Tribological Performance of High-Entropy Alloys
A special issue of Lubricants (ISSN 2075-4442).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 April 2026 | Viewed by 325
Special Issue Editors
Interests: high entropy alloys; wear; lubricants; castings
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The recent increase in industrial and commercial development has significantly increased the demand for metals with mechanical properties superior to those of conventional alloys. High-entropy alloys (HEAs), defined by their multi-principal element composition, have demonstrated remarkable properties such as enhanced thermal stability, high hardness and strength, excellent ductility, and exceptional resistance to wear and corrosion. More recently, medium-entropy alloys (MEAs) have emerged as promising alternatives. MEAs offer a balance between performance and density, exhibiting improved mechanical properties, lower weight, and, in some cases, superior corrosion resistance and thermal stability compared to both conventional alloys and HEAs. These attributes make these alloys highly attractive for critical applications in the automotive, aerospace, and power generation sectors, spurring intensified research efforts to optimize their composition, microstructure, and functional performance.
High-Entropy Alloys (HEAs):
- Multi-principal element alloys;
- Medium entropy alloys (MEAs);
- Solid solution strengthening;
- Phase stability;
- Severe plastic deformation;
- Microstructure evolution;
- Refractory HEAs;
- Lightweight HEAs;
- High-temperature materials;
- Mechanical properties;
- Corrosion resistance;
- Entropic stabilization;
- Precipitation hardening;
- Grain refinement.
Wear Resistance:
- Tribological properties;
- Surface hardness;
- Abrasive wear;
- Adhesive wear;
- Oxidative wear;
- Sliding wear;
- Erosion resistance;
- Friction coefficient;
- Surface engineering;
- Coating performance;
- Load-bearing capacity;
- Subsurface deformation;
- Wear mechanisms;
- Hardness-to-modulus ratio.
Lubricants and Tribology:
- Boundary lubrication;
- Solid lubricants (e.g., MoS2, graphite);
- Lubrication regime;
- Self-lubricating materials;
- Anti-wear additives;
- Tribofilm formation;
- High-temperature lubrication;
- Friction modifiers;
- Nano-lubricants;
- Synergistic lubrication;
- Wear debris analysis;
- Tribo-chemical interactions.
Prof. Dr. Arturo Juárez-Hernández
Prof. Dr. Denis Ariel Avila Salgado
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- high-entropy alloys
- wear
- lubricants
- castings
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