Microstructure and Characterization for Metals/Alloys
A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Materials Science and Engineering".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 July 2026
Special Issue Editor
Interests: material characterization; surface engineering; synthesis
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Microstructure knowledge is one aspect of the science of materials that is concerned with the relationships among the processing, structure, and properties. The microstructure determines the chemical, physical, thermal, and mechanical properties of the engineering materials and hence limits their engineering performance. The characterization of metals and alloys reflects the need to know their different properties to design or manufacture better components. Due to this, it is necessary to know the internal microstructure of engineering materials that include chemistry, crystallography, and structural morphology. This Special Issue aims to explore microstructures that are produced by some new processes and exhibit excellent properties. Through optical metallography, X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy/electron backscatter diffraction, transmission electron microscopy, scanning transmission electron microscopy, energy dispersive spectroscopy, etc., microstructure and characterization for metals and alloys bring about new findings. The related metals and alloys for the subjects include (but are not limited to) titanium, aluminum, alloy steels, stainless steels, light metals (aluminum alloys, magnesium alloys, and titanium alloys), high-entropy alloys, etc.
Prof. Dr. Ariosto Medina
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- microstructure
- characterization
- metals
- alloys
- high-entropy alloys
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