SEMS focuses on a wide variety of characteristic disciplines including Material Physics, Chemistry, Polymer Materials and Processing Engineering, Photoelectric Materials, Metal Materials and Processing Engineering, and InorganicNon-metallic Materials. Since 2021，SEMS has won 12 national/provincial-ministerial first prizes, 2 China Patent Silver Awards, 3 China Excellent Patent Awards, 2 Guangdong Patent Gold Awards, and 1 Guangdong Excellent Patent Award.