Advances in Properties of the Rapidly Solidified Alloy

Dear Colleagues,

Rapidly solidified amorphous and nanocrystalline alloys attract the attention of the scientific community due to their unique physical properties. Appropriate processing of amorphous materials allows researchers to control their crystallization and shape their functionalities. In particular, some amorphous and nanocrystalline materials based on iron and cobalt exhibit exceptionally good soft magnetic properties and are key components of electromagnetic devices such as transformers, sensors, actuators and others. The annealing of rapidly solidified alloys containing rare-earth elements allows deriving the hard magnetic materials. Studies of multi-elemental alloys have brought significant development of bulk metallic glasses. Particularly, Zr-, Hf-, Cu-, Pd-, and Mg-based alloys can be obtained in the form of bulk specimens of significant geometrical sizes due to their high glass forming abilities. Their mechanical properties seem to be promising for their potential applications.

This Special Issue covers all the aspects of the synthesis, characterization, and application of rapidly solidified amorphous and nanocrystaline materials. We invite researchers interested in this subject and encourage them to submit manuscripts relevant to recent developments in this field.

Prof. Piotr Pawlik
Dr. Katarzyna Pawlik
Dr. Paweł Pietrusiewicz
Guest Editors

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