Experiments and Theoretical Simulations on Mechanical Properties of High Performance Surfaces and Structures

Dear Colleagues,

This special issue focuses on the mechanical and tribological properties at room, high and low temperatures of high performance surfaces and structures. High performance surfaces and structures are manufactured, not limited to the following machining or manufacturing methods, by additive manufacturing, polishing, grinding, cutting consisting of turning, drilling, milling, boring, etc., laser, electron beam, ion beam on silicon, diamond, sapphire, quartz, glass, and other hard-brittle or soft-brittle materials, or on nickel, titanium, magnesium, aluminum alloys. They are also prepared by composites including graphene, hexagonal boron nitride, carbon nanotube, fullerene, or other advanced two-dimensional materials. The special issue aims to report the mechanical and tribological properties of experiments and simulations, such as molecular dynamics, first principle theories, Monte Carlo simulations, finite element simulations, etc., under extreme conditions containing high and low temperatures, pressures, energies and frequencies, on the surfaces and structures of brittle materials and alloys used for aerospace, weapons, marine engineering, semiconductor, optoelectronics and microelectronics industries. It also publishes the origin and evolution of defects of alloys and brittle materials at nanoscale and atomic scale, which is performed by in situ mechanics and tribology in high resolution transmission electron microscopy used for high performance surfaces and structures in nanomanufacturing, atomic manufacturing or close to atomic manufacturing.

Prof. Dr. Zhenyu Zhang
Prof. Dr. Yang Lu
Dr. Fanning Meng
Guest Editors

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