High-Entropy Alloys in New Technological Applications
A special issue of Materials (ISSN 1996-1944). This special issue belongs to the section "Manufacturing Processes and Systems".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (10 July 2022) | Viewed by 9899
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Over the past decade, a radically new alloying strategy has emerged with the enormous potential to make a great impact on the way materials are developed today. Traditionally, metallurgists have added small amounts of certain elements to tailor the properties of an alloy with one principal element. Even though properties can effectively be modified this way, the approach in itself is very limiting. The new alloying strategy involves the combination of multiple principal components in relatively high concentrations, which gives rise to the so-called high-entropy alloys. Because, in recent years, the progress with traditional materials has slowed down, researchers are now looking for alternative solutions. High-entropy alloys can potentially provide unique tailored solutions due to the large number of possible combinations of elements to create new materials with improved properties. Particularly, the possibility of overcoming dilemmas and barriers associated with traditional alloys, such as strength ductility trade-offs, makes high-entropy alloys a very exciting type of materials. The challenges to overcome come from the great number of possible element combinations to form high-entropy alloys. Hence, the combined efforts of experimental work and computational modeling is needed for these materials to reach their full potential. The growing relevance of these materials has been broadly recognized, and recently, they have been identified as the number one topic of the upcoming decades. This Special Issue reviews the latest technological applications and advances of high-entropy alloys.
Dr. Raquel Lizárraga
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- high-entropy alloys
- first principles theory
- mechanical properties
- thermodynamical properties
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