Architected Lattice and Composite Materials: Multiscale Design, Manufacturing, and Applications
A special issue of Materials (ISSN 1996-1944). This special issue belongs to the section "Advanced Composites".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 August 2026 | Viewed by 1
Special Issue Editor
Interests: solid and structural mechanics; lattice materials; multifunctional metamaterials; fluid–structure interaction; multiscale mechanics; structural optimization in multi-physics applications
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Hybrid materials, including architected lattice materials and composites, have emerged as promising solutions for next-generation lightweight and high-performance engineering systems. Their unique mechanical, thermal, and multifunctional properties originate from precisely designed architectures across multiple length scales, from material microstructure, unit-cell topology, and mesoscale arrangement to structural-scale integration.
Recent advances in additive manufacturing, topology and multiscale optimization, computational design, and data-driven modeling enabled unprecedented control over geometry, composition, and multifunctionality. These developments have opened new frontiers in aerospace structures, mechanical metamaterials, energy absorption systems, biomedical implants, thermal management systems, and beyond.
This Special Issue of Materials, entitled “Architected Lattice and Composite Materials: Multiscale Design, Manufacturing, and Applications,” seeks to collect recent academic achievements in the design, modeling, manufacturing, and characterization of architected lattice materials and advanced composites. Topics of interest include (but are not limited to) the following:
- Multiscale mechanical and multifunctional properties of architected lattices;
- Additive and hybrid manufacturing of lattices and composites;
- Composite–lattice integration, hierarchically structured materials;
- Topology, shape, multiscale, and multi-objective optimization;
- Multiphysics modeling, simulation, and reduced-order modeling;
- Experimental characterization and validation;
- Lattice-based structural and biomedical applications;
- Thermal, acoustic, energy absorption, crashworthiness, and vibration control systems;
- Data-driven and AI-assisted design of architected materials;
- Lattice composites and metamaterials for transportation (aerospace, automotive, and marine), defense, and biomedical applications.
Research papers, review articles, and short communications are welcome. Please indicate in your cover letter that your submission is intended for this Special Issue.
We hope you will consider contributing your latest research in this exciting and rapidly developing field.
Dr. Mostafa S. A. ElSayed
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- architected lattice materials
- composite materials
- additive manufacturing
- topology optimization
- multiscale optimization
- multi-objective optimization
- mechanical metamaterials
- data-driven design
- multiscale modelling
- experimental characterization
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