Advanced Lightweight Alloys: Architecture, Crystal Defects and Applications
A special issue of Materials (ISSN 1996-1944). This special issue belongs to the section "Metals and Alloys".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 January 2026 | Viewed by 4
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Interests: new energy materials; copper-based shape memory alloys; light alloys and advanced neutron breeding materials; material irradiation effects (damage, modification); material microstructure and crystal defects
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Dear Colleagues,
The reduction of materials and lightweighting of equipment play key roles in saving the limited natural resources and energy, which is a new trend arising with the progress of science and technology. Under this trend, the development, production, and application of light metal and alloys are becoming more and more important. These metals and alloys are materials with relatively low density and high strength-to-weight ratios, including lithium (Li), beryllium (Be), aluminum (Al), magnesium (Mg), titanium (Ti) and its alloys, etc. Light metal and its alloys are used widely in aerospace, automotive, architectural, lithographic, packaging, electrical, and electronic applications. For example, about 70% of commercial civil aircraft airframes are made from aluminum alloys, and civil aviation would not be economically viable without aluminum. Saving one kilogram of metal in the design and construction of an aircraft can result in significant weight savings, reduced construction costs, and lower total fuel requirements. Meanwhile, beryllium metal is used in aircraft components, missiles, spacecraft, satellites, gyroscope, scan mirrors, and sports equipment, as well as in electronics industries, as a structural and functional material because of its combination of high flexural rigidity, thermal stability, thermal conductivity, and low density. Light metals and their alloys have been the primary construction materials for the aircraft, aerospace, and transportation industries throughout most of their history. The development of high-performance light metals and their alloys, as well as the expansion of their applications, is closely related to their structural properties, especially crystal defects. Materials with high performance, stability, and low cost are critical for building up a synergetic effect to realize a sustainable future.
This Special Issue, entitled “Advanced Lightweight Alloys: Architecture, Crystal Defects and Applications”, aims to present recent advancements in various aspects related to materials design (especially microstructural design, including atomic-scale structural design and defect design), processes, and applications:
- The design of high-performance light metals and their alloys using empirical, theoretical, and computational methods, including atomic-scale structural design and defect design, DFT, Deep Learning, and so on.
- The development of advanced light metal and its alloys with high strength, high temperature resistance, corrosion resistance, and other excellent properties.
- The development of new process methods and heat treatment methods of light metal and alloys, including friction stir processing (FSP), additive manufacturing (AM), and related topics.
- The microstructural evolution and related mechanism exploration of light metal and alloys subjected to deformation, corrosion, creep, and other processes.
We are pleased to invite you to submit full research papers, communications, and review papers to this Special Issue.
Dr. Pingping Liu
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- light metals and alloys
- Li
- Be
- Al
- Mg
- Ti
- materials design
- crystal defects
- additive manufacturing
- friction stir welding
- microstructure
- strengthening mechanisms
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