Advanced Materials Characterization
A section of Materials (ISSN 1996-1944).
Section Information
The section "Advanced Materials Characterization" focuses on contributions that have a significant component linked to the (advanced) structural characterization of solid materials. In many applications, the exact structure, crystal structure, position of the functional groups, and other structural parameters have a significant effect on the characteristics and properties of the material. These are commonly known as "structure–property" or "structure–activity" relationships.
Advanced spectroscopic techniques are able to describe the structure and configurations in materials in great detail. "Operando" spectroscopic techniques or hyphenated techniques are becoming more and more sophisticated. Synchrotron X-Ray techniques show the structure and the neighbors of any given atom in a material, and microscopic techniques are reaching atomic resolution. NMR and EPR and their multidimensional variants reveal more and more information about the proximity of neighboring atoms. Gas sorption techniques reveal pore sizes and pore shapes. Luminescence, electrochemistry, and photo-responsive measurements are just a few examples of the many tools scientists have to unravel the secrets of solid materials. Scientists specializing in modeling techniques are in constant interaction with experimentalists to get a deeper insight into solid material and its changes and interactions with other molecules or external triggers. Such insights allow scientists to truly "design" materials towards very specific properties or applications.
Contributions that can relate the structural and functional information of a material to its specific properties and characteristics are highly welcomed in this section, together with all papers that describe an important advancement of any solid-state characterization techniques. Additionally, modeling papers with experimental input are welcomed.
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Special Issues
Following special issues within this section are currently open for submissions:
- Experimental Study, Numerical Simulation & Structural Applications of Construction Materials (Deadline: 10 October 2023)
- Material Surface and Interface Measurement and Characterisation (Deadline: 20 October 2023)
- Advanced Materials for Biomedical and Nuclear Applications (Deadline: 20 October 2023)
- Visualizing Electronic and Structural Properties of Materials Using X-ray and Electron Beam Technique (Deadline: 20 October 2023)
- Engineering Materials in Extreme Environments (Deadline: 20 October 2023)
- Advanced Materials – Microstructure, Manufacturing and Analysis (Deadline: 10 November 2023)
- System Design and Materials for Accelerators and Compact Accelerator-Driven Neutron Sources (Deadline: 10 November 2023)
- Engineering Plasticity and Impact Dynamics (Deadline: 10 November 2023)
- Advanced Non-destructive Testing Techniques on Materials (Deadline: 20 November 2023)
- Mechanics and Analysis of Advanced Materials and Structures - 2nd Volume (Deadline: 20 November 2023)
- Synthesis and Characterization of Nanoparticles for Catalytic Application (Deadline: 20 November 2023)
- Science and Technology of Advanced Materials Applied to Society: Including Collections from the Latest Papers of KRIS 2023 (Deadline: 30 November 2023)
- Advances in Materials under Extreme Conditions (Deadline: 10 December 2023)
- Study on the Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Welding Alloys and Steels (Deadline: 20 December 2023)
- PVDF-Based Membranes and Applications (Deadline: 20 December 2023)
- Advanced Characterization Techniques on Nuclear Fuels and Materials (Deadline: 20 December 2023)
- New Vibrational Spectroscopy Developments of Material Characterization (Deadline: 20 December 2023)
- Materials Dedicated for Armours and Protection Systems, Volume II (Deadline: 20 December 2023)
- Selected Papers from the 10th International Conference on Structural Analysis of Advanced Materials (ICSAAM 2023) (Deadline: 31 December 2023)
- Two-Dimensional Materials and Nano Devices (Deadline: 10 January 2024)
- Mass Spectrometry in Materials Science (Deadline: 10 January 2024)
- 3D & 4D Printing in Engineering Applications (Deadline: 10 January 2024)
- Preparation, Characterization and Application of Hydroxyapatite (Deadline: 20 January 2024)
- Advanced Materials: Process, Properties, and Applications (Deadline: 20 January 2024)
- Magnetoelectric Materials and Structures (Deadline: 20 January 2024)
- Advances in Cement, Lime and Concrete (Deadline: 10 February 2024)
- Characterisation and Testing of Materials: Advancing the State of the Art (Deadline: 10 February 2024)
- Damage Analysis for Composite Materials: Methods, Testing and Evaluation (Deadline: 20 February 2024)
- Advances in Mineral Processing, Waste Recycling and Extractive Metallurgy (Second Edition) (Deadline: 20 February 2024)
- Mechanical Properties of Polymeric, Metallic, and Composite Materials (Deadline: 20 February 2024)
- Computer Methods and Experimental Testing for Advanced Structural Materials (Deadline: 20 February 2024)
- Local Structure Characterization for Complex Functional Materials (Deadline: 20 February 2024)
- Pigments between Antiquity and Modernity (Deadline: 20 February 2024)
- Advances in Nondestructive Evaluation of Materials and Structures (Deadline: 20 February 2024)
- In Situ Characterization of Functional Materials via Electron Microscopy Techniques (Deadline: 10 March 2024)
- Research of Pyrolysis and Conversion of Materials and Thermodynamic Characteristics (Deadline: 10 March 2024)
- Advances in Structure Analysis of Amorphous and Nanocrystalline Materials (2nd Edition) (Deadline: 20 March 2024)
- Nondestructive Evaluation for Comprehensive Material Characterization (Deadline: 20 March 2024)
- Advanced Materials for Multifunctional Applications, 2nd Edition (Deadline: 20 March 2024)
- Structural and Luminescence Properties of Glass (Deadline: 20 March 2024)
- Research Progress of the Fatigue, Crack and Failure Mechanisms of Materials and Structures (Deadline: 20 March 2024)
- Advances in Surface Modification for Adhesive Bonding (Deadline: 20 March 2024)
- Obtaining and Characterization of New Materials, Volume IV (Deadline: 20 March 2024)
- Advances in the Characterization of Materials (Deadline: 20 April 2024)
- Advanced Microscopy Techniques in Materials Science: Properties and Applications (Deadline: 20 April 2024)
- Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Materials Characterized by Neutron and Synchrotron X-ray Diffraction (Deadline: 20 June 2024)
- Advanced Techniques in Health Monitoring of Composite Structures (Deadline: 30 June 2024)
- Advances in the Synthesis and Characterization of ZnO Particles (Deadline: 30 September 2024)