structures design and assessment; seismic assessment of reinforced concrete structures
College of Engineering, Design and Physical Sciences, Brunel University London, Uxbridge UB8 3PH, UK
Research Interests: (Nano-)cellulose and aerogel composites; Lignin; Bio-(natural-) based materials; Cementitious composites
Brunel Centre for Advanced Solidification Technology (BCAST), Brunel University London, Uxbridge UB8 3PH, UK
Research Interests: quantum mechanics; materials; electronic structure; nanomaterials; density functional theory; material characteristic
Professor, Racah Institute of Physics, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel
High Tc superconductivity, magneto-superconducting materials; magnetism and Mossbauer studies; magnetic and structural properties of rare-earth based inter-metallics; mixed valences in rare earth intermetallic compounds
Assistant Professor, Faculty of Sciences and Technology, University of Algarve, Portugal
Research Interests: Nanoparticles; drug delivery systems; nanotechnology; lyophilization; wound healing
Environment and Sustainability Institute (ESI), University of Exeter, Cornwall, United Kingdom
Research Interests: smart glazing (electrochromic, suspended particle device, liquid crystal, thermochromic, thermotropic, gasochromic); aerogel; vacuum; BIPV; perovskite; DSSC.
Special Issues and Collections in LIDSEN journals:Special Issue: Smart Switchable Material for Adaptive Low Energy Building’s Window
Professor, College of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
Research Interests: Material characterization; cement-based materials; materials testing; waste recycling; structural dynamics; structural analysis; microstructure; material characteristics; finite element modeling
Professor, College of Engineering, Northeastern University, Boston, USA
Research Interests: materials design and the study of processing; structure and magnetism in a wide range of electronic materials; devices and systems used principally in high frequency applications such as sensors, radar and communication systems and platforms
Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Architectural Science, Ryerson University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Research Interests: sustainable construction, short and long term properties of blended cement and concrete, high-ultra high performance/self-consolidating concrete, use of wastes/volcanic materials/underused materials in concrete, ductile engineered concrete, smart self-healing materials, FRP-composites, innovative joint-free bridges, steel-concrete composite building systems, thin walled structures, high rise structures, strengthening and retrofitting of structures, life-cycle analysis, computer aided design, finite element modelling and expert system development
Special Issues and Collections in LIDSEN journals:Special Issue: Development and Applications of Engineering Polymers
Distinguished Professor, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
Research Interests: residual stresses, thermomechanical properties, metallic glasses, high entropy alloys, nanoindentation.
National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO, USA
Research Interests: Material characterization; photovoltaic materials; scanning probe microscopy (SPM); device physics of photovoltaic; energy storage technologies
Professor, Department of Nanotechnology and Advanced Materials Engineering, Sejong University, 98 Gunja-dong, Gwangjin-gu, Seoul 143-747, Korea
Research Interests: alloys; coating; microstructure; mechanical properties; structure and property relationship in thin film materials
Associate Professor, Department of Materials System Engineering, Pukyong National University, Namgu, Republic of Korea
Research Interests: nanomaterials; nanocarbon materials; metals and ceramics matrix composites; functionally graded materials; mechanical; thermal; electrical behavior of materials; powder metallurgy; spark plasma sintering; hot extrusion
Research Director, University of Bordeaux, INSERM UMR 1026, Lab. for the Bioengineering of Tissues (BioTis), Bordeaux, France
Research Interests: Extracellular matrix-based biomaterials; biological biomaterials; cell culture-based ECM, regenerative medicine; biomechanical engineering; tissue-engineered human blood vessel (TEBV); biological approaches for tissue repair; ;scaffold-free tissue engineering; Tissue Engineering by Self-Assembly (TESA)
Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine and Surgery, Centre of Neuroscience of Milan, University of Milan-Bicocca, Milan, Italy
Research Interests: oral medicine; oral biology; molecular biology
Professor, Institute of Renewable Energy and Environment Technology, University of Bolton, Bolton, UK
Research Interests: biosensors, microfluidics and lab-on-chip; flexible and transparent electronics; polymer-based microactuators for biomedical applications; nanomaterials and nanodevices; energy harvesting devices and systems
Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of Torino, Torino, Italy
Research Interests: synthesis and characterization of materials; materials for environmental applications (adsorbents, photocatalysts); nanofiltration systems; surface functionalization of natural fibers
Professor, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece
Research Interests: aging structures in aerospace, nuclear, civil, cultural heritage and biomedical engineering applications; development of smart sensing systems and advanced nondestructive evaluation (NDE) and structural health monitoring (SHM) methodologies (based in ultrasonics, acoustic emission, acoustic microscopy, nonlinear acoustics, IR thermography, electrical methods, diffraction techniques, interferometric techniques) for real-time evaluation of damage engineering materials and structures, including metallic alloys, shape memory alloys, coatings, metal and ceramic matrix composites, smart and multi-functional materials, nanocomposites, phononic meta-materials, nano-structured and hybrid materials and cementitious materials
Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation, Embrapa Instrumentation, São Carlos, SP, Brazil
Research Interests: polymer science, nanomaterials; composite material; biopolymers; natural fibers, electrically conducting polymer; Sensors
Professor, Polyurethane and Advanced Polymeric Materials Department, Iran Polymer and Petrochemical Institute, Tehran, Iran
Research Interests: Nanocomposites; polymer synthesis; materials chemistry; polymer chemistry
Spectroscopy Department, Physics Division, National Research Centre, Dokki, Giza, Egypt
Research Interests: Laser ablation; pulsed laser deposition; spectroscopy
Professor, Géomatériaux, Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris (IPGP), CNRS, Institut de physique du globe de Paris, Université de Paris Cité,1 rue Jussieu, Paris 75005, France
Research Interests: material characterization; materials; geomaterial; material characteristics
Polymer Program, Institute of Materials Science
Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut, USA
Research Interests: self-assembly; advanced materials; soft materials; nanoparticle synthesis; nanobiotechnology; small angle scattering
Research Associate, Innovation Center of the Faculty of Technology and Metallurgy in Belgrade Ltd., University of Belgrade, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia
Research Interests: Base and noble metal based catalysts; metal oxide based catalysts; nanomaterials; nanotechnology, recycling of copper and noble metals from electronic waste; recycling technologies; materials, porous ceramics; materials testing; advanced materials; microstructure; material characteristics; materials processing; mechanical properties
Associate Professor, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Research Interests: Civil engineering; geotechnical engineering; transportation geotechnics; materials testing; numerical analysis; reuse and recycling
Professor, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece
Research Interests: Composite Materials; nano and hybrid composites; Acoustic Emission non-destructive inspection; composite repair; self-healing materials; Hierarchical composites; myltifunctional materials; Interfacial Micromechanics; Eco-Friendly Brass Alloys; Structural health monitoring
Professor, National University of Science and Technology "MISIS", Leninsky pr. 4, 119049 Moscow, Russia
Research Interests: Surface engineering; materials science of thin films and coatings; nanostructured/nanocomposite materials; coatings characterization
Professor, Department DICAR (Department of Civil Engineering and Architecture), University of Catania, Catania, Italy
Research Interests: synthesis and characterization of engineering polymers; characterization of thermosetting mixtures; fibre-reinforced composite materials; antioxidants and flame retardants
Professor, Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Trento, Trento, Italy
Research Interests: glass science & technology; ceramics processing & engineering; mechanical properties of materials; recovery & re-use of inorganic residues & materials
Assistant Professor, Department of Building, School of Design and Environment, National University of Singapore, Singapore
Research Interests: nanotechnology and nanomaterials for green building applications and energy efficiency; green building; electroluminochromic materials; polymers; textile materials
Special Issues and Collections in LIDSEN journals:Special Issue: Nanomaterials for Advanced Construction and Green Building Applications
Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of South Florida, FL 33620, USA
Research Interests: Hybrid semiconductors; molecular engineering; crystal engineering; reticular chemistry; perovskites; antibacterial materials; porous semiconductors
Professor, National Engineering Research Center of Light Alloy Net Forming, School of Materials Science & Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
Research Interests: Aluminium alloys and their forming technology; magnesium alloys and their forming technology; metal composites and their processing technology; metal matrix composites; metal-layered composites; dual-/multi-metal composites
Professor in Structural Engineering, University of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia
Research Interests: green concrete materials; composite materials; utilization of waste to construction materials; fiber composite structures (sandwich panels); seismic retrofitting of unreinforced masonry and concrete structures using fiber reinforced polymer (FRP)
Associate Professor, Faculty of Science, Engineering and Technology, Swinburne University of Technology, Hawthorn, Australia
Research Interests: nanostructured materials; colloids and interface science; analytical chemistry; surface analysis; graphene
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