Advances in Design, Processing and Characterization of Cemented Carbide
A special issue of Metals (ISSN 2075-4701).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 6
Special Issue Editor
Interests: transition metal carbonitrides and new hard materials and products; vanadium-titanium suboxide functional materials and application technologies; specialized powder metallurgy new materials and application technologies
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The growing demand for high-performance materials that can operate reliably in harsh service environments—such as high temperatures, strong oxidation and corrosion conditions, and high mechanical loading—has accelerated the development of advanced alloys, cermets, and powder metallurgy materials. Cemented carbides play a critical role in cutting tools, wear-resistant components, energy systems, and other strategic applications due to their excellent hardness, strength, and thermal stability.
This Special Issue aims to bring together the latest interdisciplinary research on the design, processing, and characterization of cemented carbides. It focuses on advancing fundamental understanding and technological innovation in composition design, sintering behavior, microstructure–property relationships, and performance under extreme environments. The collection seeks to provide new insights and strategies for the development of next-generation cemented carbide materials.
The scope of this Special Issue includes, but is not limited to, the following topics:
- Design and Synthesis: Traditional cemented carbides, TMC/TMCN-based cermets, novel binder phases, and alloying strategies.
- Processing: Powder metallurgy, carbothermal/nitrogenation routes, additive manufacturing, field-assisted sintering.
- Microstructure and Interfaces: Interface structure, phase evolution, dissolution–precipitation mechanisms.
- Properties under Extreme Environments: High-temperature mechanical behavior, oxidation and corrosion resistance, wear performance.
- Modeling and Simulation: DFT, CALPHAD, phase-field, finite element, and machine learning-assisted studies.
- Applications: Cutting tools, wear-resistant components, aerospace, energy systems, and functional composites.
Prof. Dr. Jinwen Ye
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- cemented carbides
- powder metallurgy
- interface engineering
- sintering mechanisms
- mechanical properties
- high-temperature performance
- oxidation and corrosion resistance
- microstructure–property relationship
- mechanisms of improved performance
- extreme environments
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