Characterisation and Testing of Materials: Advancing the State of the Art
A special issue of Materials (ISSN 1996-1944). This special issue belongs to the section "Advanced Materials Characterization".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (10 February 2024) | Viewed by 2245
Special Issue Editor
Interests: performance of materials; characterisation of materials; testing of materials; failure investigation; materials selection; materials in design
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The characterisation and testing of materials is a critical field that underpins the development of new materials, enhances the properties of existing materials, and supports their safe and efficient use. The developments reported upon in Materials have been fundamental to human society, and in the future will continue to be essential to solving the world's most significant problems.
Recent years have seen significant advances in the tools and methods available to scientists and engineers and those able to characterise and test materials. As our understanding of the physical, chemical, and biological fundamentals of materials improves, so does our ability to develop new instrumentation and techniques. When these traditional areas of advancement are coupled with artificial intelligence and computational methods, novel opportunities and challenges emerge at an unprecedented pace.
This Special Issue of Materials seeks to capture a broad overview of the latest advancements in a variety of areas related to the characterisation and testing of materials. We particularly encourage the submission of articles that explore the integration of AI and computational methods with traditional characterisation techniques. We also welcome submissions from any materials-related discipline, regardless of the specific techniques applied. Topics of particular interest include the following:
- Additive manufacturing
- Nanoscale characterisation techniques
- The application of AI and computational methods
- In situ testing
- Standards and regulations
- Sustainability
- Clean energy
- The hydrogen economy
The editorial team encourages researchers working in all areas of materials science and engineering to contribute to this Special Issue, as long as the work has a strong focus on characterization and testing. We do not require all work to be fully mature; rather, we welcome breaking and new developments. All papers will be reviewed by expert referees and will be published in this Special Issue of Materials.
Dr. Andrew Spowage
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- materials
- characterisation
- testing
- AI
- future challenges
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