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Synthesis, Microstructure, and Properties of Lightweight Metal Matrix Composite Materials

edited by

Roberto Martínez Sánchez

Sergio Gonzalez Sanchez

and

Carlos G. Garay Reyes

submission deadline 25 Sep 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3552 | Submission Open

Keywords: aluminium-based composites; magnesium-based composites; characterization; mechanical properties; microstructure

(This special issue belongs to the Section Metal Matrix Composites)

Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Metallic Materials Under Heat Treatment

edited by

Roumen Petrov

and Virgínia Bertolo

submission deadline 25 Sep 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2947 | Submission Open

Keywords: heat treatment; thermo-chemical treatment; non-conventional heat treatment; ultra-fast heating; ultra-short annealing; thermal cycling; steel; advanced high-strength steels; electrical steels; non-ferrous alloys; microstructure; texture; properties

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

Fracture Mechanics and Failure Analysis of Metallic Materials

edited by

Simon A. Sedmak

and

Aleksandar S. Sedmak

submission deadline 25 Sep 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2211 | Submission Open

Keywords: fracture mechanics; failure analysis; welding; risk analysis; finite element method; fatigue; corrosion; fracture behaviour; material characterisation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Metal Failure Analysis)

Manufacturing and Characterization of Metallic Electrode Materials (2nd Edition)

edited by

Que Huang

submission deadline 25 Sep 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1223 | Submission Open

Keywords: energy storage device; metal batteries; metal– air batteries; rechargeable batteries; supercapacitors; fuel cell; metallic electrode materials; metal anode; experimental synthesis and manufacturing; advanced characterization methods

(This special issue belongs to the Section Metallic Functional Materials)

Novel Insights and Advances in Steels and Cast Irons

edited by

Annalisa Fortini

and

Chiara Soffritti

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 9 articles | Viewed by 12071 | Submission Open

Keywords: cast irons; steels; microstructure; heat treatment; mechanical properties; tribological behavior; corrosion resistance; coatings; casting; process parameters; modeling; welding

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

Modeling Thermodynamic Systems and Optimizing Metallurgical Processes

edited by

Senlin Cui

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 8238 | Submission Open

Keywords: thermodynamic modeling for metallic and oxide systems; diffusion modeling for metallic and oxide systems; viscosity modeling for slag and liquid metal; machine learning on thermodynamic modeling; phase diagram measurements; diffusion measurements; thermodynamic property measurements; thermodynamic calculations; solidification; metal extraction; metal refinement; recycling; metallurgical process simulation; material process simulation; material design; corrosion

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

Microstructure, Crystallography, and Mechanical Properties of Metallic Materials

edited by Aman Gupta and Gyan Shankar

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4801 | Submission Open

Keywords: microstructure; crystallographic texture evolution; mechanical properties; metallic materials; recrystallization behavior; texture; recrystallization behavior; grain growth

(This special issue belongs to the Section Crystallography and Applications of Metallic Materials)

Advanced Metal Welding and Joining Technologies—2nd Edition

edited by

Yu Zhang

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4519 | Submission Open

Keywords: welding metallurgy; light metals; high-entropy alloy; bulk metallic glass; mechanical property; corrosion; hybrid joining technique; dissimilar metal joining

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

Editorial Board Members’ Collection Series: Metal Casting, Forming and Heat Treatment

edited by

Hélder Puga

Rongshan Qin

Oleg Mishin

and

Heinz-Günter Brokmeier

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 4465 | Submission Open

Keywords: casting processes; forming processes; heat treatment; metals; alloys shape design; simulation; mechanical properties; corrosion resistance; microstructure; anisotropy; defects prediction

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

Research on Microstructure and Performance Mechanisms of Advanced Steels and Alloys

edited by

Weina Zhang

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 4291 | Submission Open

Keywords: steels; alloys; materials processing; mechanical properties; microstructure; mechanism

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

Additive Manufacturing and Characterization of Metallic Alloys and Composites

edited by

Xianfeng Li

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4128 | Submission Open

Keywords: additive manufacturing; materials characterization; metals and alloys; metal matrix composites; microstructural evolution; mechanical properties

(This special issue belongs to the Section Additive Manufacturing)

Preparation, Formation and Application of Light Alloys and Their Composites

edited by Lei Luo

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 1909 | Submission Open

Keywords: light alloy; light alloy matrix composites; material preparation technology; material forming technology; material application; casting; additive manufacturing; powder metallurgy; hot pressing

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

Laser Processing Technology for Metals

edited by

Zhen Luo

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 1207 | Submission Open

Keywords: laser additive manufacturing; laser surface engineering; specialized laser processing; laser welding; laser drilling and cutting; microstructure and properties; laser processing simulation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Additive Manufacturing)

Corrosion and Sustainability: Challenges, Innovations and Future Perspectives in Green Energy

edited by

Davood Nakhaie

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 1181 | Submission Open

Keywords: corrosion sustainability; green energy; hydrogen embrittlement; carbon capture; corrosion in renewable energy; eco-friendly coatings; corrosion-resistant materials; green inhibitors; high-temperature corrosion

(This special issue belongs to the Section Corrosion and Protection)

Porous Metallic Materials: Properties, Applications and Latest Research Progress

edited by Qingzhou Wang

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 889 | Submission Open

Keywords: porous metallic materials; preparation; structure– property relationship; application research; multifunctional integration

(This special issue belongs to the Section Metallic Functional Materials)

Microalloying Mechanism of Ferritic Stainless Steel

edited by

Fei Gao

and

Chi Zhang

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 709 | Submission Open

Keywords: ferritic stainless steels; microalloying; microstructure; texture; property

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

Advances in 3D Printing Technologies of Metals—3rd Edition

edited by

Irene Buj Corral

and

Felip Fenollosa-Artés

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 662 | Submission Open

Keywords: metal 3D printing; vat photopolymerization with metal-filled resins; metal binder jetting; fused filament fabrication (FFF) with metal-filled filament; direct ink writing (DIW) with metal-filled ink; selective laser melting (SLM; DLMS; LMF; etc.); electron beam melting (EBM); wire arc additive manufacturing (WAAM); direct energy deposition (DED); laser-engineered net shaping (LENS)

(This special issue belongs to the Section Additive Manufacturing)

Laser Shock Peening: From Fundamentals to Applications

edited by

Hongyu Zheng

and

Zongshen Wang

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 600 | Submission Open

Keywords: surface integrity; compressive residual stress; microstructure; properties and performance; energy-field-assisted LSP; ultra-short-pulse and micro-scale LSP; LSP without coating; LSP in additive manufacturing; real-time monitoring and quality prediction of LSP; process simulation and optimization of LSP

Surface Modification of Alloys

edited by

Veljko Djokić

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 444 | Submission Open

Keywords: alloys; surface engineering; surface modification; test and characterization; chemical properties; physical and mechanical properties; corrosion behavior; biocompatibility; industrial application; biomedical application

Fatigue of Metals and Welded Joints

edited by Ricardo Rafael Ambriz Rojas

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 441 | Submission Open

Keywords: fatigue; fracture; welding; experimental and numerical analysis

(This special issue belongs to the Section Metal Failure Analysis)

Metal Corrosion Behavior and Protection in Service Environments

edited by

Zhiyuan Feng

and Bing Lei

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 249 | Submission Open

Keywords: corrosion mechanism; corrosion protection; corrosion prediction; failure analysis; atmospheric corrosion; marine corrosion; metal corrosion; material safety

(This special issue belongs to the Section Corrosion and Protection)

Advances in Multiaxial Fatigue and Metallurgical Characterization of Metals

edited by

Luis Reis

Ricardo Branco

and

Vitor Anes

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 233 | Submission Open

Keywords: multiaxial fatigue; metallurgy; microstructure and fatigue; ferrous and non-ferrous metals; alloy fatigue behavior; crack initiation and propagation; environmental fatigue effects; advanced material characterization

(This special issue belongs to the Section Metal Failure Analysis)

Additive Manufacturing of Metallic Materials: Experiments and Modelling

edited by

Ana Rosanete Lourenço Reis

and

Roya Darabi

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 170 | Submission Open

Keywords: metallic additive manufacturing (MAM); process– structure– property relationships; microstructural evolution; mechanical behavior of AM metals; residual stress in additive manufacturing; computational modeling of AM; multiscale and multiphysics simulations; defects and porosity in AM; fatigue and fracture of AM components; machine learning for process control in AM; artificial intelligence for defect detection and quality assurance in AM

(This special issue belongs to the Section Additive Manufacturing)

Metal 3D Printing Techniques for Biomedical Applications

edited by Chi Wai Chan

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 136 | Submission Open

Keywords: metal 3D printing (M3DP); additive manufacturing; biomedical implants; customised implants; biocompatibility

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biobased and Biodegradable Metals)

High-Entropy Alloys: Processing and Properties

edited by

Xuejiao Wang

and Zhong Wang

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 69 | Submission Open

Keywords: high-entropy alloys; multi-principal element alloys; alloy design; phase design; segregation; industrial application; special alloys

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

Properties and Residual Stresses of Welded Alloys

edited by

Dean Deng

Yifeng Wang

and

Guangjie Feng

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 60 | Submission Open

Keywords: microstructure; properties; numerical simulation of welding residual stress; experimental measurement of welding residual stress; modeling of welded joints; performance of welded alloys

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

Modern Techniques and Processes of Iron and Steel Making

edited by

Huiqing Tang

submission deadline 1 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 434 | Submission Open

Keywords: iron and steel making; sustainability; renewable energy; recycling; green steel

Advances in Metal Forming and Plasticity

edited by

Gabriela Vincze

and Marilena Butuc

submission deadline 10 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 712 | Submission Open

Keywords: plasticity; formability; fracture; anisotropy; mechanical behavior; springback; microstructure; texture; multiscale modelingmodelling; numerical simulation; experimental mechanics

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

Experimental Mineralogy and Crystallography of Metal-Based Materials

edited by

Vilma Petkova

submission deadline 10 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 276 | Submission Open

Keywords: metal-based materials; mineralogy; crystallography; microstructure; phase transformation; crystallization and recrystallization; anisotropy; solid state transformations; mechanical and functional properties

(This special issue belongs to the Section Crystallography and Applications of Metallic Materials)

Green Super-Clean Steels

edited by

Yanling Zhang

submission deadline 15 Oct 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 6853 | Submission Open

Keywords: ultra-low-sulfur steel; ultra-low-phosphorus steel; zero-inclusion steel; gas-based reduction; comprehensive use of resources

Hydrogen Embrittlement of Metals: Behaviors and Mechanisms

edited by Kai Xu and Guiying Qiao

submission deadline 15 Oct 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 4954 | Submission Open

Keywords: hydrogen embrittlement; hydrogen embrittlement resistance; material failure analysis; hydrogen diffusion and permeation; hydrogen transport; hydrogen storage; material processing; microstructure characterization

(This special issue belongs to the Section Metal Failure Analysis)

Laser, Plasma and Radiation Processing of Metals, Alloys, and Composite Materials

edited by

Milton Sergio Fernandes de Lima

and

Catalin-Daniel Constantinescu

submission deadline 15 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 671 | Submission Open

Keywords: laser; plasma and radiation processing; metals; alloys and composites; surface structuring; thin films and multilayers; nanoparticles and nanomaterials; welding; cutting and cladding; additive manufacturing/3D printing; advances in engraving and marking; structure– property relationships; functional properties engineering; metallic materials design & properties; models and theoretical research

Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Metallic Materials by Powder Metallurgy

edited by

Eric Hug

submission deadline 15 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 620 | Submission Open

Keywords: powder metallurgy; sintering; additive manufacturing; microstructures; mechanical properties; temperature effects; degradation and stability; corrosion/oxidation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Powder Metallurgy)

Research Progress of Crystal in Metallic Materials

edited by

Cai Chen

submission deadline 20 Oct 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 4680 | Submission Open

Keywords: crystallographic structures; crystallographic textures; FCC; BCC; HCP

(This special issue belongs to the Section Crystallography and Applications of Metallic Materials)

Advances in Microstructure and Properties of Light Alloys

edited by

Lenka Kuchariková

submission deadline 20 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1793 | Submission Open

Keywords: light alloys; foam; extrusion; casting; novel materials; processing methods; grain refinement; heat treatment; microstructure; safety

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

State of the Art in Flotation and Separation of Metallic Minerals

edited by

Dianwen Liu

Liuyang Dong

and Peilun Shen

submission deadline 20 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 98 | Submission Open

Keywords: mineral processing; froth flotation; metallic minerals; flotation separation and purification; flotation reagents

(This special issue belongs to the Section Extractive Metallurgy)

Advances in Local Loading Forming Process

edited by

Wuhao Zhuang

and Xinghui Han

submission deadline 20 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 60 | Submission Open

Keywords: local loading 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)

Additive Manufacturing of Metallic Materials

edited by Paul Wood and

Urvashi Fowdar Gunputh

submission deadline 25 Oct 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 7398 | Submission Open

Keywords: additive manufacturing; powder and wire; feedstock reuse; metallic alloys; process– microstructure– property relation; defects; porosity; grain morphology; fatigue; lattice structures

(This special issue belongs to the Section Additive Manufacturing)

Self-Organization in Plasticity of Metals and Alloys

edited by

Mikhaïl A. Lebyodkin

and

Jamieson Brechtl

submission deadline 25 Oct 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 6652 | Submission Open

Keywords: plastic deformation; self-organization; collective dynamics of defects; spatial structures in plasticity of solids; multi-scale experiment and modeling; intermittence; dynamical chaos; dislocation avalanches; dislocation patterning; strain localization patterns; metals and alloys

(This special issue belongs to the Section Crystallography and Applications of Metallic Materials)

Metallurgy, Surface Engineering and Corrosion of Metals and Alloys

edited by

Hendra Hermawan

submission deadline 25 Oct 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2344 | Submission Open

Keywords: coating; corrosion; corrosion-resistant alloys; electrochemistry; ferrous alloys; inhibitor; manufacturing process; metallurgy; microstructure; non-ferrous alloys; surface engineering

(This special issue belongs to the Section Corrosion and Protection)

Microstructure, Tensile Properties and Creep Behavior of Metallic Materials

edited by Youliang Yang, Ziyao Ma and

Lihua Zhan

submission deadline 25 Oct 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2063 | Submission Open

Keywords: creep behavior; microstructural evolution; multi-scale modeling; dislocations; grains; second phases

Continuous Casting and Solidification of Steels

edited by

Peisheng Lyu

, Haihui Zhang and

Lei Zhang

submission deadline 25 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 81 | Submission Open

Keywords: conventional continuous casting; twin-roll strip casting; steel quality control; solidification behavior; interfacial heat transfer; mold flux optimization; thin-slab casting; multiscale modeling

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

Advanced Theoretical Technology for Understanding Microstructures and Mechanical Properties of Alloys

edited by Wei-Wei Xu,

Xiaoyu Chong

and Zhihua Dong

submission deadline 30 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 290 | Submission Open

Keywords: first-principles calculations; dislocation dynamics; multiscale modeling; machine learning; alloy design; microstructure characterization; mechanical properties; phase stability; defect energetics; structural materials

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

Advances in Metal Additive Manufacturing: Materials, Technologies, Fabrication and Mechanical Properties

edited by

Michela Simoncini

submission deadline 30 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 194 | Submission Open

Keywords: metal additive manufacturing; 3D printing; mechanical properties; microstructure; process parameters; metal alloys; topology optimization; metal powder; additive manufacturing technology; post-processing techniques

Metallic Nanostructured Materials and Thin Films

edited by

Catalin-Daniel Constantinescu

and

Ahmed Al-Kattan

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 13363 | Submission Open

Keywords: material science; metallic thin films; metallic nanomaterials; surface structuring; metallurgy

(This special issue belongs to the Section Metallic Functional Materials)

Feature Papers in Crystallography and Applications of Metallic Materials (2nd Edition)

edited by

Joan-Josep Suñol

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 6568 | Submission Open

Keywords: crystallography; X-ray diffraction; metals; metallic alloys; and compounds; microstructure; crystallization; dislocations; texture; crystallographic defects; anisotropy; solid-state transformations; mechanical and functional properties

(This special issue belongs to the Section Crystallography and Applications of Metallic Materials)

Microstructure Evolution and Mechanical Properties of Magnesium Alloys—2nd Edition

edited by

Bo Song

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 6093 | Submission Open

Keywords: magnesium alloys; magnesium matrix composites; development of new alloys; new processing technologies; microstructure; mechanical properties

Recent Advances in High-Performance Steel

edited by

Fei Yin

, Lin Hua and

Jian Wang

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4341 | Submission Open

Keywords: high-performance steel; mechanical behavior; microstructure evolution; design and manufacturing; strengthening; efficient processing technologies; wear resistance; fatigue

(This special issue belongs to the Section Structural Integrity of Metals)

Properties, Microstructure and Forming of Intermetallics

edited by

Shoujiang Qu

and

Hao Wang

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 2284 | Submission Open

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

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

Welding and Joining Technology of Dissimilar Metal Materials

edited by

Sizhe Niu

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2054 | Submission Open

Keywords: welding; joining; dissimilar materials; microstructure evolution; mechanical performance; failure mode transition

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

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