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Electrochemical energy systems can successfully exploit beneficial characteristics of electrolyte and/or electrode membranes due to their intriguing peculiarities that make them well-established, standard components in devices such as fuel cells, electrolyzers, and flow batteries. Therefore, more and more researchers are attracted by these challenging yet important issues regarding the performance and behavior of the final device. This Special Issue of Membranes offers scientists and readers involved in these topics an appealing forum to bring and summarize the forthcoming Research & Development results, which stipulates that the composite electrolyte/electrode membranes should be tailored for lithium batteries and fuel cells. Various key aspects, such as synthesis/preparation of materials/components, investigation of the physicochemical and electrochemical properties, understanding of phenomena within the materials and electrolyte/electrode interface, and device manufacturing and performance, were presented and discussed using key research teams from internationally recognized experts in these fields.

ionic liquids --- N-butyl-N-methylpyrrolidinium bis(trifluoromethanesulfonyl)imide --- poly(ethyleneoxide) --- polymer electrolytes --- lithium polymer batteries --- PVDF --- copolymers --- battery separator --- lithium-ion batteries --- solid state battery --- thermoplastic polymer electrolyte --- ionic liquid --- sepiolite --- inorganic filler --- gel polymer electrolytes --- composites --- montmorillonite clays --- lithium batteries --- PFG-NMR --- self-diffusion coefficient --- blend polymers --- ion transport --- nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) --- gel polymer electrolyte --- electrospinning --- gravure printing --- printed batteries --- printed cathode --- multilayer --- Nafion --- CaTiO3-δ --- composite electrolyte --- succinonitrile --- electrolyte --- lithium ion batteries --- composite fibers --- mixtures --- n/a

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A gel is a state of matter that consists of a three-dimensional cross-linked polymer network and a large amount of solvent. Because of their structural characteristics, gels play important roles in science and technology. The science of gels has attracted much attention since the discovery of the volume phase transition by Professor Toyoichi Tanala at MIT in 1978. MDPI planned to publish a Special Issue in Gels to celebrate the 40th anniversary of this discovery, which received submissions of 13 original papers and one review from various areas of science. We believe that readers will find this Special Issue informative as to the recent advancements of gel research and the broad background of gel science.

delamination --- n/a --- fractal analysis --- buckling --- artificial hydrogel cartilage --- frictional property --- kinetic coefficient --- paint coating --- scaling analysis --- moving boundary picture --- XRD --- volume phase transition --- fracture --- fatigue --- crack --- gelation temperature --- xerogel --- swelling of thermosensitive gels --- copolymerization --- phase transition dynamics --- wetting --- poly (acryl amide) gel --- swelling --- sucrose --- anisotropic shape --- ice crystallization during rewarming --- micropipette aspiration --- microgel --- crosslink density (density of crosslinks) --- hydrogel --- Sephadex® (crosslinked dextran) --- sol-gel transition --- thermoresponsive property --- compression --- Brunauer-Emmett-Teller theory --- monomer sequence --- microcrystallite --- swelling behavior --- micrometric confinement --- wear --- light scattering --- X-ray CT --- co-crosslinking --- electrophoresis --- gel --- hysteresis --- ice grain --- effects of electric charge --- phase separation --- acrylamide derivative --- Barrett-Joyner-Halenda analysis --- temperature --- xylitol --- agarose gel --- spinodal temperature --- glassy water --- chemical gel --- blood coagulation --- poly(vinyl alcohol) --- pulse field gradient spin echo method of nuclear magnetic resonance (PFG-NMR) --- time domain reflectometry (TDR) of dielectric spectroscopy --- site-bond correlated-percolation model for polymer gelation --- spinodal decomposition --- adhesion --- janus particle --- wrinkle --- friction --- cloud point temperature --- drying --- gamma ray sterilization --- solvent exchange --- solids content --- solvent transport --- heterogeneous gelation dynamics --- PVA gel --- hydrogen bond