Mechanical Alloying

Dear Colleagues,

The materials fabricated by mechanical alloying (MA) make a significant contribution to industrial applications. They represent a highly diverse and strongly multidisciplinary area, with links to numerous industrial sectors such as aerospace, energy, construction, automotive, transport, packaging, security and defense.

Mechanical alloying was selected as the most appropriate processing method to produce oxide dispersion strengthened (ODS) alloys that can be used at high temperature and radiation resistance applications. This special issue will include all aspects of theory, methods, materials and applications of mechanical alloying. Contributions in the following topics are encouraged.

• Synthesis and processing in solid-state science and technology: high-energy milling, severe plastic deformation of materials (SPD), reaction milling.
• New materials/processes: oxide dispersion strengthened (ODS) alloys, nanomaterial, nano-composites, and quasi-crystalline phases/materials.
• Structural characterization: mechanically induced structural changes in materials (point defects, dislocations, clusters, precipitates, grain boundaries), surfaces and interfaces in activated solids.
• New equipment and procedures: milling equipment based on improved milling dynamics, processing optimization and milling contamination.

Dr. Chun-Liang Chen
Guest Editor

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