Special Issues

Applied Sciences publishes Special Issues to create collections of papers on specific topics, with the aim of building a community of authors and readers to discuss the latest research and develop new ideas and research directions. Special Issues are led by Guest Editors, who are experts on the topic. The journal’s Editor-in-Chief and/or designated EBM will oversee Guest Editor appointments and Special Issue proposals, checking their content for relevance and ensuring the suitability of the material for the journal. The papers published in a Special Issue will be collected and displayed on a dedicated page of the journal’s website. For any inquiries related to a Special Issue, please contact the Editorial Office.

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AI in Wastewater Treatment
edited by
submission deadline 20 May 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 991 | Submission Open
(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Sciences)
Drug Discovery and Biochemical Mechanisms submission deadline 20 May 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 904 | Submission Open
Keywords: drug design and discovery; biotechnology; drug screening; novel nonclinical models/approaches; in silico laboratory and clinical development; virtual screening; biochemical mechanism
(This special issue belongs to the Section Applied Biosciences and Bioengineering)
Advances in Natural Product Chemistry and Pharmacology
edited by and
submission deadline 20 May 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 903 | Submission Open
Keywords: natural products; biological activity; species; genus; subclass
(This special issue belongs to the Section Chemical and Molecular Sciences)
Advances in Spacecraft Attitude and Orbital Dynamics, Control, Trajectory Planning and Navigation
edited by Weiduo Hu and Fu-Yuen Hsiao
submission deadline 20 May 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 898 | Submission Open
Keywords: orbital mechanics; orbital simulation; attitude control; tracking; trajectory prediction; navigation; guidance; aerospace engineering
(This special issue belongs to the Section Aerospace Science and Engineering)
Bridge Construction and Traffic Loading
edited by Yanmei Cao
submission deadline 20 May 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 855 | Submission Open
Keywords: bridge construction; bearing weight
(This special issue belongs to the Section Civil Engineering)
Natural and Synthetic Antimicrobial Substances: Novel Advances and Applications submission deadline 20 May 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 753 | Submission Open
Keywords: antimicrobial agents; natural compounds; antimicrobial peptides; protein targets; biochemistry approaches; proteomic techniques; pathogenic and non-pathogenic bacteria
(This special issue belongs to the Section Applied Biosciences and Bioengineering)
Advanced Ultrasonic Motors and Sensors: Design, Optimization and Applications
edited by Lin Yang and Jiantao Zhang
submission deadline 20 May 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 747 | Submission Open
Keywords: structural design and optimization of ultrasonic motors and sensors; mechanism and theory; driving methods and control strategies; piezoelectric materials and friction materials; dynamic modeling; friction and wear; contact simulation; fault diagnosis and remaining life; application research of ultrasonic motors and sensors
(This special issue belongs to the Section Mechanical Engineering)
Novel Materials in Dentistry submission deadline 20 May 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 745 | Submission Open
Keywords: dentistry; novel materials; biotechnology; biomaterials; in vitro study; in vivo study; dental materials
(This special issue belongs to the Section Applied Dentistry and Oral Sciences)
Advances in Bridge Design and Construction: Technologies and Applications
edited by and Khaled Sennah
submission deadline 20 May 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 717 | Submission Open
Keywords: bridge design; construction; rehabilitation; retrofit; innovative materials; modeling; seismic isolation; new technologies; climate change
(This special issue belongs to the Section Civil Engineering)
Advanced Renewable Energy Technologies and Systems: Development, Challenges and Opportunities submission deadline 20 May 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 693 | Submission Open
Keywords: renewable energy; energy transition; alternative fuels; energy storage systems; integrated energy systems; climate change mitigation
(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Science and Technology)
Advances in Sustainable Geotechnical Engineering: 2nd Edition
edited by , and Jiabing Zhang
submission deadline 20 May 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 666 | Submission Open
Keywords: tunnel engineering; tunnel excavation stability; large deformations of surrounding rock; special geological environment; waterproofing and drainage of tunnels; deep rock mass; special rock and soil; trenchless technology; intelligent prediction method; intelligent monitoring technology; carbon-saving technology; green construction method; machine learning technology
(This special issue belongs to the Section Earth Sciences)
Applications of Big Data in Public Transportation Systems
edited by Ryan Cheuk Pong Wong, Jintao Ke and Fangni Zhang
submission deadline 20 May 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 643 | Submission Open
Keywords: smart and sustainable mobility; intelligent transportation systems; information and communication technologies in public transportation systems; enhancing operations and safety in public transportation systems; data sources and management in public transportation systems; smart cities and big data in transportation; emerging technologies in public transportation systems; advanced traveler information systems; mixed survey data in transportation research; risk modeling and safety in public transportation; data-driven approaches for managing public transportation systems; human factors in public transportation systems; public transportation network modeling and planning
(This special issue belongs to the Section Transportation and Future Mobility)
Complexity of Change: Motor Behavior and Biomechanics Research in Real Life Behaviors submission deadline 20 May 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 496 | Submission Open
Keywords: motor learning; skill acquisition; motor development; sport sciences; rehabilitation; aging
(This special issue belongs to the Section Biomedical Engineering)
Preparation and Processing of Materials in Dental and Oral Restoration
edited by Eduardo Fernandez, and Rodrigo Cabello Ibacache
submission deadline 20 May 2024 | Viewed by 399 | Submission Open
Keywords: nanomaterials; composites; antimicrobial
(This special issue belongs to the Section Applied Dentistry and Oral Sciences)
Advances in Human–Computer Interaction (HCI): The Relational Turn
edited by
submission deadline 20 May 2024 | Viewed by 390 | Submission Open
Keywords: artificial intelligence; more-than-human; relational; system thinking; sustainability
(This special issue belongs to the Section Computing and Artificial Intelligence)
Advances in Microplastic Pollution and Its Impact
edited by
submission deadline 20 May 2024 | Viewed by 384 | Submission Open
Keywords: microplastics; microfibers; plastic pollution; marine litter
(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Sciences)
Deep Learning and Transformer Technologies for Image/Video Enhancement and Restoration
edited by Xueyang Fu and Xiangyong Cao
submission deadline 20 May 2024 | Viewed by 367 | Submission Open
Keywords: image/video enhancement; denoising; super-resolution; deblurring; dehazing; inpainting; deraining; deep learning; transformer
(This special issue belongs to the Section Computing and Artificial Intelligence)
Fiber Lasers: Contemporary Trends submission deadline 20 May 2024 | Viewed by 334 | Submission Open
Keywords: fiber lasers; nir and mid-IR fiber laser sources; operational regimes; applications; nonlinear optical effects; fiber components
(This special issue belongs to the Section Optics and Lasers)
Text Mining and Data Mining
edited by Ming Liu
submission deadline 20 May 2024 | Viewed by 317 | Submission Open
Keywords: text mining; knowledge discovery in text; content analysis; text analysis; text classification; audio-to-text mining; video-to-text mining; image-to-text mining; big data; data mining; artificial intelligence; machine learning; information retrieval; applications; multimodal information extraction; image-aided information extraction; image information extraction
(This special issue belongs to the Section Computing and Artificial Intelligence)
Advanced Clay-Polymer Nanocomposites Materials: Synthesis, Properties, and Applications submission deadline 20 May 2024 | Viewed by 280 | Submission Open
Keywords: polymeric nanocomposites; clay-polymer nanocomposites; clay minerals; mechanical properties; thermal properties; flame retardancy; organo-smectite; montmorillonite; polymer
(This special issue belongs to the Section Materials Science and Engineering)
Brighten the Ages: Advances and Applications of Dating Methods submission deadline 20 May 2024 | Viewed by 242 | Submission Open
Keywords: archaeometric dating; radiocarbon dating; luminescence dating; optically stimulated luminescence (OSL); dendrochronology; relative and absolute dating; dating organic residues
(This special issue belongs to the Section Earth Sciences)
Numerical Modeling in Energy and Environment ‖ submission deadline 20 May 2024 | Viewed by 227 | Submission Open
Keywords: numerical models; mathematical models; computational models; energy; environment
(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Sciences)
Advancements in Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence (HCAI) applying Natural Language Processing Techniques
edited by Francisco De Arriba-Pérez, Xiaoming Zhang and Silvia García-Méndez
submission deadline 20 May 2024 | Viewed by 195 | Submission Open
Keywords: machine learning; deep learning; artificial intelligence; human-centered applications; sustainability
(This special issue belongs to the Section Computing and Artificial Intelligence)
Artificial Intelligence Applications in Medical Data Analysis and Healthcare Virtual Assistants
edited by
submission deadline 20 May 2024 | Viewed by 189 | Submission Open
Keywords: artificial intelligence; NLP; LLM; cloud computing; virtual environments; data architecture; data engineering
(This special issue belongs to the Section Computing and Artificial Intelligence)
Development and Application of Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy submission deadline 20 May 2024 | Viewed by 183 | Submission Open
Keywords: laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy; LIBS; real-time elemental analysis; multi-element techniques
(This special issue belongs to the Section Optics and Lasers)
Monitoring of Human Physiological Signals
edited by
submission deadline 20 May 2024 | Viewed by 182 | Submission Open
Keywords: healthcare; health management; Internet of Things healthcare; sensor fusion in biomedical imaging; remote sensing in healthcare; diagnostics; health monitoring; biosignal processing
(This special issue belongs to the Section Biomedical Engineering)
Application of Hydrological Models in Hydraulic Engineering
edited by
submission deadline 20 May 2024 | Viewed by 180 | Submission Open
Keywords: hydrological modeling; water resource management; extreme phenomena
(This special issue belongs to the Section Civil Engineering)
Advanced Welding Technology and Its Applications submission deadline 20 May 2024 | Viewed by 176 | Submission Open
Keywords: solid-state welding; laser welding; fusion welding; arc welding; dissimilar materials; mechanical properties; microstructure; FEA; optimization
(This special issue belongs to the Section Applied Industrial Technologies)
Trends, Research and Development in DC–DC Power Converters submission deadline 20 May 2024 | Viewed by 174 | Submission Open
Keywords: traditional; current; news; and emergent applications; high-; medium-; or low-power/current/voltage. Isolated and non-isolated DC– DC power converters; efficient; compact; and smart power management; monitoring; IoT; Industry 4.0; and smart DC– DC power converters applications; DC– DC converters in plug-in electric vehicle charging stations; wide-range DC– DC converters. Input and output voltage range; power; or load range; DC– DC converters based on wide bandgap switches; multiport DC– DC power converters: SISO; SIDO; MISO; MIMO; and SIMO; multiphase interleaved DC– DC power converters and multilevel DC– DC Power converters; soft- and hard-switching DC– DC converters: MRCs; QRCs; and PWM; low-voltage; high-efficiency; and high-power-density DC– DC converters; control strategies; modeling; and simulation; state of the art and reviews on DC– DC power converters and applications.
(This special issue belongs to the Section Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering)
Collaborative Mission Planning and Control Techniques for Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) Swarm Systems
edited by and
submission deadline 20 May 2024 | Viewed by 158 | Submission Open
Keywords: unmanned aerial vehicle; swarm distributed situation awareness and cognitive technology; swarm intelligent decision technology in strong confrontation environment; swarm collaborative planning technology in a complex battlefield environment; swarm strike cooperative task planning technology under multi constraint and strong coupling condition; verification system of key technologies of swarm intelligent planning and autonomous control
(This special issue belongs to the Section Aerospace Science and Engineering)
Food Storage, Spoilage and Shelf Life: Latest Advances and Prospects 2nd Edition
edited by and
submission deadline 20 May 2024 | Viewed by 158 | Submission Open
Keywords: food quality; packaging; storage conditions; food waste; antioxidants; food chain; antimicrobial effect; shelf life
(This special issue belongs to the Section Food Science and Technology)
Advances in Ultrasound Sensor and Ultrasound Imaging
edited by Xinjing Huang
submission deadline 20 May 2024 | Viewed by 151 | Submission Open
Keywords: ultrasound imaging; ultrasonic sensors; acoustic metamaterial devices
(This special issue belongs to the Section Acoustics and Vibrations)
Mechanism and Utilization of High Light Efficiency in Plants
edited by and Serge Remy
submission deadline 20 May 2024 | Viewed by 150 | Submission Open
Keywords: light intensity; light quality; spectroscopy; photosynthesis; imaging; chlorophyll fluorescence; oxidative stress; omics; quenching; crop productivity
(This special issue belongs to the Section Agricultural Science and Technology)
The Transition toward Clean Energy Production 2024
edited by
submission deadline 20 May 2024 | Viewed by 148 | Submission Open
Keywords: clean production; energy efficiency; energy supply security; greenhouse gas emissions; optimization; renewable sources
(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Science and Technology)
Reliability and Safety of Artificial Intelligence Systems
edited by Annachiara Ruospo, Deveautour Bastien and
submission deadline 20 May 2024 | Viewed by 142 | Submission Open
Keywords: AI safety and reliability; fault-tolerant architectures; edge computing; approximate computing; hardening techniques
(This special issue belongs to the Section Computing and Artificial Intelligence)
Imaging, Vision and Pattern Recognition
edited by Aldo Von Wangenheim
submission deadline 20 May 2024 | Viewed by 140 | Submission Open
Keywords: applied computer vision; applied pattern recognition; computer vision pipelines; computer vision strategies; model refinement
(This special issue belongs to the Section Computing and Artificial Intelligence)
Nanomaterials for Wastewater Treatment: Novel Designs and Applications
edited by Garima Rathee and
submission deadline 20 May 2024 | Viewed by 132 | Submission Open
Keywords: water treatment; wastewater treatment; inorganic contaminants; organic contaminants; nanomaterials; contamination; sensors; cost-effective
(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Sciences)
Structural Wind Engineering, 2nd Edition
edited by Fabio Rizzo
submission deadline 20 May 2024 | Viewed by 129 | Submission Open
Keywords: wind tunnel; wind action; roof; bridge; high-rise building; flexible structures; FSI; CFD; tensile structures; vortex shedding
(This special issue belongs to the Section Mechanical Engineering)
Machine Learning Approaches for Biomedical Prediction submission deadline 20 May 2024 | Viewed by 126 | Submission Open
Keywords: machine learning; biomedical prediction; predictive modeling; disease diagnosis; treatment response; biomedical data analysis; feature selection; precision medicine; healthcare analytics; computational biology; telemedicine; space exploration
(This special issue belongs to the Section Biomedical Engineering)
Advances in Bioenergy from Biomass and Waste submission deadline 20 May 2024 | Viewed by 124 | Submission Open
Keywords: biomass processing technologies; solid and liquid biofuels; renewable gases: production and applications; sustainable sourcing of biomass; biomass and wastes supply and market research; bioenergy demand and supply; international; national; and local markets and policy; marketing models for bioenergy production; biochemical and product development technologies; biomass thermochemical conversion; biomass biochemical conversion; biorefineries; sustainable bioeconomy; added-value products from biomass; energy prospect; circular urban and industrial metabolism
(This special issue belongs to the Section Applied Biosciences and Bioengineering)
Internet of Things and Edge Computing for Future Computer Systems
edited by and Stefan Schulte
submission deadline 20 May 2024 | Viewed by 122 | Submission Open
Keywords: Internet of Things; edge computing; computer systems; artificial intelligence; computing intelligent; big data
(This special issue belongs to the Section Computing and Artificial Intelligence)
Applications of Digital Dental Technology in Orthodontics
edited by Felice Festa and
submission deadline 20 May 2024 | Viewed by 119 | Submission Open
Keywords: the temporomandibular joint; TMD diagnosis and therapy; myofascial pain syndrome; applications of CBCT; MRI; and innovative imaging systems in orthodontics; clear aligners; pain; TMJ Treatment; TMJ disorders; gnathology; dentistry; oral surgery
(This special issue belongs to the Section Applied Dentistry and Oral Sciences)
Computational Approaches to Natural Cognition submission deadline 20 May 2024 | Viewed by 113 | Submission Open
Keywords: computational models; simulations; perception; memory; reasoning; conceptual thinking; belief reasoning; problem-solving; decision-making; interaction; artificial intelligence; artificial agents
(This special issue belongs to the Section Computing and Artificial Intelligence)
Applications of Acoustic Emission Method
edited by , , Aleksandra Krampikowska and Grzegorz Świt
submission deadline 20 May 2024 | Viewed by 111 | Submission Open
Keywords: acoustic emission method; AE; nondestructive testing; time– frequency analysis of signals; wavelet analysis; neutral networks
(This special issue belongs to the Section Acoustics and Vibrations)
Novel Laser-Based Spectroscopic Techniques and Applications
edited by Ionut Relu Andrei and Mihai Boni
submission deadline 20 May 2024 | Viewed by 110 | Submission Open
Keywords: laser-based spectroscopy; analytical methodologies; novel laser-based techniques; matter spectroscopic analysis; cutting-edge spectroscopic techniques; new border of spectroscopic techniques; including ultrafast dynamics/non-linear processes/integration with emerging technologies; precision and versatility of spectroscopic techniques
(This special issue belongs to the Section Optics and Lasers)
Luminescent Functional Polymers and Polymer Composites
edited by and
submission deadline 20 May 2024 | Viewed by 108 | Submission Open
Keywords: stimuli-responsive materials; porous and composite material; supramolecular and self-assembled structures; biosensing and bioimaging; phosphorescent polymers; biomedical engineering; tumor therapy; transdermal drug delivery system; electroluminescence; organic solar cells
(This special issue belongs to the Section Materials Science and Engineering)
Radiation Oncology: Theory, Methods and Applications
edited by Xiaochun Wang and George Zhao
submission deadline 20 May 2024 | Viewed by 107 | Submission Open
Keywords: radiotherapy; radiobiology; biomedical physic; image-guided radiotherapy; data science; biological modeling; radiation dosimetry; radiation therapy planning
(This special issue belongs to the Section Applied Biosciences and Bioengineering)
Advances in Intense Femtosecond Laser Pulses and Their Applications
edited by
submission deadline 20 May 2024 | Viewed by 103 | Submission Open
Keywords: femtosecond laser pulses; high-power lasers; laser-driven ion acceleration; laser-driven electron acceleration; laser-driven radiation sources; high-harmonic generation; high-repetition-rate laser systems; high-repetition-rate targetry; terahertz radiation
(This special issue belongs to the Section Optics and Lasers)
Advances and Applications of Medical Imaging Physics
edited by Gordana Žauhar
submission deadline 20 May 2024 | Viewed by 102 | Submission Open
Keywords: medical physics; medical imaging; imaging technology; ultrasound imaging; X-ray computed tomography (CT); magnetic resonance imaging (MRI); positron emission tomography (PET); hybrid imaging; artificial intelligence
(This special issue belongs to the Section Chemical and Molecular Sciences)
Soil Pollution and Remediation: Recent Developments and Future Perspectives submission deadline 20 May 2024 | Viewed by 94 | Submission Open
Keywords: soil pollution; inorganic; organic and biological pollutants; soil remediation; phytoremediation
(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Sciences)
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