Progress in Metal Matrix Composites: Design, Processing and Application (2nd Edition)
A special issue of Materials (ISSN 1996-1944). This special issue belongs to the section "Metals and Alloys".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 December 2024) | Viewed by 2663
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Interests: solidificaiton; casting; Al/Mg alloys and composites; ultrasound; metal-air battery
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Interests: metal matrix composites; lightweight alloys; casting; hot process; strength-toughness; corrosion behavior
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Metal matrix composites (MMCs) have great application potential in space technology, aerospace, electronic packaging, and the automotive industry because of their excellent mechanical and physical properties, such as high strength/modulus, wear and creep resistance, excellent damping, reduced thermal expansion, excellent electrical conductivity and thermal conductivity, etc. MMCs consist of reinforcements in the form of fibers, whiskers, or particles as well as types of matrices, such as Al, Mg, Cu, Ti, Fe, Ni, Zn, intermetallic compound matrices and others.
Nowadays, MMCs are developed toward higher strength, good ductility or toughness, and multi-functional properties in order to meet the increased social demands of their wide application. For this purpose, attempts have been focused on multi-scale and architecture design, novel fabrication methods, advanced processing/characterization techniques, and clarifying related mechanisms of MMCs.
The aim of this Special Issue is to understand the basic principles of design, processing, and application, as well as new progress and findings in the fields of advanced MMCs. The articles presented in this Special Issue will cover various topics on MMCs, including, but not limited to, the following:
- Multi-scale and architecture design;
- Novel fabrication methods and advanced characterization techniques;
- Interface modification;
- Computer modeling and simulation for architecture, interface, and service performance;
- Corrosion, tribological, physical, and mechanical behaviors;
- Understanding the relationship between microstructure and properties.
The first volume of this Special Issue received widespread attention from scholars and included many excellent contributions. In view of this, we would like to create a second volume to continue collecting feature papers.
It is our pleasure to invite you to submit your article to this Special Issue. We look forward to receiving your paper for the Special Issue ”Progress in Metal Matrix Composites: Design, Processing and Application” of the MDPI journal Materials.
Prof. Dr. Zhiwei Liu
Dr. Peng Xiao
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- metal matrix composites
- interface
- strengthening–toughening
- multi-scale
- architecture design
- corrosion
- tribology
- physical and mechanical behaviors
- computer modeling and simulation
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