Call For Papers: Materials Science and Environmental Applicability

Advances in material science and engineering have been pivotal in developing many environmentally relevant research areas. Over the past few decades, numerous publications on advanced material-based environmental applications, including, but not limited to, capacitive electrochemical deionization, advanced oxidation processes (AOPs), (electro)chemical reduction, microbial fuel cells (MFCs), membrane separation, heterogeneous catalysis, electrochemical reactors, environmental sensors, oil/water separation, adsorption, among others, have been featured in the pages of our journals. These interdisciplinary publications showcase the most innovative and impactful research produced by environmental and/or materials scientists and engineers worldwide, highlighting the groundbreaking work of our ever-growing global community.

For this Special Issue on “Materials Science and Environmental Applicability,” we seek contributions on novel and advanced material-based studies that demonstrate their great potential to address practical environmental problems, inspire greener and better materials design, or reveal in-depth mechanisms to enable advanced explorations. For more information, read the accompanying Editorial.

Submit your manuscript by June 1, 2025.

Organizing Editors

Peng Wang, Executive Editor, Environmental Science & Technology
Sun Yat-Sen University, China

Jiang Xu, Guest Editor
Zhejiang University, China

Wenbin Wang, Guest Editor
Sun Yat-Sen University, China

Tanju Karanfil, Guest Editor
Clemson University, United States

Michael S. Wong, Associate Editor, Environmental Science & Technology
Rice University, United States

Virender K. Sharma, Guest Editor
Texas A&M University, United States

Rajnish Kumar, Topic Editor, Environmental Science & Technology Letters
Indian Institute of Technology Madras, India

Submission Information

We welcome submissions for this Special Issue through June 1, 2025. For more information on submission requirements, please visit ES&T’s Author Guidelines or ES&T Letters’ Author Guidelines pages.

Accepted manuscripts for consideration in this Special Issue will include all manuscript types of both journals. Papers accepted for publication for this Special Issue will be available ASAP (as soon as publishable) online as soon as they are accepted. After all submissions have been published, they will then be compiled online on a dedicated landing page to form the Special Issue. Manuscripts submitted for consideration will undergo the full rigorous peer review process expected from ACS journals.

How to Submit

• Log in to the ACS Publishing Center.
• Choose Environmental Science & Technology or Environmental Science & Technology Letters.
• Select your manuscript type, and, under "Special Issue Selection," choose “Materials Science and Environmental Applicability."

If you have any general questions regarding submission to this Special Issue, please contact the journals’ Managing Editors: managing.editor@est.acs.org or managing.editor@estlett.acs.org.

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