(ISSN 2689-5846)
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)
Special Issue
Recent Progress in Functional Molecular Materials
Submission Deadline: June 30, 2026 (Open) Submit Now
Guest Editor
Adewale O. Adeloye, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Analytical, Colloid Chemistry and Technology of Rare Elements, Al-Farabi Kazakh National University (KAZNU), 71 Al-Farabi Avenue, Almaty, 050040, Kazakhstan
Research Interests: Synthesis; spectroscopy; heterogeneous catalysis; organic synthesis; organometallics; heterocyclic chemistry; synthetic chemistry; fluorescence; nuclear magnetic resonance; medicinal and pharmaceutical chemistry
About This Topic
Recent Progress in Functional Molecular Materials, an interdisciplinary research special issue focusing on the intersection of chemistry, physics, biology, materials science, and engineering and in line with emerging and transformative applications.
The special issue accepts contributions from manuscripts describing the discovery and design of new functional organic materials for artificial intelligence/machine learning, green chemistry/sustainability, self-assembly/supramolecular chemistry, hybrid materials, flexible and wearable electronics, multifunctional materials, advanced characterization techniques, precision synthesis, and bio-inspired materials. These functional materials can be small molecules, polymers, supramolecular assemblies, or hybrid materials. The important key is that molecular structures directly dictate the macroscopic functions in response to external stimuli.
The scope of the special issue incorporates the broad applications in numerous industries and scientific disciplines such as: electronics and optoelectronics, energy storage and conversion, healthcare and biomedicine, smart materials, responsive systems and other environmental applications as may be found in water purification, pollution remediation, and renewable resource utilization in biomass and/or sustainable feedstocks. Manuscripts should be able to describe and show the understanding of the correlations between molecular designs and chemical structures to achieve electronic, optical and mechanical properties. The importance of intermolecular interactions, and its roles in the self-assembly, structural activity relationships and overall improvements in the behavior of these functional materials are welcome.
Keywords
Carbon-based compounds; extended (pi-systems); small molecules; polymers; supramolecular assemblies; hybrid materials; electronics; optoelectronics; electrochromic devices; energy storage and conversion; organic redox flow batteries; metal-organic frameworks; biosensors; regenerative medicine; artificial intelligence; machine learning; multifunctional materials; advanced characterization techniques
Manuscript Submission Information
Manuscripts should be submitted through the LIDSEN Submission System. Detailed information on manuscript preparation and submission is available in the Instructions for Authors. All submitted articles will be thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process and will be processed following the Editorial Process and Quality Control policy. Upon acceptance, the article will be immediately published in a regular issue of the journal and will be listed together on the special issue website, with a label that the article belongs to the Special Issue. LIDSEN distributes articles under the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) License in an open-access model. The authors own the copyright to the article, and the article can be free to access, distribute, and reuse provided that the original work is correctly cited.
Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). Research articles and review articles are highly invited. Authors are encouraged to send the tentative title and abstract of the planned paper to the Editorial Office (rpm@lidsen.com) for record. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact the Editorial Office.
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