Innovative Fabrication and Characterization Techniques for Metal Powder Composites
A special issue of Metals (ISSN 2075-4701). This special issue belongs to the section "Metal Matrix Composites".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 25 March 2026
Special Issue Editors
Interests: rolling; micro forming; manufacturing of composites; tribology in materials manufacturing; contact mechanics; computational contact mechanics; numerical simulation of metal manufacturing; novel lubricants in rolling; oxidation in metal manufacturing
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Interests: numerical simulation of metal forming; tribology in metal forming; multi-scale materials processing; advanced rolling technology; microforming; manufacturing of composites; contact mechanics; friction and wear in manufacturing; lubrication technology; development of novel lubricants
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Metal powder composites have emerged as a critical class of materials that combine the advantages of metallic matrices with tailored reinforcements, enabling enhanced mechanical, thermal, electrical, and functional properties. With the growing demand for high-performance materials in sectors such as the aerospace, biomedical, automotive, and energy industries, the development of novel powder-based fabrication methods and precise characterization techniques has become increasingly important.
This Special Issue thus aims to provide a platform for the latest research on the innovative processing, design, and evaluation of metal powder composites. Contributions that focus on advanced sintering strategies, additive manufacturing, mechanical alloying, spark plasma sintering, and other powder metallurgy-based methods are highly encouraged. In addition, we welcome studies that apply novel in situ or ex situ characterization techniques—such as electron microscopy, synchrotron X-ray, neutron diffraction, and 3D tomography—to better understand microstructure–property relationships in these materials.
Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Novel fabrication techniques for metal powder composites;
- Powder metallurgy and additive manufacturing;
- Mechanical alloying and sintering processes;
- Spark plasma sintering and rapid densification methods;
- Reinforcement selection and interface design;
- Advanced microstructural characterization;
- Mechanical and functional property evaluation;
- Multi-scale modeling and simulation;
- In situ observation of deformation or phase transformations;
- Applications in the aerospace, biomedical, energy, and other fields.
We invite you to submit your high-quality research to this Special Issue of Metals, titled “Innovative Fabrication and Characterization Techniques for Metal Powder Composites”—we look forward to your valuable contributions.
Prof. Dr. Hongmei Zhang
Prof. Dr. Zhengyi Jiang
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- novel fabrication techniques for metal powder composites
- powder metallurgy and additive manufacturing
- mechanical alloying and sintering processes
- spark plasma sintering and rapid densification methods
- reinforcement selection and interface design
- advanced microstructural characterization
- mechanical and functional property evaluation
- multi-scale modeling and simulation
- in situ observation of deformation or phase transformations
- applications in the aerospace, biomedical, energy, and other fields
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