Microstructure Engineering of Metals and Alloys, Volume II

Dear Colleagues,

After our successful first volume of the Special Issue “Microstructure Engineering of Metals and Alloys”, we decided to make the special issue as a collection on this topic. Metals and alloys are materials that combine high mechanical properties such as strength, ductility, and stiffness with high physical properties such as electrical and thermal conductivity. These materials are generally split into ferrous (steels and cast irons) and non-ferrous alloys (aluminum, magnesium, titanium, copper, nickel, zinc, and others).

Both materials’ structures are formed of one, two, or more phases, and structural defects (vacancies, dislocations, grain boundaries, and others) affect their properties. Therefore, microstructure engineering is an effective approach to achieve the desired performance of metals and alloys. Moreover, this topic attracts researchers all around the globe who focus on different aspects of structure formation, including processing, alloying, and tailoring of a production condition.

Metallic microstructure observation is commonly carried out using an optical microscope. However, from the middle of the 20th century, electron microscopy (EM) became a more effective structural evaluation method. Microstructure characterization with EM makes a “deep view” into the metal available. Thus, recent progress in understanding the structural formation of some metals may be referred to as the development and implementation of electron microscopy. However, this tool is not exclusive; other available techniques are also valuable in understanding the metallic structure. Thus, X-ray and electron diffraction analysis is responsible for phase detection, and electron backscatter diffraction provides crystallographic information.

The scope of the Special Issue will focus on recent innovations in the microstructure engineering of metals and alloys. Topics include, but are not limited to:

• Ferrous and non-ferrous alloys
• Metals fabrication
• Alloying and modification
• Microstructural evaluation
• Optical and electron microscopy
• Coatings and surfaces
• Metal joining processes
• Modeling and simulation of metallic materials

I invite you to submit a manuscript, which can be a full paper, communication, or a review of this Special Issue.

Dr. Konstantin Borodianskiy
Guest Editor

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