PERSPECTIVE article
Front. Mater.
Sec. Structural Materials
This article is part of the Research Topic10 years of Frontiers in Materials: past discoveries, current challenges and future perspectivesView all 9 articles
Structural Materials in Frontiers in Materials, 10 years on
Provisionally accepted
- Paul Scherrer Institut (PSI), Villigen, Switzerland
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The Structural Materials section of Frontiers in Materials has published almost 1000 articles during the past 10 years, and this article commemorates and assesses the development of thematic trends among this body of works. The three "grand challenges" identified upon launching the section in 2015 remain relevant: Bottom-up design of materials; Sustainable materials supply; Durable materials for extreme environments. Additional topics that have featured extensively in the journal include Natural materials; AI and machine learning; Materials characterisation and performance; Composites and manufacturing. It is anticipated that each of these topics will continue to contribute to the future of Structural Materials research, taking advantage of advances in computational capabilities and the ever-stronger impetus for sustainable selection and use of materials to drive future innovation in this discipline.
Keywords: artificial intelligence, future developments, Retrospective, structural materials, Trends in research
Received: 26 Sep 2025; Accepted: 17 Dec 2025.
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* Correspondence: John L. Provis
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