Mechanisms of Coalescence/Sintering on Nanoscale
A special issue of Metals (ISSN 2075-4701). This special issue belongs to the section "Metal Casting, Forming and Heat Treatment".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 November 2021) | Viewed by 350
Special Issue Editors
Interests: materials science; powder metallurgy; consolidation; pressing; sintering; strength of materials; shock-assisted phenomena; combustion
Interests: physics of interfacial phenomena and small objects; metal and semiconductor nanoparticles; thermodynamics; atomistic simulation
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Dear Colleagues,
Better understanding mechanisms of coalescence and sintering paves a route to better both the structure and properties of sintered materials. The sintering of nanoparticles results in the formation of some mean size and size distribution of structural constituents in resultant materials—such as grains of different size and intergranular boundaries, agglomerates , including porous structures—and, hence, their properties.
In this Special Issue, we are going to discuss the following aspects of research of coalescence and sintering:
- Regularities and mechanisms of coalescence;
- Fundamentals of sintering: driving forces, kinetics, mechanisms, solid-state sintering, liquid-phase sintering;
- Synthesis of metallic nanopowders with narrow size distribution;
- Relationship between the extent of metallization and dispersity;
- Mechanisms and main stages of the sintering of nanopowders;
- Experimental investigations of coalescence and sintering on the nanoscale;
- Mathematical modeling of coalescence and sintering, including molecular dynamics;
- Applications in nanotechnology, including fabrication of nanopowders and synthesis of new high-density and porous materials.
Dr. Mikhail Alymov
Prof. Dr. Vladimir M. Samsonov
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- nanoparticle
- coalescence and sintering mechanisms
- driving force
- coagulation
- diffusion
- adhesion
- experimental study
- computer simulation
- theoretical models
