Advances and Applications in Cellular Metals

Dear Colleagues,

It is our pleasure to invite you to submit a manuscript to the forthcoming Special Issue, “Advances and Applications in Cellular Metals”, in Metals (open-access journal, Impact Factor 2.117, https://www.mdpi.com/journal/metals).

This Special Issue aims to highlight the most recent novelties and developments in the field of cellular metals modelling, synthesis, characterization, and applications. Cellular metals are considered as one of the most versatile lightweight multifunctional materials for engineering applications, and to be perfectly aligned with contemporary society’s growing ecological awareness. They are recyclable and non-flammable, ideal for sustainable and environmentally friendly design. They provide excellent energy absorption and efficiently damp noise and vibration. Furthermore, they withstand high temperatures. Therefore, they are widely used as crash/impact energy absorbers for vehicles (closed-cells) and heat-exchangers (open-cells). Over the last several decades, several cellular metals have been emerging (e.g. composite and nanocomposite foams, 3D printing cellular structures, hollow sphere structures, auxetic foams, hybrid structures). Cellular metals have become one of the most important fields in academia and industry, and could strongly contribute to significant advances in all sectors, especially for building more efficient, ecological, sustainable, comfortable, and safe buildings, cars, trains, furniture, industrial machines, and medical equipment.

Submissions can cover the following topics (but are not limited to them):

• Recent advances in novel manufacturing methods of cellular metals;
• Design of cellular structures with new or improved performance;
• Geometrical characterization;
• Determination of physical properties (i.e., thermal, acoustic, mechanical);
• Experimental testing, numerical simulations, and analytical methods;
• Applications.

We also welcome contributions including review manuscripts in this research field.

Publications will be subjected to the usual conditions set by MDPI, as the publisher of the journal. This includes the peer-review process as well as the Article Processing Charges (APC). Details may be found on the journal’s webpage: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/metals.

Should you need any further information about this Special Issue, please do not hesitate to contact us.

Prof. Dr. Isabel Duarte
Prof. Dr. Matej Vesenjak
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the Special Issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 250 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for assessment.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-anonymized peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Metals is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2600 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.