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Honorary Editor-in-Chief
Scott X. Mao
Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, USA.

Research Interests: Energy materials for Li battery; In-situ transmission electron microscope on deformation and fracture; Interfacial materials; Metallic glass and semiconductor nanowires; Metallic nanowires; Nanocrystalline materials; Nanoscale materials


Editor-in-Chief
Ram Gupta
Department of Chemistry, Kansas Polymer Research Center, Pittsburg State University, Pittsburg, USA.

Research Interests: Materials chemistry; Supercapacitors; Batteries; Electrocatalysts; Bio based polymers; 2D nanomaterials
Zhong-Yong Yuan
School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nankai University, Tianjin, China.

Research Interests: Porous materials; Catalysis; Nanomaterials
Craig E. Banks
Faculty of Science and Engineering, Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester, United Kingdom.

Research Interests: Electrochemistry; Additive manufacturing; Screen-printed; Sensors; Batteries; Supercapacitors



Associate Editors
Frédéric Chaput
Laboratoire de Chimie, Ecole Normale Superieure de Lyon, Lyon, France.

Research Interests: Nanoparticle synthesis; Soft chemistry; Ceramic materials; Aerogel; Dental materials; Phosphors
Paulo César De Morais
Catholic University of Brasília, Genomic Sciences and Biotechnology, Brasília, Brazil.

Research Interests: Nanomaterials synthesis; Nanomaterials characterization; Nanocomposites; Nanobiomaterials; Carbon nanomaterials; Nanomagnetism
Jun Wei
Singapore Institute of Manufacturing Technology, Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Singapore.

Research Interests: Additive manufacturing; Flexible and printed electronics; Nanomaterials
Sagar E. Shirsath
School of Materials Science and Engineering, University of New South Wales, Kensington, Sydney, NSW, Australia.

Research Interests: Magnetism and magnetic materials; Piezo/Ferroelectrics; Thin film; Interface engineering; Nanomaterials; Spintronics
Xiao-Yu Yang
State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, China.

Research Interests: Materials engineering; Nanoscience and nanotechnology; Nanostructured/nanoscale materials and nanodevices; Porous material; Energy material; Environmental material
Rudolf Holze
Institute for Chemistry, Technical University of Chemnitz, Chemnitz, Germany.

Research Interests: Electrochemistry and spectroelectrochemistry; Self-assembled monolayers; Structure and dynamics of electrified interfaces; Electrochemically formed and modified intrinsically conducting polymers Electrochemical systems for energy conversion and storage; Corrosion of metallic materials in dentistry; Development of a sensor for measuring water hardness; Electrocatalysis of dioxygen reduction at porphyrin modified graphite electrodes

Editorial Board Members
Il Tae Kim
Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Gachon University, Seongnam-si, South Korea.

Research Interests: Electrode materials for secondary (Li, Na, Ca, K, Mg, etc.) batteries; Materials for fuel cells; Polymer composite materials and its application
Nasir Mahmood
School of Engineering, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia.

Research Interests: Nanomaterials; Energy storage; Energy conversion; Wastewater treatment; Drug delivery; Catalysis
Ramakrishna Seeram
Department of Mechanical Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore.

Research Interests: Nanomaterials; Sustainability; Circular economy; Biomaterials; Natural materials; Nanotechnology
Giovanni Meneghetti
Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Padova, Padua, Italy.

Research Interests: Structural durability; Machine design; Fracture mechanics in fatigue
Pascal Van Der Voort
Center for Ordered Materials, Organometallics and Catalysis, Ghent University, Gent, Belgium.

Research Interests: Porous materials; MOF; COF; Heterogeneous catalysis; Gas sorption; Water purification
Luis Lugo
CINBIO, Universidade de Vigo, Grupo GAME, Departamento de Física Aplicada, Vigo, Spain.

Research Interests: Nanofluids; Heat transfer fluids; Transport properties; Lubricants; Rheology; Magnetorheology
It-Meng Low
Department of Applied Physics, Curtin University, Perth, Australia.

Research Interests: Nanomaterials; Geopolymers; Advanced materials; Composite materials; Advanced ceramics; Photocatalysis
Olivier Fontaine
Institut Universitaire de France, Paris, France.

Research Interests: Electrolytes; Electrochemistry; Battery; Supercapacitors; Electron transfer
Ji Liang
School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin, China.

Research Interests: Carbon materials; Electrocatalysis; Batteries; Nanomaterials
Sondipon Adhikari
James Watt School of Engineering, The University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK.

Research Interests: Metamaterials; Dynamics; Lattice materials
Ming-Guo Ma
College of Materials Science and Technology, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, China.

Research Interests: Nanocellulose; Biomass nanocomposites; 2D materials; Sensors; Energy storage; Wearable devices
Xinying Liu
Institute for Development of Energy for African Sustainability, University of South Africa, Roodepoort, South Africa.

Research Interests: Synthesis gas conversion; Energy storage materials; CO2 utilization; Photocatalysis; Electrocatalysis; CO2 capture
Fong Kwong Yam
School of Physics, Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM), Penang, Malaysia.

Research Interests: III-Nitride materials; TiO2 nanomaterials; Photodetector
Aniruddha Balkrishna Patil
Department of Chemistry, M. D. College, Parel, Mumbai, India.

Research Interests: Material science; Nanomaterial synthesis and characterisation; Catalysis; Biosensors
Javier Rodriguez Varela
Sustentabilidad de los Recursos Naturales y Energía, Cinvestav Unidad Saltillo, Ramos Arizpe, Mexico.

Research Interests: Electrochemical energy conversion and storage; Design of novel nanocatalysts; Electrocatalysis
Juan Pablo Carrasco-Amador
School of Industrial Engineering, University of Extremadura, Badajoz, Spain.

Research Interests: Materials engineering; 3D printing materials and additive manufacturing; Ceramic; Superconducting material; Engineering material
Nikolaos Kostoglou
Department of Materials Science, Montanuniversität Leoben, Leoben, Austria.

Research Interests: Nanoporous materials; Carbon nanostructures; Hydrogen storage; Supercapacitors; Selective gas separation; Water purification
Xin-Yun Zhai
School of Materials Science and Engineering, National Institute for Advanced Materials, Nankai University, Tianjin, China.

Research Interests: Biomedical and biological materials; 3D printing materials and additive manufacturing
Ming Su
Department of Chemical Engineering, Northeastern University, Boston, USA.

Research Interests: Nanomaterials; Nanomedicines; Biomaterials; Nanotechnology; Micro and nano fabrication
Zong-Jian Liu
College of Chemical Engineering, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, China.

Research Interests: Catalytical hydrogenation; Photocatalysis; Electrocatalysis
Ladislau Vékás
Center for Fundamental and Advanced Technical Research, Romanian Academy-Timişoara Branch, Timişoara, Romania.

Research Interests: Ferrofluids; Magnetic fluids; Magnetorheological fluids; Magnetic nanocomposites; Magnetic nanoparticles
Haitao Zheng
Energy Centre, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), Pretoria, South Africa.

Research Interests: Anode materials for lithium-ion battery; Catalysts for fuel cell; Catalysts for electrocatalytic water splitting
Ali Akbar Ashkarran
Precision Health Program and Department of Radiology, Michigan State University, Michigan, USA.

Research Interests: Materials science/nanomaterials; Nanomedicine; Photocatalysis; Protein corona; Biosensors and bioelectronics; Disease detection
Maning Liu
Centre for Analysis and Synthesis, Lund University, Lund, Sweden.

Research Interests: Perovskite solar cells; Perovskite nanocrystals; Photocatalysis; Laser spectroscopy; Artificial photosynthesis; Perovskite light-emitting diodes (PeLEDs)
Shenghao Wang
Materials Genome Institute, Shanghai University, Shanghai, China.

Research Interests: Photovoltaic technology; Solar cells; Thin film growth; Optoelectronic materials & devices; Surface & interface sciences; Materials genome
Yingguo Yang
School of Microelectronics, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.

Research Interests: Integrated circuits; Carbon-based materials; Perovskites solar cells; Spin-optoelectronic devices; Synchrotron-based in-situ techniques; Organic optoelectronic materials
Yi Zhang
School of Basic Sciences, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland.

Research Interests: Perovskite solar cells; Perovskite module; Perovskite/perovskite tandem; Organic semiconductor; Inorganic semiconductor
Ahmed El-Fiqi
Advanced Materials Technology Research Institute, National Research Centre, Egypt.

Research Interests: Biomaterials; Bioceramics; Mesoporous materials; Nanomaterials; Bone/dental regeneration; Bioactive glass
Dan Ren
School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Xi'an Jiaotong University, China.

Research Interests: Electrochemistry; Raman spectroscopy; Carbon dioxide reduction; Electrocatalysis; Water splitting; Photo-electrochemistry
Andrea Cognigni
Department of Chemical Engineering, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway.

Research Interests: Catalysis
Hai-Dong Wang
Department of Engineering Mechanics, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.

Research Interests: Fabrication of low-dimensional materials and related functional devices; Thermoelectric property characterization of low-dimensional materials; Development of highly sensitive two-dimensional nano-sensors or detectors; Heat transfer at nanoscales
Qingsong Huang
School of Chemical Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.

Research Interests: 2D materials; Related device performance in Li-ion battery; Photo-catalysis; Solar cells
Yang Li
School of Physical Science and Technology, Suzhou University of Science and Technology, Suzhou, China.

Research Interests: Design and preparation of novel organic/inorganic and two-dimensional functional materials for low-power-consumption memristors, data storage, and neuromorphic computing applications
Yusuke Yamauchi
Professor. Department of Materials Science and Engineering, School of Engineering, Nagoya University, Japan; Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology, The University of Queensland, Australia.

Research Interests: Design of functional nanospaces in inorganic materials with controlled compositions and morphologies toward practical applications
Dan Xie
Braskem Renewable Innovation Center, Lexington, USA.

Research Interests: Catalyst R&D and catalytic process innovations for renewable chemical production, green hydrocarbon synthesis, and initiatives aimed at reducing carbon footprints to enhance environmental sustainability
Prashanth W. Menezes
Department of Chemistry: Metalorganics and Inorganic Materials, Technical University of Berlin, Berlin, Germany.

Research Interests: Solid-state and surface structural chemistry of unconventional catalysts for sustainable energy applications
Kun Zheng
Beijing Key Lab of Microstructure and Property of Solids, Institute of Microstructure and Properties of Advanced Materials, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing, China.

Research Interests: Preparation/ synthesis, characterization of new nanostructures, thermoelectric materials and photocatalysts; Uncovering the correlation between the structures and properties for advanced materials using transmission electron microscopy (TEM); Understanding structural evolution at nano/atomic scale under external stimulation (electric field, heating, environmental gas etc.) of materials via in situ TEM
Jun Young Cheong
Bavarian Center for Battery Technology (BayBatt) and Department of Chemistry, University of Bayreuth, Bayreuth, Germany.

Research Interests: Battery manufacturing/evaluation; Materials engineering; Characterization
Xingke Cai
Institute for Advanced Studies (IAS), Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, China.

Research Interests: 2D materials and carbon nanotubes: preparation, assembly and applications
Jun Liu
School of Materials Science and Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, China.

Research Interests: Li-/Na-/Mg-ion batteries; Li-S batteries; Metal-air batteries; Solid electrolytes and batteries; Electrocatalysis
Haiyong He
Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Ningbo, China.

Research Interests: Synthesis and properties of carbon based anode; Functionalization of silicon anode
Guoqiang Xie
School of Materials Science and Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology (Shenzhen), Shenzhen, China.

Research Interests: Fabrication and properties of advanced materials (metallic glasses, high-entropy alloys and their composites, biomedical metal materials, porous materials, etc.); Powder metallurgy; Material irradiation damage effect; Surface modification
Yusheng Shi
School of Materials Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.

Research Interests: The materials and processes for additive manufacturing and their applications
Anderson R. L. Caires
Optics and Photonics Group, Institute of Physics, Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul (UFMS), Campo Grande, Brazil.

Research Interests: Optical and spectroscopy properties of condensed matter and biological samples
Changyong Liu
College of Mechatronics & Control Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, China.

Research Interests: 3D printing of lithium-ion batteries; Additive manufacturing of metals; Selective laser melting; Laser powder bed fusion; Additive manufacturing of heat transfer devices
Zhiming Huang
State Key Laboratory of Infrared Physics Shanghai Institute of Technical Physics Chinese Academy of Sciences Shanghai, Shanghai, China.

Research Interests: Optoelectronic materials and devices, including terahertz and infrared materials and detection, metamaterials, plasmonics, nonlinear materials
Siqi Huo
Centre for Future Materials, School of Engineering, University of Southern Queensland, Australia.

Research Interests: Fire retardants; Fire retardant coatings; Polymer composites; Nanomaterials; Epoxy resins
Junqing Pan
College of Chemistry, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing, China.

Research Interests: Li-ion battery and Lithium sulfur battery; New carbon/metal hydroxide composite for advanced power supercapacitor and Sodium ion battery; New porous derived from MOFs and biomass; New designed catalyst for ORR/OER and HER process; New atomic economic method for the recycling of waste batteries materials, waste tires, and the other waste solid, clean treatment of wastewater
Sami Rtimi
Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Route Cantonale, Lausanne, Switzerland

Research Interests: Catalysis for energy and the sustainability; Functional coatings/materials; Bio-inspired responsive materials
Carlos Maurício Fontes Vieira
Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense, Campos dos Goitacazes, Brazil

Research Interests:  Sustainable Building Materials and Their Environmental Impacts (Ceramic, Composites and Alkali-Activated Materails); Valorization of Agricultural, Industrial and Municipal Solid Wastes in Building Materials; Agro-Industrial Wastes (Natural Fibers) in Polymer Composites; Particular Waste to Produce Artificial or Engineered Rocks; 3D Printting Technique To Produce Clayey Ceramics and Polymer Composites Materials
Wen-Yong Lai
State Key Laboratory for Organic Electronics & Information Displays, Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), Nanjing University of Posts & Telecommunications, Nanjing, China

Research Interest: The design, synthesis, and application of organic and polymer optoelectronic materials for organic/flexible electronics
Qingyun Liu
College of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Shandong University of Science and Technology, Qingdao, Shangdong province, China

Research Interest: Self-assembly of porphyrin & phthalocyanine; The design, synthesis and catalytic application of nanozymes; Colorimetric & electrochemical sensing; Catalysts of fuel cell anode
Jianliang Cao
College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Henan Polytechnic University, Jiaozuo, China.

Research Interests: Nanomaterials; Nanoscience and nanotechnology; Gas sensing materials; Gas sensor; Photocatalysis
Kamal Mohammed Hamed Dawood
Chemistry Department, Faculty of Science, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt.

Research Interests: Regioselective 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition; Regio- and stereoselective synthesis of a variety of spiro- and bis-heterocycles; Regio- and stereoselective synthesis of a variety of biologically active fluorine containing heterocycles via electrochemical anodic methodology; Solid-phase assisted metal catalyzed organic synthesis under microwave irradiation; Partial synthesis of natural products via sultones
Rachid Masrour
Faculty of Sciences Dhar El Mahraz, Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah the University, Fez, Morocco.

Research Interests: Condensed matter physics; Material sciences; Material for energy; Magnetism
Jingshuai Yang
Department of Chemistry, Northeastern University, Shenyang, China.

Research Interests: Fundamental chemistry and polymer technology to polymer electrolyte membranes (mainly including high temperature polymer electrolyte membrane, separator membrane and anion exchange membrane) and their applications in electrochemical systems (such fuel cell, flow battery, water electrolyser, supercapacitor and et al.)
Zhiwei Qiao
School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou, China.

Research Interests: High-throughput screening and design of novel porous materials by means of computerized molecular simulation, such as metal-organic framework materials (MOFs); Use of big data analysis to establish three-dimensional composition-structure-property relationships of the materials and selective experimental synthesis
Mingzhe Chen
School of Energy and Power Engineering, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing, China.

Research Interests: Sodium-Ion batteries; Solid-state electrolyte; Multi-electron reaction batteries; Computational Chemistry
Zhipeng Sun
School of Materials and Energy, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou, China.

Research Interests: Materials and technologies for energy and sustainability (nanomaterials for Li/Na/K-ion batteries, thin film batteries for flexible devices, electrocatalysis for hydrogen generation and metal-air batteries); Gas sensors 
Jin-Tao Ren
School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nankai University, Tianjin, China.

Research Interests: Functional photocatalytic, electrocatalytic, thermocatalytic materials for renewable solar, mechanical and thermal energy harvesting and utilisation; Next-generation high-performance battery and electrolyzer based energy storage devices
Yanjing Su
Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Materials Genome Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing, China.

Research Interests: (1) Materials informatics, including material database, and materials dada science; (2) Computer simulations, including DFT, MD and EF; (3) Deformation and fracture under mechanical load/chemical environment; (4) Corrosion science and techenology
Jinqiang Zhang
School of Chemical Engineering, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia.

Research Interests: Photocatalysis; Photothermal catalysis; Fossil fuel upgrade; Biomass transformation; Hydrogen evolution; Pharmaceutical synthesis; Wastewater treatment
Ephraim Suhir
Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering and Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Portland State University, Portland, OR, USA.

Research Interests: Photonics; Fiber optics; Mechanics of optical fibers and systems; Design for reliability (DfR) of electronic
Muralidhar Miryala
Materials for Energy and Environmental Laboratory, Shibaura Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan.

Research Interests: Superconducting materials; Melt-textured LRE123; MgB2; Bi-2223; Thick films; Nanoparticles production; Cryo-magnets; Superconducting cables; Applications in daily life