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Vol. 1 No. 1 (December 2025)

Smart Materials and Urban Systems is an international, peer-reviewed journal dedicated to advancing research on innovative smart materials and their integration into urban construction, infrastructure, and sustainable city development. The journal provides a multidisciplinary platform for researchers, engineers, architects, urban planners, and technologists to explore the design, performance, and application of materials that enhance the functionality, resilience, and sustainability of urban systems.

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    Application of Smart Materials in Enhancing the Resilience of Urban Infrastructure: A Comprehensive Review and Case Analysis

    Emma L. Thompson
    1-14

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    With the increasing frequency of extreme weather events and urbanization challenges, enhancing the resilience of urban infrastructure has become a critical global priority. Smart materials, with their unique self-sensing, self-healing, and adaptive properties, offer innovative solutions to improve the performance and durability of urban infrastructure systems. This study provides a comprehensive review of the application... more

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    Integration of Smart Materials and Digital Twins: A New Paradigm for Enhancing Urban Infrastructure Resilience

    Alessandro Rossi
    15-26

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    Against the backdrop of advancing urbanization and frequent extreme environmental disturbances, the demand for resilient urban infrastructure is growing urgent. The integration of smart materials (SMs) and digital twin (DT) technology has become a revolutionary paradigm to overcome the limitations of traditional infrastructure management: SMs endow physical infrastructure with real-time sensing and adaptive response capabilities,... more

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    Smart Materials and Digital Twins: Synergistic Applications for Carbon Neutrality in Urban Infrastructure

    Sarah Thompson
    27-41

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    With urban infrastructure accounting for over 40% of global lifecycle carbon emissions, carbon neutrality in this sector has become a core global climate goal. The integration of smart materials (SMs) and digital twin (DT) technology shows great potential for carbon mitigation by optimizing resource use, boosting energy efficiency and advancing circular economy, though existing research... more

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    Smart Materials and Digital Twins: Advancing Full-Lifecycle Sustainability of Urban Infrastructure

    Priya Patel
    42-55

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    Amid rapid urbanization and mounting environmental pressures, urban infrastructure sustainability has become a critical global agenda. While integrating smart materials (SMs) and digital twin (DT) technology is widely acknowledged to boost infrastructure resilience, its potential to drive full-lifecycle sustainability (design, construction, operation, maintenance, deconstruction) remains underexplored. This study addresses this gap by constructing a full-lifecycle... more

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    Smart Materials and Digital Twins: Synergistic Innovation and Future Outlook for Carbon Neutrality in Infrastructure

    Rajesh Kumar
    56-67

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    Against the backdrop of deepening global carbon neutrality commitments, infrastructure’s low-carbon transformation has entered a critical phase of technological breakthroughs and large-scale applications. The synergistic integration of smart materials (SMs) and digital twin (DT) technology, a core technical pathway for infrastructure carbon neutrality, has fostered continuous innovative applications and theoretical achievements. However, current research still... more

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