Preparation and Characterization of Metal-Ceramic Composites

A special issue of Metals (ISSN 2075-4701). This special issue belongs to the section "Metal Matrix Composites".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 25 February 2025 | Viewed by 37

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State Key Laboratory of Solidification Processing, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an 710072, China
Interests: structural ceramics; textured microstructure; anisotropy

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Dear Colleagues,

Metal-ceramic composites are a family of heterogeneous composite materials composed of metals/alloys and one or more types of ceramic, which combine the good properties of metals and ceramics, such as good toughness, high thermal conductivity, high-temperature resistance, corrosion resistance, wear resistance, etc., and have been widely applied in many fields, such as aerospace, equipment manufacturing, cutting and machining, etc. Traditional metal–ceramic composites consist of a continuous metal/alloy matrix and uniformly dispersed ceramic particles in the matrix, which can be fabricated by powder metallurgy, casting, in situ synthesis, etc. Recently, metal–ceramic composites with different types of structures, such as laminated biomimetic structures, three-dimensional interpenetrating structures, fiber-reinforced structures, etc., have attracted more and more attention. Meanwhile, different preparation methods, such as freeze-casting, additive manufacturing, infiltration, etc., have been employed to form those different structures that further improve the comprehensive properties of metal–ceramic composites.

In this Special Issue, we are pleased to invite you to submit research articles and reviews focused on recent experimental and theoretical results related to the preparation and structure–property characterization of metal–ceramic composites, which is expected to provide some reference for the further research and the development of metal–ceramic composites.

We look forward to receiving your contributions.

Dr. Zhuo Zhang
Guest Editor

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Keywords

  • metal–ceramic composites
  • preparation method
  • structure design
  • properties
  • structure–properties relationship

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