Science Exploration Press is delighted to announce the official launch of Smart Materials and Devices (SMD), a peer-reviewed, open-access journal dedicated to advancing the frontier of intelligent materials and their integration with cutting-edge technologies. The journal is led by Professor Zhong-Yong Yuan (Nankai University, China), who serves as its Founding Editor-in-Chief.

Prof. Zhong-Yong Yuan is the Director of the Institute of New Catalytic Materials Science, Nankai University. He received his PhD degree in Physical Chemistry from Nankai University in 1999. He worked as a postdoctoral fellow at the Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences from 1999 to 2001. He then moved to Belgium, working as a research fellow at the University of Namur from 2001 to 2005, prior to joining Nankai University as a full professor. In 2006, he was awarded the "Program for New Century Excellent Talents in University" by the Ministry of Education. In 2016 he was elected as a fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC). He has been listed in the “Highly Cited Chinese Researchers” (Elsevier) since 2021. Currently he also serves as an Associate Editor of RSC Advances, Editor-in-Chief of Smart Materials and Devices, Academic Editor of Journal of Engineering, and as Editorial Board Member and Guest Editor of several academic journals. His research interests are mainly on the self-assembly of hierarchically nanoporous and nanostructured materials for energy and environmental applications. Moreover, he is co-author of 460 SCI papers with H-index 82, 1 book, and 6 book chapters.

To encourage high-quality submissions during the journal’s early development phase, SMD is currently waiving all article processing charges (APCs). Submissions are now open, and we welcome groundbreaking contributions from across academia and industry.

To learn more about SMD, please visit the official website: https://sciexplor.com/smd