Intermetallics & Interstitials

Dear Colleagues,

The present Special Issue on the topic of Intermetallics and Interstitials aims to consider the theoretical, experimental, application aspects of intermetallic and interstitial systems, all materials based on the combination of different types of metals (from light ones, such as alkaline, to the heaviest ones, such as actinides), or comprising light p-electron elements in minor amounts to generate unexpected and exceptional chemical, physical, and mechanical properties.

The multiple aspects of Intermetallics and Interstitials will be seamlessly considered and distributed into six sections, each dealing with a different class of properties that chemists, metallurgists, thermodynamicists, mechanicians, physicists, energy transfer specialists, engineers, economists, etc. aim to display and compare in their most recent developments and discoveries.

The present forum offering results of numerical simulation, of a wide panel of experimentations, and of recent achievements on integrated systems should easily demonstrate the forces and the extreme topicality of research and development activities undertaken all around the world during the second decade of the 21st century.

A—General aspects

1. Phase diagrams
2. Simulation and prediction/systems out of thermodynamic equilibrium
3. Structures/long-range and short-range ordering/quasi crystals
4. Liquid/solid transition
5. Surface/interface
6. Glassy state and amorphous
7. High entropy alloys
8. Stability and demixing processes
9. Diffusion processes
10. Weldability
11. Corrosion

B—Mechanical properties

1. Fluids mechanics
2. Elastic/plastic regimes
3. High-strength materials
4. Resilience
5. Shape memory processes (SMM)
6. Texture/texturization
7. Nanostructured materials
8. Precipitates
9. Severe plastic deformation

C—Physical properties

1. Ab initio and numerical simulation approaches
2. Magnetics

          2.1 Bulk to nanometer magnetism—interfaces and walls

          2.2 Hard/soft magnetics materials

          2.3 Magnetoelastic, magnetostrictive, and Shape memory materials

3. Electric/electronic properties

          3.1 Transport properties

          3.2 Miscellaneous

4. Superconductors and fermiology
5. Heat conduction and transfer

D—Materials for energy

1. Hydrogen storage materials
2. Magnetocaloric and Piezocaloric materials
3. Thermoelectric materials
4. Nuclear materials
5. Electrochemical and battery materials
6. Membranes and porous materials
7. Catalysts

E—New approaches

1. Novel synthesis methods
2. Novel characterization methods
3. Artificial structures and properties (1-D, 2-D, epitaxy)
4. Microsystems—new shape memory systems
5. Recycling

F—Economy of metals, alloys, and interstitial compounds (should be developed)

Prof. Daniel Fruchart
Prof. Nataliya Skryabina
Guest Editors

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• Intermetallic and Interstitial Systems
• Mechanical Properties
• Physical Properties
• Materials for Energy
• Economy of Metals, Alloys and Compounds