Obtaining and Characterization of New Materials

Dear Colleagues,

The main objective of this Special Issue is to publish outstanding papers presenting cutting-edge research in the field of new materials and their understanding.

At present, more and more obtaining procedures and technologies are available next to advanced characterization techniques.

The title of the Special Issue covers a wide range of topics: Obtaining and Characterization of New Materials, from nano to macro scale, involving new alloys, ceramics, composites, biomaterials, polymers, next to procedures and technologies for enhancing their structure, properties, and functions. In order to be able to select the future use of the new materials, we first must understand their structure, to know their characteristics, involving modern techniques such as microscopy (SEM, TEM, AFM, STM, etc.), spectroscopy (EDX, XRD, XRF, FTIR, XPS, etc.), mechanical tests (tensile, hardness, elastic modulus, toughness, etc.), their behavior (corrosion, thermal—DSC, STA, DMA, magnetic properties, biocompatibility—in vitro and in vivo), among many others.

Dr. Andrei Victor Sandu
Guest Editor

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