High-Strength Lightweight Alloys: Innovations and Advancements
A special issue of Materials (ISSN 1996-1944). This special issue belongs to the section "Metals and Alloys".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 5 October 2025 | Viewed by 458
Special Issue Editors
Interests: alloy design and development; lightweight alloys; multiscale microstructure characterization; deformation behaviour; sustainable materials; high entropy alloys; magnesium alloys and composites
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Lightweight, high-strength alloys are at the forefront of modern materials science, playing a crucial role in engineering and industrial applications in aerospace, automotive, defense, and energy sectors. These materials address the growing demand for stronger, more durable, and sustainable solutions while reducing weight for improved efficiency and performance. Key classes of high-strength lightweight alloys include aluminum, titanium, and magnesium alloys, along with multi-principal element alloys. Recent advancements in this field focus on innovative alloy design strategies, microstructural engineering, and novel processing techniques to enhance mechanical properties. Additionally, understanding deformation mechanisms at different length scales is critical for tailoring the mechanical behavior of these alloys. Moreover, computational modeling is increasingly used to predict microstructure–property relationships, accelerating the discovery of new alloys with superior performance.
This Special Issue aims to showcase recent breakthroughs in high-strength lightweight alloys, covering design innovations, processing advancements, deformation behavior, and computational modeling approaches to drive progress in materials for next-generation engineering applications. We invite original contributions in this field.
Dr. Reshma Sonkusare
Dr. Rupesh Chafle
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- high-strength lightweight
- alloy designing
- processing
- microstructural engineering
- material characterization
- deformation mechanisms
- computational modeling
- sustainability
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