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Comprehensive Recycling of Metallurgical Solid Waste and Mineral Resources (2nd Volume)

edited by

Long Meng

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 16 | Submission Open

Keywords: pyrometallurgy; hydrometallurgy; extractive metallurgy; recovery and separation; secondary resources; mineral extraction; rare earth; molten salt electrolysis; aluminum electrolysis

(This special issue belongs to the Section Extractive Metallurgy)

Welding and Joining of Advanced High-Strength Steels (3rd Edition)

edited by

Víctor H. Baltazar-Hernández

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 14 | Submission Open

Keywords: advanced high-strength steels (AHSSs); welding and joining of AHSSs; microstructure-property relationship of welded AHSSs; welding manufacturing of AHSSs; applications and performance of welded AHSSs

(This special issue belongs to the Section Welding and Joining)

Additive Manufacturing of High-Temperature Metallic Materials and Intermetallics

edited by

Aliakbar Emdadi

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 7 | Submission Open

Keywords: metal additive manufacturing; high-temperature materials; superalloys; intermetallics; refractory metals and alloys; alloy design; process optimization; microstructure; mechanical properties; post-processing

(This special issue belongs to the Section Additive Manufacturing)

Applications of Artificial Intelligence in Metal Additive Manufacturing

edited by Fan Chen,

Guiwei Li

and Shuhao Wang

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 6 | Submission Open

Keywords: additive manufacturing; multi-scale modeling; physics-informed artificial intelligence; machine learning; process– structure– property– performance; laser powder bed fusion; directed energy deposition; microstructure evolution; viscoplasticity; digital twin; in situ monitoring; uncertainty quantification

(This special issue belongs to the Section Additive Manufacturing)

Properties, Microstructure and Forming of Intermetallics—2nd Edition

edited by

Shoujiang Qu

Hao Wang

and Menghao Yang

submission deadline 20 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 12 | Submission Open

Keywords: intermetallics; microstructure; forming; deformation; mechanical property; corrosion; oxidation; artificial intelligence

(This special issue belongs to the Section Metal Casting, Forming and Heat Treatment)

Advances in Hydrometallurgy of Metals: Sources, Pretreatment, Leaching, Extraction, Recovery, Raffination

edited by Željko Kamberović

submission deadline 25 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 31 | Submission Open

Keywords: hydrometallurgy; metal recovery; leaching processes; extraction and separation; raffination and purification; secondary raw materials; critical raw materials; green technologies; sustainable metallurgy; circular economy in hydrometallurgy

(This special issue belongs to the Section Extractive Metallurgy)

Advances in Forming Process of Metallic Materials

edited by

Wuhao Zhuang

and Xinghui Han

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 178 | Submission Open

Keywords: metal forming; plastic deformation mechanism; metal flow behavior; process design method; microstructure and mechanical properties

(This special issue belongs to the Section Metal Casting, Forming and Heat Treatment)

Advanced Additive Manufacturing of Metallic Materials

edited by

Fani Stergioudi

and

Nikolaos Michailidis

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 105 | Submission Open

Keywords: additive manufacturing; microstructure control; defect mitigation; alloy design; in situ process monitoring

(This special issue belongs to the Section Additive Manufacturing)

Processing, Properties, Applications and Recycling of Light Alloys

edited by

Guangzong Zhang

, Siqi Yin and

Maria Cecilia Poletti

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 9 | Submission Open

Keywords: aluminum and magnesm alloys; processing; properties; applications; recycling

(This special issue belongs to the Section Metal Casting, Forming and Heat Treatment)

Recent Advances in Additive Manufacturing and Fatigue Properties of Titanium Alloys

edited by

Ruipeng Guo

submission deadline 20 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 130 | Submission Open

Keywords: titanium alloys; additive manufacturing; fatigue; fracture; deformation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Additive Manufacturing)

Sustainable Recycling of Metal Solid Waste and By-Products in the Photovoltaic Industry

edited by Yongsheng Ren, Alexandre Chagnes and

Ilhwan Park

submission deadline 25 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 51 | Submission Open

Keywords: photovoltaic waste; solid waste recycling; upcycling; synthesis techniques; sustainable materials; circular economy; silicon material; hydrometallurgy; end-of-life photovoltaic modules

(This special issue belongs to the Section Extractive Metallurgy)

Application of Machine Learning in Metallic Materials

edited by

Miha Kovačič

and

Uroš Župerl

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 90 | Submission Open

Keywords: metallic materials; machine learning; modeling; prediction; optimization; practical implementation; industrial study

(This special issue belongs to the Section Computation and Simulation on Metals)

Laser-Driven Alloy Design: Enhancing Mechanical Performance in High-Entropy Systems

edited by

Lisong Zhu

Fanghui Jia

and

Fei Lin

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 108 | Submission Open

Keywords: high-entropy alloy; laser additive manufacturing; laser cladding; laser welding; laser remelting; laser processing; alloy design; mechanical performance; microstructural characterization

(This special issue belongs to the Section Entropic Alloys and Meta-Metals)

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