Special Issue "Solidification under Extraordinary Conditions"

Dear Colleagues,

There is a long history in the development of solidification, which has a major role in various fields both now and in the future, such as aircraft, spacecraft, nuclear, automobile, microelectronics, etc. With the increasing requirements for high-performance metallic materials, new solidification techniques continue to arise under extraordinary conditions, including high cooling rate, containerless, high undercooling, microgravity, high pressure, strong magnetic/acoustic/electric field, etc.

As a result, this Special Issue is focused on solidification under extraordinary conditions for various metallic materials. Articles concerning novel techniques, liquid structures, thermophysical properties, composition design, microstructure/property relationships, phase diagrams, phase constitution, XRD, and thermal analysis are welcome, concerning both experimental and simulation studies.

This Special Issue will cover research topics including but not limited to the following:

• Dendritic growth;
• Microstructure;
• Phase constitution;
• Phase separation;
• Phase diagram;
• Atomic structure of liquid metal;
• High undercooling;
• High cooling rate;
• Levitation containerless technique;
• High magnetic/acoustic/electric field;
• Varied gravitational field.

Thank you for your interest and support.

Prof. Dr. Haipeng Wang
Guest Editor

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• dendritic growth
• microstructure
• phase constitution
• phase separation
• phase diagram
• atomic structure of liquid metal
• high undercooling
• high cooling rate
• levitation containerless technique
• high magnetic/acoustic/electric field
• varied gravitational field