Material Sciences & NanotechnologyDesign

★MatDes 2026--Barcelona, Spain--EI Compendex, SCOPUS★

★Full name: 2026 The 8th International workshop on Materials and Design (MatDes 2026)
★Abbreviation: MatDes 2026
**Place: Barcelona, Spain
**Time: March 16-18, 2026
**Website: https://www.matdes.org

==Sponsor==
Catalan Institute of Nanotechnology (ICN)

==Submission==
1. Full paper (publication and presentation)
2. Abstract (presentation only)
More detail about submission, please visit at
https://www.matdes.org/instructions-for-authors.html
And consult us via
matdes@young.ac.cn

==Submission Method==
1. System submission: http://confsys.iconf.org/submission/matdes2026
2. Send to mailbox: matdes@young.ac.cn

=Publication=
Submitted papers will be Peer-Reviewed (Double blind, and conducted by the technical program committee) and the accepted ones will be published in the conference proceedings, which will be submitted for indexing in Ei Compendex, Scopus, IET etc. major databases.

=Topics (include but not limit)=
1. Micro- and nano-scale multi-physics phenomena, and the analysis structure, morphology, and the role of interfaces in relation to design at all scales, e.g. electrochemical energy storage, phase transformation and associated processes
2. Operando and in situ studies of processes and structural evolution
3. Processing of alloys and compounds for microstructure and property control, e.g. friction stir and severe plastic deformation
4. Lightweight materials, e.g. alloys containing magnesium and lithium, as well as composites of all types of matrix (polymer, metal and ceramic) and reinforcement, including continuous and discontinuous fibres, low aspect ratio inclusions and nano-structured reinforcements
5. Multifunctional materials, e.g. alloys, polymers and ceramics displaying shape memory effects, as well as bio-composites, composites of green or sustainable origin, and biomimetic materials
6. Intelligent materials design to optimise performance, including hierarchical microstructural optimisation, self-healing, energy absorption, for durability, against damage and environmental extremes

=Organizing Committee=
***Conference Chairs:
Prof. Alexander M. Korsunsky, Trinity College, Oxford University, UK;
Prof. Geoffrey Mitchell, Institute Polytechnic of Leiria, Portugal.

***Conference Co-Chairs:
Prof. Enrico Salvati, University of Udine, Italy;
Assoc. Prof. Ramirez-Castellanos Julio, Universidad Complutense, Spain.

***Program Chairs:
Prof. Marco Sebastiani, Universitá Roma Tré, Italy;
Prof. Alexey I. Salimon, Skolkovo Institute of Technology (Skoltech), Russia.

***Program Co-Chairs:
Prof. Alexander Lunt, University of Bath, UK;
Prof. Joris Everaerts, KU Leuven, Belgium.

***Scientific Committee:
Prof. Xu Song, Chinese University of Hong Kong, China;
Prof. Tea-Sung (Terry) Jun, Incheon National University, South Korea.

***Steering Committee:
Prof. Alex Lanzutti, University of Udine, Italy;
Prof. Francesco De Bona, University of Udine, Italy;
Prof. Lorenzo Fedrizzi, University of Udine, Italy.

***Chapter Chairs:
Prof. Mohsen Ghali, Egypt-Japan University of Science and Technology, Egypt;
Assoc. Prof. Iosif-Vasile NEMOIANU, University “POLITEHNICA” of Bucharest, Romania.

***Technical Committee:
Zhili Zhang, Beijing Jiaotong University, China;
Wenjun Zhang, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China;
Yiling Lu, University of Derby, United Kingdom;
Yizhong Huang, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore;
Maria Benelmekki, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway;
Huirong Le, Tsinghua University, China;
Ichiro Daigo, The University of Tokyo, Japan;
Michael Atzmon, University of Michigan, USA;
Ruda Harry E., University of Toronto, Canada;
Rahida Wati Sharudin, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia.
For more information, please visit the website.

==History==
MatDes 2025 | Marinha Grande, Portugal | March 11-13
MatDes 2024 | Dubai, UAE | March 6-8
MatDes 2023 | Istanbul, Türkiye | March 24-26
MatDes 2022 | Udine, Italy | March 18-20
MatDes 2021 | Moscow, Russia | March 26-29
MatDes 2020 | Madrid, Spain | March 26-29
MatDes 2019 | Oxford, United Kingdom | March 29-31

=CONTACT US=
Hannah Yang
Email: matdes@young.ac.cn
Web: https://www.matdes.org
Tel: +001-6193091099 (EN) (Service hours are from 10:00 to 18:30 (UTC+08:00) Monday through Friday)