- Relationship structure and properties of materials
- Composite materials and polyblends
- New materials for advanced and self-sustaining technological applications
- Materials for biomedical applications
- Materials from biomass
- Anticorrosive materials
- Theoretical tools for the design of functional materials
- Synthesis and preparation of gels and polymers
- Catalysts and sorbents
Functional Materials is a multi-, inter-, and trans-disciplinary line that encompasses research in a diverse range of topics related to the design, synthesis, characterization, modeling, and application of materials that have particular native properties and their own functions. Consequently, these are selected by the nature of their response to electrical, magnetic, optical, chemical stimuli, or even for aesthetic reasons. It will be at the intersection of chemistry, materials science and engineering.