Intermetallic Compounds and Their Composites Materials
A special issue of Metals (ISSN 2075-4701).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 24
Special Issue Editors
Interests: intermetallic compounds; laminated composites; mechanical properties; first-principles calculations
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Interests: aluminum alloy; titanium alloys; composites; mechanical properties; impact; damage; explosion; lattice structure
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Owing to their long-range ordered crystal structures, intermetallic compounds uniquely integrate metallic and covalent bonding characteristics. This confers exceptional properties such as a superior strength-to-melting-point ratio, oxidation resistance, irradiation stability, and hydrogen–metal interaction performance—often an order of magnitude higher than those of conventional alloys. These attributes make intermetallics irreplaceable for critical applications, including high-temperature aero-engine blades, accident-tolerant nuclear fuel cladding, and solid-state hydrogen storage systems. challenges such as intrinsic room-temperature brittleness, sensitivity to processing defects, and complex damage mechanisms under multi-physics-field conditions continue to limit their large-scale engineering deployment, despite their excellent laboratory performance.
Intermetallic matrix composites (IMMCs) have emerged as next-generation strategic materials designed for “structure–function integration under extreme environments.” By employing ordered intermetallic phases as a structural skeleton and diverse reinforcements as toughening and functional units, IMMCs simultaneously achieve high temperature capability, specific strength, irradiation resistance, hydrogen embrittlement immunity, and structural designability within a single material system.
This Special Issue invites contributions that focus on advanced processing technologies, mechanical properties, microstructural characterization and mechanism analysis, first-principles calculations, multiscale mechanics, and dynamic responses, as well as extreme-service environments and engineering applications of intermetallic compounds and their composites.
Prof. Dr. Meini Yuan
Prof. Dr. Xuanming Cai
Prof. Dr. Xiaosheng Zhou
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- intermetallic compounds
- laminated composites
- mechanical properties
- first-principles calculations
- processing technologies
- microstructure
- dynamic mechanical properties
- finite element analysis
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