Advanced Materials Characterization
A section of Materials (ISSN 1996-1944).
Section Information
The section "Advanced Materials Characterization" focuses on contributions that have a significant component linked to the (advanced) structural characterization of solid materials. In many applications, the exact structure, crystal structure, position of the functional groups, and other structural parameters have a significant effect on the characteristics and properties of the material. These are commonly known as "structure–property" or "structure–activity" relationships.
Advanced spectroscopic techniques are able to describe the structure and configurations in materials in great detail. "Operando" spectroscopic techniques or hyphenated techniques are becoming more and more sophisticated. Synchrotron X-Ray techniques show the structure and the neighbors of any given atom in a material, and microscopic techniques are reaching atomic resolution. NMR and EPR and their multidimensional variants reveal more and more information about the proximity of neighboring atoms. Gas sorption techniques reveal pore sizes and pore shapes. Luminescence, electrochemistry, and photo-responsive measurements are just a few examples of the many tools scientists have to unravel the secrets of solid materials. Scientists specializing in modeling techniques are in constant interaction with experimentalists to get a deeper insight into solid material and its changes and interactions with other molecules or external triggers. Such insights allow scientists to truly "design" materials towards very specific properties or applications.
Contributions that can relate the structural and functional information of a material to its specific properties and characteristics are highly welcomed in this section, together with all papers that describe an important advancement of any solid-state characterization techniques. Additionally, modeling papers with experimental input are welcomed.
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Special Issues
Following special issues within this section are currently open for submissions:
- Microstructure Characterization of Materials: In Situ TEM Investigation (Deadline: 10 June 2022)
- Recent Developments in Fatigue and Wear Research and Processing Technologies for Various Materials to Meet the SDGs (Deadline: 10 June 2022)
- Material Analysis in Cultural Heritage (Deadline: 20 June 2022)
- Fractography of Engineered Materials (Deadline: 20 June 2022)
- Modeling and Analysis of Static, Dynamic, and Thermal Behavior of Shell, Plate, and Beam Structures (Deadline: 20 June 2022)
- Advances in Structure Analysis of Amorphous and Nanocrystalline Materials (Deadline: 20 June 2022)
- Fatigue and Fracture of Additively Manufactured Materials (Deadline: 20 June 2022)
- Advanced Electron Paramagnetic Resonance Spectroscopy for Structural Characterization (Deadline: 20 June 2022)
- Structural Health Monitoring for Civil Engineering Materials (Second Volume) (Deadline: 20 June 2022)
- An Overview of Recent Materials for Targeted Applications (Deadline: 20 June 2022)
- Obtaining and Characterization of New Materials, Volume II (Deadline: 30 June 2022)
- Advances in Cement, Lime and Concrete (Deadline: 30 June 2022)
- Effects of Temperature and Strain Rate on Steel Strengthening (Deadline: 30 June 2022)
- Dynamic Recrystallization Behaviors in Metals and Alloys (Deadline: 10 July 2022)
- Advanced Materials Insights: An Electron Microscopy Approach (Deadline: 10 July 2022)
- Advances in Structural Phase Transition and Physical Properties of Nanomaterials under High Pressure (Deadline: 10 July 2022)
- Advanced Composites: From Materials Characterization to Structural Application (Second Volume) (Deadline: 10 July 2022)
- Angle-Resolved Photoemission Spectroscopy and Materials Characterization (Deadline: 10 July 2022)
- Mechanical and Microstructural Characterizations of Deformation Mechanisms at Fine Scales (Deadline: 10 July 2022)
- Advances in Soft Materials (Deadline: 20 July 2022)
- Modelling of Damage and Fracture in Materials and Structures (Deadline: 20 July 2022)
- Structural and Thermal Properties of Polymeric Microspheres (Deadline: 20 July 2022)
- Dielectric Ceramics: Structure, Characterization, and Application (Deadline: 20 July 2022)
- Advances in Bone Material Characterization (Deadline: 10 August 2022)
- Surface Modification to Improve Properties of Material (Deadline: 10 August 2022)
- Design, Characterization and Applications of Advanced Rare Earth Materials (Deadline: 10 August 2022)
- Materials Dedicated for Armours and Protection Systems (Deadline: 20 August 2022)
- Multi-Scale Mechanics of Cementitious/Porous and Composite-Based Materials (Deadline: 20 August 2022)
- Applied Engineering Materials: Development, Characterization, Statistical Analysis, Simulation, and Soft Computing (Deadline: 20 August 2022)
- Advances in Surface Topography Measurement and Analysis (Deadline: 20 August 2022)
- Failure Mechanisms and Fatigue Life Prediction of Engineering Structures (Deadline: 20 August 2022)
- Magnetic, Electronic and Mechanical Properties of Advanced Two Dimensional Materials and Heterostructures (Deadline: 28 August 2022)
- Advances in Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy and Materials Characterization (Deadline: 10 September 2022)
- Structural Analysis and Material Characterization in Aviation and Aerospace (Deadline: 10 September 2022)
- Structure, Magnetocaloric Properties, and Thermodynamic Modeling of Alloys (Deadline: 10 September 2022)
- Progress in Optical Characterization of Semiconductor Nanomaterials and Devices (Deadline: 20 September 2022)
- Microstructure and the Mechanical and Physical Properties of Light Metal Materials (Deadline: 20 September 2022)
- Laser-Assisted Processing of Alloys and Metal Surface Layers (Deadline: 20 September 2022)
- Experimental Techniques and Artificial Intelligence for the Structural Health Monitoring of Composite Materials (Deadline: 20 September 2022)
- Sustainability in Fiber Composites (Deadline: 20 September 2022)
- Advanced Characterization Techniques on Nuclear Fuels and Materials (Deadline: 20 September 2022)
- On the Residual Strength and Damage Identification of Damaged Composite Structure (Deadline: 20 September 2022)
- Structure Property Relationship of Polymeric Materials (Deadline: 20 September 2022)
- Advanced Microstructural Characterizations of Biomaterials and Scaffolds (Deadline: 10 October 2022)
- Advances in Processing and Characterization of Mineral Materials (Deadline: 10 October 2022)
- Characterization and Properties of Thermal Barrier Coatings (Deadline: 10 October 2022)
- Phase Transformation and Properties of Metals and Alloys (Deadline: 10 October 2022)
- Carbohydrates: Origin and Destination of New Materials (Deadline: 10 October 2022)
- Deformation Analysis and Modeling of Engineering Materials (Deadline: 10 October 2022)
- Measurement of the Environmental Impact of Materials (Deadline: 20 October 2022)
- Advances in Structural Analysis of Materials: Finite Element Modeling (Deadline: 20 October 2022)
- Molecular and Metal Complexes on Graphene (Deadline: 20 October 2022)
- Multi-Material Additive Manufacturing for Advanced High-Tech Components (Deadline: 20 October 2022)
- Mechanical and Thermal Characteristics Investigations of Nanoparticles for Various Engineering Applications (Deadline: 10 November 2022)
- Erosion Resistance of Materials (Deadline: 10 November 2022)
- Mechanics and Analysis of Advanced Materials and Structures (Deadline: 10 November 2022)
- Thermal, Mechanical and Dielectric Properties of Polymers and Polymer-Based Composites (Deadline: 10 November 2022)
- Microscopy in Material Science: Imaging, Analytics, and New Materials (Deadline: 20 November 2022)
- Smart Non-destructive Testing and Inspection of Engineering Materials (Deadline: 20 November 2022)
- Research and Modeling of Materials Fatigue and Fracture (Deadline: 20 November 2022)
- Advanced Materials and Approaches for Waste Treatment (Deadline: 20 November 2022)
- Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Solders (Deadline: 20 November 2022)
- X-ray Diffraction（XRD）for Hydroxyapatite (Deadline: 20 November 2022)
- Novel Acoustic Methods for the Characterization, Modeling and Nondestructive Testing of Materials: From Infrasonic to Ultrasonic (Deadline: 20 November 2022)
- Sol-Gel Materials for Sustainable Application (Deadline: 20 November 2022)
- Acoustic Properties of Materials (Deadline: 20 November 2022)
- Magnetostriction, Spectrometry and Magnetic Behavior of Materials (Deadline: 20 November 2022)
- 4D X-ray Computed Tomography for Material Science (Deadline: 20 November 2022)
- Pigments between Antiquity and Modernity (Deadline: 20 November 2022)
- Structural Health Monitoring of Composite Materials (Deadline: 10 December 2022)
- Mass Spectrometry in Materials Science (Deadline: 10 December 2022)
- Advanced Techniques for Materials Characterization (Deadline: 20 December 2022)
- Imaging and Microstructure Analyses in Archaeological Materials (Deadline: 20 December 2022)
- Multiple Thermal Characterizations in Materials Science (Deadline: 20 December 2022)
- Microscopy Techniques in Advanced Materials (Deadline: 20 December 2022)
- Engineering Materials in Extreme Environments (Deadline: 20 December 2022)
- Novel Thermal Barrier Coating Materials (Deadline: 20 December 2022)
- The Abrasive Wear Processes of Modern Materials Used in Working Elements (Deadline: 20 December 2022)
- Behavior of Metallic and Composite Structures (Third Volume) (Deadline: 31 December 2022)
- Advanced Materials for Multifunctional Applications (Deadline: 31 December 2022)
- Mechanics of Fabrics and Composites (Deadline: 10 January 2023)
- Advances in Conducting and Semiconducting Materials (Deadline: 20 January 2023)
- Dynamically Tunable Metasurfaces (Deadline: 10 February 2023)
- Advances in Structural Health Monitoring for Infrastructures (Deadline: 20 February 2023)
- Ion Beam Analysis (IBA) and Applications (Deadline: 20 February 2023)
- Fabrications and Characterization of Different Glasses Systems (Deadline: 20 February 2023)
- Advanced Design for Smart Energy Harvesting, Sensing and Electronics (Deadline: 20 February 2023)
- Electromagnetic Nondestructive Testing (Deadline: 10 March 2023)
- Analysis and Design of Structures and Materials (Deadline: 20 March 2023)
- Mechanical Properties of Polymeric, Metallic, and Composite Materials (Deadline: 10 May 2023)
