Metal Composite Materials and Their Interface Behavior

Dear Colleagues,

This Special Issue, entitled “Metal Composite Materials and Their Interface Behavior,” focuses on multiple composite materials that have attracted the attention of various industries that produce lightweight and high-performance components, such as the aerospace, automotive, and motorsports industries.

Advanced metal composite materials exhibit significantly improved properties, such as grain refinement, wear resistance, and corrosion resistance, due to the addition of ceramics, carbon fibers, and rare elements. The interface behavior of composite materials is one of the key factors affecting their mechanical properties. The characterization of interface micro-mechanical properties, elemental distribution, bonding strength, and microstructure can provide guidance for investigating the deformation and failure processes of the interfaces in metal composite materials and improving their mechanical properties.

The present Special Issue aims to collect contributions on advanced metal composite materials, as well as review the state of the art on these materials. Manuscripts will focus on the most significant and promising manufacturing technologies, machining and joining processes, modeling, simulation, material characterization, and failure mechanisms. A comprehensive overview of the most recent results and findings in the field of advanced composite materials will be provided.

Dr. Pengfei Li
Dr. Yao Sun
Dr. Shuoshuo Qu
Prof. Dr. Diqing Wan
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Metals is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2600 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.