Heterogeneous Nanostructuring for Enhanced Mechanical Properties in Metallic Materials
A special issue of Nanomaterials (ISSN 2079-4991). This special issue belongs to the section "Physical Chemistry at Nanoscale".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 10 February 2026 | Viewed by 483
Special Issue Editor
Interests: ultrahigh-strength steel; HEA; superalloy; nanostructure; phase transformation; twinning; strengthening; strength; ductility; deformation mechanism
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Metals and their alloys are major workhorse materials in industrial and structural applications—largely because they exhibit high levels of deformability that permit arbitrary changes in shape without cracking—and continue to remain irreplaceable even today. Recently, heterostructured (HS) materials are emerging as a major research field because of their superior properties and excellent application potential. Heterodeformation-induced (HDI) strengthening and HDI hardening are responsible for the superior mechanical properties of HS materials and are major factors determining their mechanical behavior, complementing conventional dislocation-based strengthening and hardening to provide additional enhancements in strength and ductility. In addition, grain boundaries and interphase interfaces in metals have been shown to play a fundamental role in material properties such as strength, fracture resistance, work hardening, and damage evolution. In particular, heterophase interfaces play a crucial role in deformation microstructures and thus govern the mechanical properties of multilayered composites.
Potential topics include, but are not limited to, the following:
Heterogeneous lamella structures;
Layered structures;
Gradient structures;
Dual-/multiple-phase structures;
Harmonic structures;
Bi-modal structures;
Metal matrix composites.
We look forward to receiving your contributions.
Prof. Dr. Yongfeng Shen
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- metallic materials
- nanoscale
- heterogeneous microstructure
- mechanical performance
- strengthening
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