Development and Modification of New or Recycled Materials and Technological Processes toward Sustainable Development (Second Edition)
A special issue of Materials (ISSN 1996-1944). This special issue belongs to the section "Green Materials".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 November 2024 | Viewed by 1220
Special Issue Editors
Interests: technological and material innovations; elemental composition of materials; recycling technologies; utilization of recycled materials; measurement techniques for physical parameters; circular economy; sustainable development
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Interests: research and development of electroceramic materials; applications of progressive methods in the field of electron microscopy and microanalytical methods
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
There is currently an intensive discussion ongoing regarding the relationship between sustainable development and circular economy. Even if the relationships between these concepts are not explicitly expressed, it is clear that their common goal is a sustainable society. The basis of this understanding is that natural resources provide input for the production and consumption of materials and products, and at the same time, after the end of their useful life, they serve as a stock of materials in the form of waste. This results in clear dependence on a circular economy, sustainable development, and the quality of the environment.
Important areas related to this are advanced material research as well as technological development, the basis of which is the development and production of sustainable products and processes. The development, modification, and recycling of materials are an integral part of circular economy and sustainability strategies. The importance is also evident in the increasing adoption of these terms in the scientific academic, industrial, and economic fields.
The aim of this Special Issue is to publish original research articles in areas related to the development and modification of new as well as recycled materials and their application possibilities. At the same time, studies focused on innovative technological methods for the processing and recovery of industrially important metals and their alloys, non-metallic materials, and composites are also welcome. Additionally, innovative procedures for testing, increasing efficiency, and optimizing processes aim to recover materials to improve the sustainability of Earth’s resources. Research related to any area of the materials science will contribute to the improvement of the mechanical, chemical, electrical, magnetic, acoustic, and thermal properties of the materials, as well as the understanding of the inter-relationship between the composition, structure, and properties of a material. Contributions that use multicriteria analysis or LCA assessment methods for comparing products and processes with a focus on environmental, technological, and economic aspects and impacts will also be greatly appreciated.
The scope encompasses scientific and engineering fields such as materials, metallurgy, chemical, mechanical, electrotechnical, environmental, biomedical, aerospace, industrial, and Earth resources. The fields of operation are not limited, and may include physical metallurgy, progressive materials, nanomaterials, progressive technologies, structure, chemical composition and properties of materials, hydrometallurgy, pyrometallurgy, biohydrometallurgy, electrometallurgy, primary and secondary materials, recycling technologies, modeling and simulation, SEM, XRF, XRD, LCA assessment, eco-design, mechanics of materials, ceramics, metals and metal alloys, non-metals, composites, electromobility, batteries and accumulators, electronics, hydrogen technologies, and applications of materials in various areas.
Dr. Pavol Liptai
Prof. Dr. Jaroslav Briančin
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- sustainable development
- advanced materials
- material innovations
- circular economy
- technological innovations
