Dear Colleagues,

Additive manufacturing techniques open up a wide range of new possibilities in application and research. These processes combine high geometric degrees of freedom with new potentials for alloy design resulting from high cooling rates. While a great level of understanding has been achieved for additive manufacturing of single materials through experimentation and modeling, little is known about implementing a combination of materials into additive manufacturing processes.

I would like to invite you to contribute to this current research topic with this Special Issue. Potential topics may include:

• Additive manufacturing of metallic compounds or graded materials with LPBF (Laser Powder Bed Fusion), DED (Direct Energy Deposition) or other AM processes, whereby for composites the substrate can already represent a component (i.e. aluminum printed on a functional copper substrate with a material mixing zone)
• Experimental studies as well as modeling approaches to gain knowledge on process conditions
• Experimental and theoretical determination of thermophysical properties (i.e. surface tension, viscosity, density, latent heat) for the composition of mixing zones to obtain a deepened understanding of the multi-material process
• Multimaterial applications through combination of different mechanical or functional properties
  

Dr. Nils Ellendt
Guest Editor

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• additive manufacturing
• multi-material
• composites
• gradient materials
• thermophysical properties
• modeling