Alloys and Composites: Structural and Functional Applications, Third Edition

Dear Colleagues,

According to the constituent phases in alloys and composites, materials can exhibit various performance characteristics, emphasizing their great potential in different applications, such as aeronautics and astronautics, the automobile industry, and the electronic and electrical industries. Alloys and composites with high stiffness, high strength, and good ductility can be used as load-bearing components; those with high hardness and ductility can be used as cutting tools; and those with high corrosion resistance can be used as components in seawater or in a chemical atmosphere environment. On the other hand, the heating furnace needs heating components to have a high heat liberation rate and for heat insulation components to prevent heat loss.

The aim of this SI is to understand the basic principles of property design and tailoring in alloys and composites so they can be used as structural or functional materials. Materials of interest include amorphous alloys, high-entropy alloys, lightweight alloys, metal–matrix composites, ceramic–matrix composites, and polymer–matrix composites. To design and tailor macroscopic properties for structural or functional materials, such as macroscopic stiffness and strength, the phase constituent, volume fraction, and average size of each phase should be adequately investigated at interface bonding. A thorough understanding of how the composition and processing parameters influence macroscopic properties will help develop new breakthroughs in the field of alloys and composites and enable their use in different cases.

Dr. Wei Guo
Guest Editor

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