Precursors Strategy to Access Multi-Metallic Functional Alloys and Composites
A special issue of Metals (ISSN 2075-4701). This special issue belongs to the section "Metal Matrix Composites".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 July 2022) | Viewed by 2866
Special Issue Editors
Interests: multicomponent alloys; single-source precursors for metals and alloys; x-ray diffraction; x-ray spectroscopy; in situ studies; high-pressure high-temperature studies
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Interests: chemical vapor deposition; functional multicomponent materials; layered heterostructures; volatile precursors; single-source precursors for thin film deposition; thermochemistry
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Direct melting and sintering can be considered as classical and the easiest approaches to obtain multicomponent alloys and composites. Nevertheless, novel applications such as catalysis, sensors, and energy convertors require preparation of nanostructured materials unevaluable by conventional techniques. The precursor strategy allows preparing multicomponent materials with various functionality and dimensionality. The precursor strategy to access metallic and composite materials includes use of inorganic, coordination compounds as well as solid-state, liquid-, and gas-phase reactions to control composition, morphology, and properties of final alloys and their composites.
This Special Issue welcomes original research papers and reviews on all aspects of the precursor approach to access multicomponent alloys and nanostructured materials based on particles, layers, and bulk phases. Submissions are especially welcomed which might open a door to novel routes for using single-source precursors to access multicomponent materials and application of the strategy to construct devices and prototypes.
Dr. Kirill V. Yusenko
Dr. Evgeniia S. Vikulova
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- single-source precursors
- multicomponent alloys
- functional materials
- composites
- thin films
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