This special edition introduces the results of groundbreaking research across four areas of materials engineering: materials for functional applications, materials for energy conversion and energy storage devices, corrosion behaviour and functional coatings of structural materials, and the strength of materials and structural mechanics. The edition will be useful to specialists in materials science, machinery, electronics and structural engineering. Corrosion, Coating, Steel, Brass. Mechanical Properties, Surface Damage, Strength of Materials, Electrode Materials, Zinc Oxide, Moiré lattices, Electromechanical Properties, Carbon Nanomaterials, Photonics Materials Science, Electronics, Mechanics.