Recent Progress in Materials  (ISSN 2689-5846) is an international peer-reviewed Open Access journal published quarterly online by LIDSEN Publishing Inc. This periodical is devoted to publishing high-quality papers that describe the most significant and cutting-edge research in all areas of Materials. Its aim is to provide timely, authoritative introductions to current thinking, developments and research in carefully selected topics. Also, it aims to enhance the international exchange of scientific activities in materials science and technology.
Recent Progress in Materials publishes original high quality experimental and theoretical papers and reviews on basic and applied research in the field of materials science and engineering, with focus on synthesis, processing, constitution, and properties of all classes of materials. Particular emphasis is placed on microstructural design, phase relations, computational thermodynamics, and kinetics at the nano to macro scale. Contributions may also focus on progress in advanced characterization techniques.          

Main research areas include (but are not limited to):
Characterization & evaluation of materials
Metallic materials 
Inorganic nonmetallic materials 
Composite materials
Polymer materials
Biomaterials
Sustainable materials and technologies
Special types of materials
Macro-, micro- and nano structure of materials
Environmental interactions, process modeling
Novel applications of materials

Publication Speed (median values for papers published in 2024): Submission to First Decision: 7.1 weeks; Submission to Acceptance: 14.9 weeks; Acceptance to Publication: 11 days (1-2 days of FREE language polishing included)

Current Issue: 2026  Archive: 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019

Editorial Board (56)

Editor-in-Chief

Hossein Hosseinkhani, PhD ORCID logo (Biography)

Biomedical Engineer Professor, Innovation Center for Advanced Technology, Matrix HT, Inc., New York, USA

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Research Interests: biomaterials; nanotechnology; biomedical engineering; drug delivery; tissue engineering; biosensors

Editorial Board Members

Paschalis Alexandridis, PhD, Professor

Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York (SUNY), Buffalo, NY 14260-4200, USA

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Research Interests: self-assembly; directed assembly; complex fluids; soft materials; colloids; nanomaterials; interfacial phenomena; polymers; surfactants; particles; formulations; biomass processing; plastics recycling; PFAS separations

Chunjiang An, PhD ORCID logo

Associate Professor, Department of Building, Civil & Environmental Engineering, Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

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Research Interests: Waste utilization and resource recovery; spill response and remediation; advanced physiochemical and biological treatment; green materials; environmental sustainability

Charles-Olivier Bacri, PhD ORCID logo

Senior Researcher, Centre de Sciences Nucléaires et de Sciences de la Matière (CSNSM), Orsay Campus, France

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Research Interests: ion beam analysis (IBA); effect of radiation on materials; implantation; irradiation; thin layers (target); isotopes for medical applications; synthesis & characterization using ion accelerators

Lucian Baia, PhD, Professor ORCID logo

Faculty of Physics, Babeş-Bolyai University, M. Kogălniceanu 1, RO-400084 Cluj-Napoca, Romania

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Research Interests: Materials; nanostructures; photocatalysis; tissue engineering

Salete Balula, PhD ORCID logo

Principal Investigator, LAQV-REQUIMTE Associate laboratory, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Faculty of Sciences, University of Porto, 4169-007 Porto, Portugal

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Research Interests: Composite materials; material synthesis; metal-organic frameworks, heterogeneous catalysis; polyoxometalates

Craig Banks, PhD ORCID logo

Professor, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Manchester Metropolitan University, Chester Street, M1 5GD, United Kingdom

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Research Interests: Cyclic voltammetry; carbon nanomaterials; nanocomposites; material characteristics; nanomaterials

Narottam P. Bansal, PhD ORCID logo

NASA Glenn Research Center, Cleveland, Ohio 44135, USA

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Research Interests: Solid oxide fuel cells; thermal and environmental barrier coatings; fiber-reinforced ceramic matrix composites for high-temperature structural applications in turbine engines; nano-composites; CMAS; high-temperature superconductors; sol-gel and combustion processing; refractory glass-ceramics; kinetics of phase transformations; IR-transmitting materials

Luisa Barbieri, PhD ORCID logo

Associate Professor, Department of Engineering "Enzo Ferrari", University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy

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Research Interests: Materials chemistry (glass, glass ceramics, ceramics, composites, geopolymers, lightweight aggregates, etc.); consolidation technologies (hot: vitrification, devitrification, sintering, plasma; cold: geopolymerization, cementification); material characterization; development of chemical foundations of technologies for products and processes in the field of waste materials management

Daniel Chateigner, PhD ORCID logo

Professor, Normandie Université, CRISMAT-UMR 6508 CNRS/ENSICAEN, Caen, France

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Research Interests: combined analysis; X-ray diffraction; neutron diffraction; EBSD; synchrotron; anisotropic properties; materials science; texture analysis; softwares/databases; reflectivity; anisotropic spectroscopies; biomineralisation/molluscs/fossils; atomic force microscopy; anisotropic elaboration techniques; tomography

Noé Cheung, PhD ORCID logo

Professor, Department of Manufacturing and Materials Engineering, University of Campinas, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil

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Research Interests: Solidification; Continuous casting; Laser surface treatment; Purification by zonal refining; Numerical simulation

Boris N. Chichkov, PhD ORCID logo

Professor, Institute of Quantum Optics, Leibniz University Hannover, Hannover, Germany

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Research Interests: Laser processing and laser printing; nanophotonics; nanotechnology; biomaterials; biomedical engineering; tissue engineering

Vladimir Chigrinov, Emeritus Professor ORCID logo

Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, China

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Research Interests: Material characterization; computer modeling of various electrooptical effects in Liquid; fast multistable ferroelectric liquid crystal devices

Tai-Shung Chung, PhD, Professor ORCID logo

Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, National University of Singapore, 4 Engineering Drive 4, Singapore 117585 and Graduate Institute of Applied Science and Technology, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taiwan 10607

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Research Interests: Membranes science; polymeric membranes; clean energy; CO2 capture

Mario Coccia, PhD ORCID logo

Research Director, Research Institute on Sustainable Economic Growth (IRCRES-CNR), National Research Council of Italy, 10135 Torino, Italy
Visiting Scholar, School of Complex Adaptive Systems, Arizona State University, 85281, Tempe, AZ, USA

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Research Interests: Nanomaterials; material characterization; sustainable strategic materials; innovations in materials; biodegradable materials; sources of innovation in materials; diffusion of new materials; new materials and technological change; new methods of materials science

Seetharama C. Deevi, PhD, MBA

Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, United States

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Research interests: innovative processing and manufacturing of advanced materials; nickel aluminides; iron aluminides; moly silicides; functionally graded composites of moly silicide and silicon nitride; thin film materials and characterization

Leszek A. Dobrzanski, Prof., DSc, PhD ORCID logo

Professor and Director of the Science Center, Medical and Dental Engineering Centre for Research, Design and Production ASKLEPIOS Ltd in Gliwice, Poland

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Research Interests: Material characterization; materials; materials testing; microstructure; x-ray diffraction; nanomaterials synthesis; material characteristics; advanced materials

Wenkui Dong, PhD ORCID logo

Centre for Infrastructure Engineering and Safety, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, The University of New South Wales, NSW, 2052, Australia

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Research Interests: Smart, low-carbon, and sustainable cement materials; pavement materials; CFRP; mineral-impregnated carbon fibre yarns; solid wastes; self-sensing and self-healing concrete; energy harvesting technology; asphalt materials; structures; sensors

Aleksey D. Drozdov, PhD ORCID logo

Professor, Department of Materials and Production, Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark

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Research Interests: double-network gels with dynamic bonds; glassy polymers; macroporous temperature-sensitive gels with fast response; stimuli-responsive hydrogels; supramolecular elastomers; nanomechanics of 2D graphene-like materials; electromechanical response of Li-ion batteries

Flora Faleschini, PhD, Associate Professor ORCID logo

Department of Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering, University of Padova, Italy

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Research Interests: use of recycled components for structural materials; reinforced concrete structures design and assessment; seismic assessment of reinforced concrete structures

Mizi Fan, PhD, Professor ORCID logo

College of Engineering, Design and Physical Sciences, Brunel University London, Uxbridge UB8 3PH, UK

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Research Interests: (Nano-)cellulose and aerogel composites; Lignin; Bio-(natural-) based materials; Cementitious composites

Changming Fang, PhD ORCID logo

Brunel Centre for Advanced Solidification Technology (BCAST), Brunel University London, Uxbridge UB8 3PH, UK

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Research Interests: quantum mechanics; materials; electronic structure; nanomaterials; density functional theory; material characteristic

Israel Felner, PhD

Professor, Racah Institute of Physics, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel

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High Tc superconductivity, magneto-superconducting materials; magnetism and Mossbauer studies; magnetic and structural properties of rare-earth based inter-metallics; mixed valences in rare earth intermetallic compounds

Pedro Fonte, PhD, MBA, PharmD ORCID logo

Assistant Professor, Faculty of Sciences and Technology, University of Algarve, Portugal

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Research Interests: Nanoparticles; drug delivery systems; nanotechnology; lyophilization; wound healing

Aritra Ghosh, PhD ORCID logo

Environment and Sustainability Institute (ESI), University of Exeter, Cornwall, United Kingdom

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Research Interests: smart glazing (electrochromic, suspended particle device, liquid crystal, thermochromic, thermotropic, gasochromic); aerogel; vacuum; BIPV; perovskite; DSSC.

Fuyuan Gong, PhD ORCID logo

Professor, College of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China

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Research Interests: Material characterization; cement-based materials; materials testing; waste recycling; structural dynamics; structural analysis; microstructure; material characteristics; finite element modeling

Vincent G. Harris, PhD

Professor, College of Engineering, Northeastern University, Boston, USA

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Research Interests: materials design and the study of processing; structure and magnetism in a wide range of electronic materials; devices and systems used principally in high frequency applications such as sensors, radar and communication systems and platforms

Mohammad Heidari-Rarani, PhD, Associate Professor ORCID logo

Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Isfahan, Isfahan, 81746-73441, Iran

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Research Interests: Composites characterization, design and manufacturing; fatigue and fracture of polymer composites; additive manufacturing of polymer composites; 3D and 4D printing of polymers; metastructures; vibration-based structural health monitoring; recycling of polymers and composites waste

Khandaker M. Anwar Hossain, PhD ORCID logo

Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Architectural Science, Ryerson University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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Research Interests: sustainable construction, short and long term properties of blended cement and concrete, high-ultra high performance/self-consolidating concrete, use of wastes/volcanic materials/underused materials in concrete, ductile engineered concrete, smart self-healing materials, FRP-composites, innovative joint-free bridges, steel-concrete composite building systems, thin walled structures, high rise structures, strengthening and retrofitting of structures, life-cycle analysis, computer aided design, finite element modelling and expert system development

Chun-Hway Hsueh, PhD ORCID logo

Distinguished Professor, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan

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Research Interests: residual stresses, thermomechanical properties, metallic glasses, high entropy alloys, nanoindentation.

Chun-Sheng Jiang, PhD, Senior Scientist ORCID logo

National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO, USA

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Research Interests: Material characterization; photovoltaic materials; scanning probe microscopy (SPM); device physics of photovoltaic; energy storage technologies

Ki Buem Kim, PhD

Professor, Department of Nanotechnology and Advanced Materials Engineering, Sejong University, 98 Gunja-dong, Gwangjin-gu, Seoul 143-747, Korea

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Research Interests: alloys; coating; microstructure; mechanical properties; structure and property relationship in thin film materials

Samo Kralj, PhD ORCID logo

1. Professor, Department of Physics, Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, University of Maribor, 2000 Maribor, Slovenia
2. Condensed Matter Physics Department, Jožef Stefan Institute, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia

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Research Interests: Topology; membranes; polymers; solid state physics; condensed matter physics; materials; material characterization; nanomaterials; nanoparticles

Hansang Kwon, PhD ORCID logo

Associate Professor, Department of Materials System Engineering, Pukyong National University, Namgu, Republic of Korea

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Research Interests: nanomaterials; nanocarbon materials; metals and ceramics matrix composites; functionally graded materials; mechanical; thermal; electrical behavior of materials; powder metallurgy; spark plasma sintering; hot extrusion

Nicolas L'Heureux, PhD ORCID logo

Research Director, University of Bordeaux, INSERM UMR 1026, Lab. for the Bioengineering of Tissues (BioTis), Bordeaux, France

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Research Interests: Extracellular matrix-based biomaterials; biological biomaterials; cell culture-based ECM, regenerative medicine; biomechanical engineering; tissue-engineered human blood vessel (TEBV); biological approaches for tissue repair; ;scaffold-free tissue engineering; Tissue Engineering by Self-Assembly (TESA)

Dorina Lauritano, DDS ORCID logo

Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine and Surgery, Centre of Neuroscience of Milan, University of Milan-Bicocca, Milan, Italy

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Research Interests: oral medicine; oral biology; molecular biology

Jack Luo, PhD

Professor, Institute of Renewable Energy and Environment Technology, University of Bolton, Bolton, UK

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Research Interests: biosensors, microfluidics and lab-on-chip; flexible and transparent electronics; polymer-based microactuators for biomedical applications; nanomaterials and nanodevices; energy harvesting devices and systems

Giuliana Magnacca, PhD ORCID logo

Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of Torino, Torino, Italy

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Research Interests: synthesis and characterization of materials; materials for environmental applications (adsorbents, photocatalysts); nanofiltration systems; surface functionalization of natural fibers

Theodore E. Matikas, PhD ORCID logo

Professor, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece

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Research Interests: aging structures in aerospace, nuclear, civil, cultural heritage and biomedical engineering applications; development of smart sensing systems and advanced nondestructive evaluation (NDE) and structural health monitoring (SHM) methodologies (based in ultrasonics, acoustic emission, acoustic microscopy, nonlinear acoustics, IR thermography, electrical methods, diffraction techniques, interferometric techniques) for real-time evaluation of damage engineering materials and structures, including metallic alloys, shape memory alloys, coatings, metal and ceramic matrix composites, smart and multi-functional materials, nanocomposites, phononic meta-materials, nano-structured and hybrid materials and cementitious materials

Luiz Henrique Capparelli Mattoso, PhD, Pesquisador A/Senior Researcher ORCID logo

Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation, Embrapa Instrumentation, São Carlos, SP, Brazil

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Research Interests: polymer science, nanomaterials; composite material; biopolymers; natural fibers, electrically conducting polymer; Sensors

Shahram Mehdipour-Ataei, PhD ORCID logo

Professor, Polyurethane and Advanced Polymeric Materials Department, Iran Polymer and Petrochemical Institute, Tehran, Iran

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Research Interests: Nanocomposites; polymer synthesis; materials chemistry; polymer chemistry

Abdelrhman Menazea, PhD ORCID logo

Spectroscopy Department, Physics Division, National Research Centre, Dokki, Giza, Egypt

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Research Interests: Laser ablation; pulsed laser deposition; spectroscopy

Daniel R. Neuville, PhD ORCID logo

Professor, Géomatériaux, Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris (IPGP), CNRS, Institut de physique du globe de Paris, Université de Paris Cité,1 rue Jussieu, Paris 75005, France

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Research Interests: material characterization; materials; geomaterial; material characteristics

Mu-Ping Nieh, PhD, Professor ORCID logo

Polymer Program, Institute of Materials Science

Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut, USA

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Research Interests: self-assembly; advanced materials; soft materials; nanoparticle synthesis; nanobiotechnology; small angle scattering

Vesna Nikolic, PhD ORCID logo

Research Associate, Innovation Center of the Faculty of Technology and Metallurgy in Belgrade Ltd., University of Belgrade, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia

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Research Interests: Base and noble metal based catalysts; metal oxide based catalysts; nanomaterials; nanotechnology, recycling of copper and noble metals from electronic waste; recycling technologies; materials, porous ceramics; materials testing; advanced materials; microstructure; material characteristics; materials processing; mechanical properties

Sanjay Nimbalkar, PhD ORCID logo

Associate Professor, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia

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Research Interests: Civil engineering; geotechnical engineering; transportation geotechnics; materials testing; numerical analysis; reuse and recycling

Alkiviadis S. Paipetis, PhD ORCID logo

Professor, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece

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Research Interests: Composite Materials; nano and hybrid composites; Acoustic Emission non-destructive inspection; composite repair; self-healing materials; Hierarchical composites; myltifunctional materials; Interfacial Micromechanics; Eco-Friendly Brass Alloys; Structural health monitoring

Kiryukhantsev-Korneev Philipp, PhD ORCID logo

Professor, National University of Science and Technology "MISIS", Leninsky pr. 4, 119049 Moscow, Russia

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Research Interests: Surface engineering; materials science of thin films and coatings; nanostructured/nanocomposite materials; coatings characterization

Antonino Recca, PhD ORCID logo

Professor, Department DICAR (Department of Civil Engineering and Architecture), University of Catania, Catania, Italy

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Research Interests: synthesis and characterization of engineering polymers; characterization of thermosetting mixtures; fibre-reinforced composite materials; antioxidants and flame retardants

Vincenzo M. Sglavo, PhD ORCID logo

Professor, Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Trento, Trento, Italy

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Research Interests: glass science & technology; ceramics processing & engineering; mechanical properties of materials; recovery & re-use of inorganic residues & materials

Kwok Wei Shah, PhD ORCID logo

Assistant Professor, Department of Building, School of Design and Environment, National University of Singapore, Singapore

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Research Interests: nanotechnology and nanomaterials for green building applications and energy efficiency; green building; electroluminochromic materials; polymers; textile materials

Ioannis Spanopoulos, PhD ORCID logo

Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of South Florida, FL 33620, USA

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Research Interests: Hybrid semiconductors; molecular engineering; crystal engineering; reticular chemistry; perovskites; antibacterial materials; porous semiconductors

Che-Wei Tsai, PhD ORCID logo

1. Professor and Vice Chairman, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, 30013, Taiwan

2. Deputy Director, High Entropy Materials Center, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, 30013, Taiwan

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Research Interests: High entropy materials; high strength cooper alloys; melting and casting; mechanical properties at ambient and elevated temperature; abrasion and wear; powder metallurgy; metal fatigue behavior

Qudong Wang, PhD

Professor, National Engineering Research Center of Light Alloy Net Forming, School of Materials Science & Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China

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Research Interests: Aluminium alloys and their forming technology; magnesium alloys and their forming technology; metal composites and their processing technology; metal matrix composites; metal-layered composites; dual-/multi-metal composites

Zhuge Yan, PhD ORCID logo

Professor in Structural Engineering, University of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia

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Research Interests: green concrete materials; composite materials; utilization of waste to construction materials; fiber composite structures (sandwich panels); seismic retrofitting of unreinforced masonry and concrete structures using fiber reinforced polymer (FRP)

Aimin Yu, PhD ORCID logo

Associate Professor, Faculty of Science, Engineering and Technology, Swinburne University of Technology, Hawthorn, Australia

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Research Interests: nanostructured materials; colloids and interface science; analytical chemistry; surface analysis; graphene

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