在过去的十年中，人们为航空航天、交通运输和土木工程应用开发了多种智能材料和结构。此外，越来越多的趋势将智能材料与纳米技术相结合，开发新型材料或结构，用于传感器、执行器、生物材料、多功能材料、结构健康监测等。智能材料与纳米技术的结合提供了许多优势，实现了传统工程无法实现的新颖设计，也带来了更大的机遇和挑战。 《国际智能和纳米材料杂志》的中心目标是发表与智能和纳米材料及其应用这一引人注目的研究领域相关的原始结果、批判性评论、技术讨论和书评。我们相信，在该杂志上发表的论文将提供前沿信息和指导性的研究指导，鼓励更多的科学家为这个充满活力的研究领域做出贡献。

In the last decade, a wide range of smart materials and structures have been developed for aerospace, transportation, and civil engineering applications. Furthermore, there is an increased tendency to integrate smart materials with nanotechnology to develop novel materials or structures for the applications in sensors, actuators, biomaterials, multifunctional materials, structural health monitoring, etc. The combination of smart materials and nanotechnology provides many advantages, realizes novel designs that could not be achieved in traditional engineering, and also offers greater opportunities as well as challenges. The central aim of International Journal of Smart and Nano Materials is to publish original results, critical reviews, technical discussion and book reviews related to this compelling research field: smart and nano materials, and their applications. We believe that the papers published in this journal will provide cutting edge information and instructive research guidance, encouraging more scientists to make their contribution to this dynamic research field.