Additive Manufacturing of Metals and Alloys: Microstructure and Mechanical Properties—Second Edition
A special issue of Materials (ISSN 1996-1944). This special issue belongs to the section "Metals and Alloys".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 November 2026 | Viewed by 1339
Special Issue Editors
Interests: metal additive manufacturing; design for additive manufacturing; process optimization and engineering; functionally graded materials; high-entropy alloys
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Interests: additive manufacturing; powder metallurgy; shape memory alloys; functional materials
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Over the past decade, metal additive manufacturing (AM) technologies have been demonstrated to be fabrication processes enabling innovative engineering solutions which exhibit unprecedented performance advantages not achievable through more conventional manufacturing methods. AM metal structures and alloys, such as functionally graded materials, shape memory alloys, and high-entropy alloys, exhibit innovative performance properties such as self-healing, excellent mechanical strength at high temperatures, shape memory effect, improved corrosion and wear resistance, and enhanced biocompatibility, increasing industrial impact in sectors such as aerospace, automotive, biomedical, and power generation, outperforming the current engineering solutions.
This Special Issue will compile recent and innovative developments in the field of additive manufacturing of metal alloys and structures. The articles published in this collection will cover topics including, but not limited to, AM high-entropy alloy optimization and characterization, AM functionally graded materials, AM advanced metal design and development, process and microstructural simulation, AM property analysis and assessment, and enabling advanced functionalities through metal AM techniques. The topics are open to both basic and applied research with strong industrial interest, as well as for the development of applications.
Dr. Federico Mazzucato
Prof. Dr. Samuel Rey-Mermet
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- metal additive manufacturing
- high-entropy alloys
- functionally graded materials
- microstructure analysis
- advanced functionalities
- process simulation
- process engineering
- advanced metal alloys
- mechanical properties
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