The 11th edition of the Smart Materials & Surfaces conference, SMS 2026, is a three-days event targeting researchers interested in the design, modification, characterization and applications of Novel Smart Materials, Surfaces and Structures. It covers the most promising areas of the smart and multifunctional materials R&D and report recent advances on creatively modified Materials. The goal of conference is to provide a global platform for researchers and engineers coming from academia and industry and different regions of the world to present their research results and activities in this emerging research field. The conference will provide opportunities for the delegates to exchange face-to-face their novel ideas and experiences with the international experts during plenary & invited talks, oral presentations and posters sessions.

Conference topics/themes:

SMS 2026 Conference themes are as follow:

• Advances in Functional and Multifunctional Materials
• Hybrid and composites materials
• Shape Memory Materials: State-of-the-art Research and Applications
• Advances in Multiferroic and magnetoelectric materials and applications
• Advances in Inorganic Luminescent Materials and Applications
• Metamaterials and Metadevices
• Electro-active polymers: current capabilities and challenges
• Catalytic materials
• Photocatalytic Materials for Energy and Environmental Applications
• Energy Harvesting via Smart Materials
• Materials and Mechanisms of Superconductivity
• Stretchable and Flexible Electronic Materials & Devices
• Bioinspired Materials
• Biomimetic bioactive biomaterials – the novel materials of implantable devices
• Stimuli Responsive Materials
• Intelligent drug delivery and release systems
• New Materials for sensors and actuators: Sensing the Future with New Materials
• Progress in Wearable/Wireless and Implantable Body Sensor Networks for Healthcare Applications 
• Intelligent Materials for Textiles
• Fire retardant materials and surfaces
• Smart Materials & Micro/Nanosystems
• Graphene and Other Emerging 2D-layered Nanomaterials 

In addition to the main conference sessions, focused sessions on innovative topics will run in parallel. Details will be added soon.

This 11th edition of the Smart Materials and Surfaces conference will be held jointly with Sensors 2026, NanoMed 2026, and European Graphene Forum 2026. Registration for any one of these conferences grants access to all sessions across the joint events, which will run in parallel under the same roof.

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