Processing and Microstructure Design of Advanced Ceramics
A special issue of Materials (ISSN 1996-1944). This special issue belongs to the section "Advanced and Functional Ceramics and Glasses".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 October 2025 | Viewed by 52
Special Issue Editors
Interests: pore structure of ceramics; novel processing of ceramics; nanofibrous aerogels; multifunctional fiber-based materials; ceramic membrane
2. Hebei Key Laboratory of Diagnosis, Reconstruction and Anti-Disaster of Civil Engineering, Zhangjiakou 075000, China
Interests: principles and methods for improving the thermoelectric performance of SiC: a potential high-temperature thermoelectric material
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Ceramics are important structural materials used in a wide range of engineering applications in extreme environments, e.g., high-temperature filtration, separation, catalysts, and aerospace. The properties and performance of ceramic products are strongly dependent on the microstructure, such as pore structure, crystalline size and orientation, grain boundary, etc., while the processing methodology is critically important for optimizing their microstructure and achieving an advanced design, thus contributing to the regulation of mechanical, magnetic, optic, electrical, and thermal properties. Therefore, the correlation between the processing method, microstructure, and performance should be thoroughly investigated and understood.
This Special Issue aims to report experimental, theoretical, and numerical studies that could result in the improvement of mechanical, magnetic, optic, electrical, and thermal properties and discuss the correlation between processing, microstructure, and performance.
Dr. Bo Ren
Dr. Haiyang Chen
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- ceramics
- engineering application
- microstructure
- mechanical properties
- thermal properties
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