Smart Materials & Methods

Smart Materials & Methods is a multi-disciplinary rapid-publication journal dedicated to disseminating innovative and cutting-edge studies of development, modelling, manufacturing, and sustainability of smart material systems and intelligent structures.

Smart Materials & Methods welcomes research papers, short communications, and reviews within the fields of materials science, engineering, and manufacturing. The journal’s primary focus includes, but is not restricted to, the following key themes:

Materials and Structures Advancements:

• Stimuli-responsive materials (shape memory alloys and polymers, piezoelectrics, thermoelectric materials, electroactive polymers, triboelectric materials, magnetorheological materials, self-healing materials, 4D materials, sensors, actuators)

• Architected materials and programmable structures (biomimetic materials, bioinspired materials, auxetics, lattices, metamaterials, meta-structures, morphable structures, phononic structures, multi-stable elements, scaffolds, porous tissues)

• Energy materials for energy generation, conversion, and storage (nanogenerators, batteries, catalytic materials, photovoltaic materials, capacitors, energy harvesting materials, 2D materials)

• Eco-friendly materials (sustainable/resilient materials, biocomposites, naturel fibre-reinforced composites, green composites, renewable/recyclable materials, circular materials)

• Emerging materials (environmentally responsible materials, nanomaterials, materials with quantum properties, 2D materials beyond graphene, materials for quantum computing, human-machine interfaces, internet of things)

• Soft materials (shape memory foams, hydrogels, liquid crystal elastomers, elastomers, flexible electronics)

• Wearable technologies (smart textiles, wearable sensors, electronic textiles, health monitoring devices, fashion technology)

• Robotics (robotic materials, soft robotics, self-reconfigurable robotics, bioinspired robotics)

• Biomaterials (living materials and tissues, bioengineered organs, cellular constructs, bioinks)

Multi-Physics Modeling and Simulation:

• Constitutive modelling and theories

• Numerical methods (finite element method, molecular dynamics, computational fluid dynamics, fluid structural interaction analysis, hybrid methods)

• Mesh reduction methods (Boundary element methods, meshless methods, integral equations)

• Artificial intelligence (machine Learning, topology optimization, lattice generation strategies, manufacturing process optimisation, digital twin, data-driven modelling)

• Green design (Eco-design coupled with life cycle assessment, environmental impact analysis, end-of-life strategies, minimising ecological footprints)

• Design of experiments and statistical methodologies

Manufacturing Innovations:

• Additive manufacturing (3D printing, multi-material printing, bioprinting, 4D printing, 4D bioprinting)

• Novel techniques and processing strategies (sustainable manufacturing, net-zero manufacturing, hybrid processes, multi-scale processes, integrated additive and subtractive manufacturing, process monitoring, manufacturing for circular economy)

Smart Materials & Methods is committed to providing a rapid-publication platform for impactful research worldwide. Its rigorous peer-review process ensures the quality and integrity of published work, while swift decision-making and publication times expedite the dissemination of new knowledge for shaping the future of materials and technologies.