Reticulated porous ceramics are reviewed with a focus on the manufacturing process and its modifications and resulting slurry properties, on subsequent modification strategies and on characterization methods of materials properties.
Sandra Kalveram
Sandra is Editor-in-Chief of Advanced Engineering Materials and steel research international.
Manufacturing of a Magnesium “Sponge”
Current state of the research areas with descriptions of the various fabrication methods and properties of magnesium “sponges” is summarized.
Update on Materials Characterization
The scope of this Special Section is to provide an overview of current status, recent developments and research activities in the field of materials characterization, with a particular emphasis on future scenarios.
Tailored Properties by Smart Microstructural Adjustments
A proposal to extend the traditional two-dimensional material performance map to a multi-dimensional view incorporating local formability, such as hole expansion ratio or bending angle during the development of future automotive steel grades.
Ferrous Material Models in Computational Engineering
A perceptive review of progress observed in development of ferrous materials models for computational engineering applications is presented.
Modeling of Microstructural Evolution by Freeze-Casting
This paper presents what is probably the first working phase field model of freezing colloidal suspension.
Bone-Inspired Metallic Tubes
The gradient structure of bones inspired researchers to develop a technique by which a gradient structure can be imparted to metallic tubes.
Update On Titanium Alloys
This special section covers the latest advances regarding the alloy development, phase transformation, processing, characterization and applications of titanium alloys.
Skin-Like Polymeric Coatings
A regenerative coating system that consists of a multilayer structure analogous to skin where the coating is formed on a vascularized substrate is developed.
Activation Energy and High Temperature Oxidation Behavior of High Entropy Alloys
The oxidation behavior of a new high entropy alloy is investigated at different temperatures and compared with state-of-the-art materials.