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Microstructure and Properties of Steel Materials

edited by

Shilong Liu

Yishuang Yu

, Qizhe Ye and

Yangxin Wang

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 75 | Submission Open

Keywords: steel; microstructure; phase transformation; mechanical properties; corrosion; hydrogen embrittlement; materials processing; additive manufacturing; machine learning

(This special issue belongs to the Section Crystalline Metals and Alloys)

Functional Nanomaterials for Electrochemical Sensing and Energy Storage

edited by

Justina Gaidukevic

and

Ruta Rasike

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 36 | Submission Open

Keywords: graphene-based materials; layered double hydroxide (LDH); conductive polymers; hybrid nanocomposites; electrochemical sensing; energy storage

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hybrid and Composite Crystalline Materials)

Applications of Additive Manufacturing and Numerical Simulation in High-Performance Metallic Materials

edited by Yunwei Gui and

Umberto Prisco

submission deadline 20 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 36 | Submission Open

Keywords: additive manufacturing; numerical simulation; high-performance metals; multi-physics modeling; experimental validation; process-microstructure-property relationships; topology optimization; residual stress; digital twin; powder bed fusion

(This special issue belongs to the Section Crystalline Metals and Alloys)

Applications of Crystalline Materials in Elastocaloric Devices

edited by

Claudia Masselli

Adriana Greco

and

Luca Cirillo

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 61 | Submission Open

Keywords: elastocaloric; shape memory alloys; austenite– martensite transformations; solid-state cooling; solid-state heat pumping

(This special issue belongs to the Section Materials for Energy Applications)

Research in Magnesium-Based Alloys

edited by Shifeng Luo,

Xinyu Yang

, Yan Wang and Xiao Lei

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 13 | Submission Open

Keywords: high-strength Mg alloys; thermal conductivity; texture; heterogeneous structure; LPSO phase; hot extrusion; dynamic recrystallization; creep

(This special issue belongs to the Section Crystalline Metals and Alloys)

Advances in Optoelectronic Materials

edited by Mourad Boutahir and El Mehdi El Khattabi

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 6 | Submission Open

Keywords: two-dimensional materials; DFT; CVD

(This special issue belongs to the Section Materials for Energy Applications)

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