Feature Papers in Metallic Functional Materials

Dear Colleagues,

This Special Issue, which we invite papers for, contains a representative sample of some of the most relevant current topics in metallic functional materials.

The classification between structural and functional materials is usually made via exclusion. Structural materials are suitable for applications based on their load-bearing capacity and on their mechanical properties. Functional materials, on the other hand, have a more extended range of applications, since they encompass magnetic, electric, or optical properties (and often couplings between these), to mention just a few. In this sense, functional materials have a phenomenology that is much broader than that of structural materials, and the discovery of new applications would consequently expand the field, creating new subclasses. Therefore, the section of Metals ‘Metallic Functional Materials’, to which this Special Issue belongs, is open to a wide range of materials (with the obvious requirement of being metallic materials), an extended set of properties, and a diverse spectrum of applications.

From a compositional point of view, borderline cases in which functionality plays a relevant role are also of particular interest to us. Besides bulk or metallic materials with reduced dimensionality, metal-containing composites for functional applications would also fit this section, provided that the metallic fraction of the composite is responsible for the desired functional properties. From a property point of view, improving the mechanical performance of functional materials to enhance the reliability, durability, and sustainability of functional parts would also be appropriate for this section.

The focus of this Special Issue is on the development of new or optimized metallic functional materials, the advancement of modeling and simulation techniques that can predict their functional properties, experimental techniques related to the characterization of these properties, and novel applications that exploit the material’s functionalities.

Prof. Dr. Victorino Franco
Dr. João Horta Belo
Dr. Luis Miguel Moreno-Ramírez
Guest Editors

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