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The assembly of organic ligands and metal centres yields coordination polymers, many of which find applications in conductivity, catalysis, magnetism, gas sorption, biological sensing and...

At the current time of writing, the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) has awarded American infrastructure a grade of D+, meaning poor and at risk. Part of the reason for the low grade is due...

Structural health monitoring (SHM) and non-destructive testing (NDT) have gained significant importance for civil, mechanical, aerospace, and offshore structures. Nowadays, we can find SHM and NDT...

Structural health monitoring (SHM) and non-destructive testing (NDT) have gained significant importance for civil, mechanical, aerospace, and offshore structures. Nowadays, we can find SHM and NDT...

Bridges and critical infrastructure are vital to communities but are aging, leading to structural deficiencies. This necessitates robust methods for health monitoring and performance evaluation to...

The idea of preparing an Energies Special Issue on "Structural Prognostics and Health Management in Power & Energy Systems" is to compile information on the recent advances in structural prognostics...

Ever since the concept of phytoalexins was proposed by M?ller and Borger in 1940, these compounds have attracted considerable attention due to the central role they play in the defense mechanisms of...

Concrete cracking is a crucial factor that threatens the durability and strength of concrete. Especially for concrete building structures with complex working environments such as hydraulic...

Neurodegenerative diseases are a heterogeneous group of age-related disorders characterised by the progressive degeneration or death of neurons in the central or peripheral nervous system. The...

This reprint discusses the importance of studying the physicochemical properties of food proteins, which play crucial roles in providing essential amino acids and contributing to the overall quality...

The present reprint contains articles accepted and published in the Special Issue "Submanifolds in Metric Manifolds" of the MDPI journal Mathematics; said articles cover a wide range of topics...

A subsea pipeline (also known as an offshore pipeline or submarine pipeline) is a pipeline that is laid on the seabed or inside a specially constructed trench. The use of pipelines represents a...

Sudden cardiac death (SCD) affects more than four million patients per year worldwide, and accounts for up to 50% of all cardiovascular deaths. Related to the improved treatment options for...

Summary Since the advent of the "modern" age, the main mystical trend of Islam, namely Sufism, has become the target of novel, multifaceted criticism in the Muslim World. The strong denunciation of...

Supercritical-fluid-based technologies have emerged as unit operations in the chemical industry in the last few decades and have been selected as the answer to current demands for sustainability in...

This Special Issue is a brief collection of 10 papers focused on the development and characterization of superhydrophobic and icephobic coatings that are helpful, in combination with active Ice...

This collection offers a concise overview of advanced surface chemical modification techniques and their broad applications in materials science, sensor technology, protective coatings, and...

The present printed edition of the Special Issue "Surface Chemistry and Catalysis" published in Catalysts aims to cover some of the recent advances in the field of heterogeneous catalysis that can be...

This reprint is a collection of the peer-reviewed papers published in the Special Issue "Surface engineering & coatings technologies for corrosion and tribocorrosion resistance" in the Materials...

Biomaterials are natural or artificial materials used to manufacture implants to replace lost or diseased biological structures in order to restore form and function. Biomaterials that require...

The rise of photonics technologies has driven an extremely fast evolution in biosensing applications. Such rapid progress has created a gap of understanding and insight capability in the general...

The surface properties of wood have to be fully understood and tailored to the particular purpose. Proper surface characterization and treatment methods must be selected to obtain the most relevant...

Although sustainability is hardly a new subject for research, recent years have moved the theme toward the perspective of human resource management (HRM). In effect, it has become a recent target of...

Engineered assets are key to the delivery of essential services such as transport, food, water, electricity supply, health and safety, etc. Some of these physical assets are integrated into asset...

The sustainability and resiliency of building materials and structures under single/multiple loading conditions should also be worthy of attention, since complex loading conditions would reduce the...

Contributing to solving the problems raised by Agenda 2030 has pushed many universities to deploy their skills. The aim of this reprint is to provide a framework of how the topic of sustainability is...

International research has confirmed that the built environment is the most promising sector for a rapid transition to sustainability. In this scenario, many examples of sustainable urban...

China's road to sustainability has attracted global attention. Since the "Reform & Opening Up" policy, China's rapid pace of both urbanization and industrialization has made its being the second...

The concept of sustainability has been expanding to all areas of economic activity, including construction. The Special Issue "Sustainability in Construction Engineering" provided a possibility for...

This Special Issue presents some works considered innovative in the field of sustainability in geotechnics and whose practical application is already current or may occur in the near future. The...