5th Anniversary of Materials Section—Recent Advances in Smart Materials

Dear Colleagues,

This year the Materials Section of the Applied Sciences journal celebrates its 5th anniversary. To celebrate this special date, we are going to organize a dedicated Special Issue, entitled “5th Anniversary of Materials Section—Recent Advances in Smart Materials”, that aims to collect outstanding contributions in the field of Smart Materials. Moreover, this Special Issue intends to pay tribute to authors, reviewers and editors who have contributed to the continued scientific success of the journal, as well as to the managing and production teams of MDPI for the technical support and commitment to improve overall quality.

The Special Issue “5th Anniversary of Materials Section—Recent Advances in Smart Materials” is open for original research papers and comprehensive review articles.

Prof. Dr. Ricardo Branco
Prof. Dr. Filippo Berto
Prof. Dr. Rui C. Martins
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 250 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for assessment.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Applied Sciences is an international peer-reviewed open access semimonthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2400 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.