Additive Manufacturing of Metal Matrix Composite Materials and Light Alloys
A special issue of Materials (ISSN 1996-1944). This special issue belongs to the section "Metals and Alloys".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 June 2026 | Viewed by 4
Special Issue Editors
Interests: metal additive manufacturing; structural fire engineering; high-performance metal structures
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Dear Colleagues,
Metal matrix composites (MMCs) and advanced alloys offer superior mechanical and physical properties, including high specific strength, stiffness, and wear resistance, making them essential for demanding applications. However, conventional manufacturing methods often struggle with challenges related to inhomogeneous reinforcement distribution and poor interfacial bonding, thereby limiting their full potential. Additive manufacturing (AM) has emerged as a transformative technology, enabling the fabrication of MMCs and advanced alloys with unprecedented design freedom, complex geometries, and tailored microstructures.
This Special Issue will focus on emerging concepts and recent advances related to the additive manufacturing of metal matrix composite materials and other advanced alloys, as well as on characterisation of their properties, performance, and applications in engineering disciplines.
Potential topics include, but are not limited to, the following:
- MMC and advanced alloy feedstock development (e.g., Al, Ti, Ni, steel, high-entropy alloys);
- Process optimisation and control for powder bed fusion (PBF), directed energy deposition (DED), and other AM techniques;
- Microstructure evolution, characterisation, and property relationships;
- Mechanical properties of AM alloys, including strength, stiffness, fatigue, fracture, and wear resistance;
- Modelling and simulation of AM process and alloy materials;
- Novel applications of AM alloys in aerospace, automotive, biomedical, and civil engineering;
- In situ process monitoring, quality control, and machine learning integration;
- Sustainability, recycling, and life cycle assessment of AM MMCs and advanced alloys.
This Special Issue will provide a comprehensive overview of recent advances and future perspectives in the field of AM alloys. We invite you to contribute to this Special Issue by submitting a paper related to the themes listed above.
Prof. Dr. Yao Sun
Guest Editor
Dr. Xi Chen
Guest Editor Assistant
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Keywords
- additive manufacturing
- metal matrix composites
- powder bed fusion
- directed energy deposition
- microstructure
- mechanical properties
- modelling and simulation
- applications in engineering
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