Dear Colleagues,

Future materials are expected to perform in a disparate and dynamic environment with enhanced performance efficiency. In this pursuit, efficient materials often exhibit simultaneous multifunctionality (structural, electrical, thermal, optical, dielectric, etc.), even in very dynamic environments. Towards boosting materials performance or work efficiency, a compelling approach is to extract the same amount of work at every point of the materials volume, even in the gradient field. This may require placing different materials selectively at different locations (i.e., materials hybridization) to extract almost the same amount of work, whose effectiveness improves significantly if we can take such selectivity in a smaller (micron or atomic) scale—hence the importance of microscale or nanoscale materials science. Science-related materials selection and design at the micro- or nanoatomic scale materials hybridization (such as materials interface optimization and its validation) is still evolving and offers unprecedented opportunities in expanding the materials design and performance space.

In this Special Issue, we solicit foundational work in materials processing, innovative materials characterization techniques, metrology, and materials modeling approaches towards advancing micro- or nanoscale materials science. We invite original research work in the broad materials application space (structural, thermal, electrical, magnetic, dielectric, and more), discovering innovative micro- or nanoscale materials science issues.

Dr. Ajit Roy
Guest Editor

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• materials processing
• innovative materials
• micro- or nanoscale materials science
• materials application
• materials hybridization

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