Materials Characterization: Performance, Environmentally Friendly and ESG Practices

Nowadays, there is a great preoccupation with developing materials associated with planned, desired performance (mechanical behavior, corrosion resistance, etc.) and lowest manufacturing costs. Certain materials provide these characteristics, but their corresponding manufacturing route is reasonably complex and/or involves expensive processing routes. Based on these aspects, from the scientific and technological point of view, the triad of manufacturing route, properties and cost/environmental characteristics should be essential in project planning. When manufacturing in partnerships with industry, synergistic gains are perceived throughout the manufacturing chain, and positive impacts in both environmental and social terms are attained. In this proposed Special Issue, a wide set of manuscripts and investigations are expected to focus on the aforementioned aspects. With this, investigations proposing distinctive manufacturing stages demonstrating yields, economic gains, and differentiated properties are invited. The modifications and increases in mechanical strength, corrosion resistance, ductility, biocompatibility, and other notable or outstanding characteristics are welcome. Certain characterization techniques to demonstrate the resulting properties that require less complexity of the sample preparation and execution time, also associated with ESG aspects, are also welcome in this section.

Dr. Wislei Riuper Osório
Guest Editor

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• environmentally friendly materials
• characterization
• performance
• mechanical behavior
• distinctive manufacturing routes
• economical production