Transition Metals

Dear Colleagues,

This Special Issue aims to promote international exchange and to share the latest knowledge and developments in all fundamental aspects of the transition metals and related materials, encompassing characterization, testing, modelling and technological application. Emphasis is placed on innovative approaches and advanced overviews to understand complex relationship between the electronic, nanostructures and microstructural evolution of new transition-metal based materials with improved properties. Of specific interest are the modelling methodologies in all scales based on first-principles linking theoretical understanding with experimental observations. The topics include, but are not limited to, the thermodynamic, defect, magnetic, superconducting and mechanical properties of complex transition-metal alloys and compounds including high-entropy alloys (HEAs) used for structural applications, etc.

• Magnetic and stereochemistry of transition metals and compounds
• Defect properties in transition metals and alloys
• Nano-materials based on transition metals and their oxides
• Transport properties in transition-metal based materials
• Fundamental properties of transition-metal based HEAs
• Atomistic modelling in transition-metal based alloys and steels
• Thermodynamic and kinetic phase transformation in transition-metal based materials

Dr. Duc Nguyen-Manh
Guest Editor

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