Development and Modification of New or Recycled Materials and Technological Processes toward Sustainable Development

Dear Colleagues,

Currently, the relationship between sustainable development and circular economy is being intensively discussed. Even if the relationships between these concepts are not explicitly expressed, their common goal is undoubtedly a sustainable society. The basis of this understanding is that natural resources provide inputs for the production and consumption of materials and products, and at the same time, after the end of their useful life, they serve as a stock of materials in the form of waste. This results in clear dependence on the circular economy, sustainable development, and the quality of the environment.

A very important area in this issue is advanced material research as well as technological development, the basis of which is the development and production of sustainable products and processes. The development, modification, and recycling of materials are an integral part of circular economy and sustainability strategies. The importance is also evident in the increasing adoption of these terms in scientific-academic, industrial, and economic fields.

The aim of this Special Issue is to publish original research articles in areas related to the development and modification of new as well as recycled materials and their application possibilities. At the same time, studies focused on innovative technological methods for the processing and recovery of industrially important metals and their alloys, non-metallic materials and composites are also welcome. Additionally, innovative procedures for testing, increasing efficiency, and optimizing processes, aim to recover materials to improve the sustainability of earth's resources. Research in the field of any kind of materials will result in the improvement of the mechanical, chemical, electrical, magnetic, acoustic, and thermal properties of the materials, as well as the understanding of the interrelationship between the composition, structure, and properties of a material. Contributions that use the methods of multicriteria analysis or LCA assessment for comparing products and processes with a focus on environmental, technological, and economic aspects and impacts will also be greatly appreciated.

The scope is designed for scientific and engineering fields such as materials, metallurgy, chemical, mechanical, electrotechnical, environmental, biomedical, aerospace, industrial, earth resources, and others. Fields of operation are not limited and may include, e.g., physical metallurgy, progressive materials, nanomaterials, progressive technologies, structure, chemical composition and properties of materials, hydrometallurgy, pyrometallurgy, biohydrometallurgy, electrometallurgy, primary and secondary materials, recycling technologies, modeling and simulation, SEM, XRF, XRD analyses, LCA assessment, eco-design, mechanics of materials, ceramics, metals and metal alloys, non-metals, composites, electromobility, batteries and accumulators, electronics, hydrogen technologies, applications of materials in various areas and the like.

Dr. Pavol Liptai
Prof. Dr. Jaroslav Briančin
Guest Editors

Dr. Maroš Halama
Guest Editor Assistant

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