Advanced Light Metals: Microstructure, Properties, and Applications
A special issue of Coatings (ISSN 2079-6412). This special issue belongs to the section "Surface Characterization, Deposition and Modification".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 March 2025) | Viewed by 969
Special Issue Editors
Interests: titanium alloys; TiAl and FeAl-based alloys; methods production and processing of metals alloys; materials structure; phase transformation
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Interests: TiAl-based alloys; conventional titanium alloys; titanium alloys with carbon; light metal alloys; high entropy alloys; cyclic heat treatment; microstructure; properties
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
In recent years, the demand for advanced alloys has been steadily increasing across various industries, driven by the need for materials that can meet the high requirements of modern applications. The aerospace, automotive, electronic, building, sport and medicine sectors, among others, are continually seeking alloys with superior performance characteristics to enhance their specific strength; corrosion, fatigue, creep and wear resistance; and thermal stability, formability, machinability, and weldability, as well as their cost effectiveness and environmental and health safety. New light alloys are able to meet these requirements, and as industries continue to evolve and new technological challenges arise, the development of high-performance light metal alloys has become increasingly important.
For this Special Issue, we welcome submissions on investigations focused on novel light metal alloys and composites with properties superior to those currently in use, including those used as coatings as well as those containing light elements like scandium, lithium, yttrium or alkaline earth metals to improve the properties and reduce the weight of products.
In this Special Issue, original research articles and reviews are welcome. Research areas may include (but are not limited to) the following:
- Innovations in alloy composition;
- New methods for alloy production and processing;
- Characterization of microstructures using modern techniques, as well as microstructural modelling and simulations;
- Relationships between microstructure and properties of light metal alloys;
- Innovative or potential applications;
- Environmental impact and recycling.
We highly encourage you to share your research findings and insights with the scientific community through this Special Issue.
We look forward to receiving your contributions.
Prof. Dr. Wojciech Szkliniarz
Prof. Dr. Agnieszka Szkliniarz
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- advanced light alloys
- metal-based composites
- advanced manufacturing methods
- innovative processing technics
- application
- microstructures and properties
- recycling
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