Metal Foams: Synthesis, Characterization and Applications

Dear Colleagues,

It is our pleasure to invite you to submit a manuscript to the forthcoming Special Issue “Metal Foams: Synthesis, Characterization and Applications” in Materials (Open Access Materials Science Journal; Impact Factor 1.879).

From the beginning of the new millennium, applications have emerged for metal foam as a special type of porous material. Research towards the structural and thermal characterization is still ongoing for both open- and closed-cell metal foams. The outcome of this research may lead to metal foam being recognized as engineering material for large-scale applications.

For thermal applications, the research focuses on forced and buoyancy driven convection and thermal conduction. The applications range from solar receivers to foamed finned heat exchangers and even a foam matrix embedded in phase change material. Accurate thermal characterization is of utmost importance for these applications. The intention here is mainly to work towards characterization of the geometry and determination of conductive, convective and radiative properties.

For structural applications, similar to the thermal case, geometrical characterization, experimental tests supplemented by modeling and computer simulations across the full parameter range (e.g., density, pore size and shape, strain rate, etc.) are addressed. This is true for established materials, but also for new variants. Reports on new materials and their production are thus also invited. Among these, works on composite and/or hybrid materials like syntactic foams, polymer-metal and ceramic-metal combinations are also welcomed.

Especially the interaction between experimental and numerical work is of importance as there is a whole range of metal foam types with different porosities, topologies, morphologies, PPI values, contact and bonding technologies, etc. Thus, well-documented experimental work is very important to validate numerical studies. Both will be considered for inclusion in the Special Issue.

Research articles, review articles, and communications are invited. Publication is subject to the usual conditions set forth by MDPI as publisher of the journal. Details may be found on the journal’s website at www.mdpi.com/journal/materials.

Should you need any further information about this Special Issue, please do not hesitate to contact us.

Dr. Sven De Schampheleire
Dr. Dirk Lehmhus
Dr. Matej Vesenjak
Dr. Thomas Fiedler
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

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