Advanced Manufacturing, Microstructure Engineering, and Multifunctional Applications of Modern Alloys and Composites
A Special Issue of Materials (ISSN 1996-1944) belonging to the section "Metals and Alloys".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 December 2026 | Viewed by 1718
Editors
Interests: shape memory alloys; Ti-based alloys; semiconductor thin films; biomedical alloys
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
This Special Issue aims to showcase recent advances in the processing, microstructure engineering, and multifunctional applications of modern alloys and composites. Focus areas include shape memory alloys (SMAs), porous titanium-based biomaterials, and advanced manufacturing routes such as powder metallurgy, additive manufacturing, and severe plastic deformation.
SMAs (NiTi, FeMnAlNi) offer unique thermomechanical properties including superelasticity, shape memory effect, and high damping capacity – making them suitable not only for biomedical stents and actuators but also for seismic damping devices in civil engineering. Porous Ti-based alloys (TiNb, TiNbSn, TiZr, TiNbZr) are increasingly important for orthopedic and dental implants due to their low elastic modulus, corrosion resistance, and osseointegration capability. Furthermore, semiconductor thin films (ZnO, GaAs/Si) and diffusion-bonded dissimilar material couples (Ti-6Al-4V/steel) are included to reflect the growing demand for multifunctional material systems.
Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Martensitic transformation, phase stability, and damping capacity of NiTi and FeMnAlNi SMAs;
- Thermomechanical cyclic stability and superelastic response;
- Powder metallurgy, additive manufacturing, and severe plastic deformation of porous Ti-based alloys;
- Biocompatibility, corrosion behavior, and in vitro/in vivo evaluation;
- Diffusion bonding of Ti-6Al-4V to steel and other dissimilar systems;
- Semiconductor thin films (ZnO, GaAs/Si) for electronic and photonic applications;
- Microstructure–property relationships using DSC, XRD, SEM‑EDS, TEM, and mechanical testing;
- New alloy design strategies (Ti-rich NiTi, CuSn, CuSnMn, MgAl, …);
- Seismic damping and civil engineering applications of SMAs;
- Ceramic materials.
Both original research articles and comprehensive reviews are welcome. This Special Issue seeks to foster cross-disciplinary collaboration among materials scientists, physicists, chemists, mechanical engineers, and civil engineers.
Prof. Dr. Mehmet Kaya
Guest Editor
Dr. Ömer Çakmak
Guest Editor Assistant
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Keywords
- shape memory alloys
- NiTi
- FeMnAlNi
- porous biomaterials
- Ti-based alloys
- powder metallurgy
- additive manufacturing
- severe plastic deformation
- martensitic transformation
- damping capacity
- biocompatibility
- semiconductor materials
- diffusion bonding
- seismic damping
- Fe-based alloys
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