Advanced Materials under Extreme Conditions

Dear Colleagues,

Today’s advanced technologies (nuclear fusion and new-generation fission reactors, high-powered lasers, concentrated solar power, high-temperature turbines, machinery, aerospace applications, etc.) demand materials that are able to operate under extreme conditions. These extreme conditions include high-radiation environments, high temperature, large thermal loads, aggressive chemical environments, high pressure, and high electric and magnetic fields. Sometimes, many materials are required to operate under a combination of two or more of the previously described conditions (e.g., in nuclear fusion reactors, plasma-facing materials have to simultaneously withstand high radiation and thermal loads, in cutting tools the high abrasive environment is accompanied by high temperatures). Materials operating under these extreme conditions deteriorate, and typically their failure dictates the device/facility lifetime.

Understanding the behavior of materials under extreme conditions, as well as the origin, peculiarities, and consequences of their degradation, is essential to increase their service lifetime and to develop new materials with improved properties. It is important to mention that understanding this degradation typically implies the assessment of the evolution of multiscale damage.

This Special Issue will address, but will not be limited to, the following topics:

• Experimental characterization and multiscale computer simulations on materials working under extreme environments.
• Characterization and modelling of the damage produced in materials when working under extreme conditions.
• Fabrication and characterization of advanced materials with improved properties to withstand these harsh working conditions.
• In-service characterization techniques.
• New fabrication methods for advanced materials manufacturing to work under extreme environments.
• Nanomaterials under extreme environments.

It is my pleasure to invite you to submit a manuscript for this Special Issue. Full papers, communications, and reviews are all welcome.

Dr. Raquel González-Arrabal
Guest Editor

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• high radiation
• liquid metal corrosion
• protective hard coatings for tribological applications
• high pressure
• high temperature and thermal loads
• modeling of materials under extreme environments