Design, Processing and Properties of High Entropy Ceramics

Dear Colleagues,

The present Special Issue aims to collect insightful papers on the latest development of high entropy ceramics, which are attracting increasing research interests within the materials science community, for a broad range of applications. High entropy materials have been conceived about twenty years ago when a novel approach based on the combination of multiple elements in the equimolar ratio was proposed to design new metallic alloys. High entropy alloys have shown outstanding mechanical properties, and excellent high temperature and chemical stability. Subsequently, the concept of high entropy design has been successfully applied to ceramics, and a considerable amount of high entropy oxides, nitrides and carbides have been developed, with better properties compared to their traditional counterparts. Nowadays, the field of high entropy ceramics is continuously expanding because of the vast amount of elemental combinations that can be realized to obtain new materials with outstanding properties. High entropy ceramics offer significant advantages for various application sectors, including aerospace, energy conversion and storage, catalysis, tribology, and corrosion engineering, among others.

This Special Issue will be focused on all aspects of high entropy ceramics, including the rational design criteria, fabrication methods, properties, and applications. Original contributions in the form of short communications, full-length articles, and reviews to share and disseminate the latest studies on all types of high entropy ceramics are specifically suitable for this compilation.

Dr. Giuseppe Viola
Guest Editor

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