Inorganic Materials for Applications in Extreme Environments

Dear Colleagues,

Currently available advanced materials are often pushing the boundaries of endurance, maintaining stability under challenging conditions like exposure to high/cryogenic temperatures, high pressures, high strains, or UV/laser/particle irradiation. These materials can be used in such challenging environments as space, engines, or nuclear reactors. They include, e.g., ultra-high temperature ceramics such as carbides or nitrides, composites, or metal alloys. On the other hand, nature often exposes materials to extreme conditions like, for instance, in the center of the Earth or inside a volcano. Lessons learnt from these natural environments could help to design materials for applications under extreme conditions.

Much progress has been made in the field of materials under extreme conditions, linked to advances in the development of instrumentation. The characterization of these materials can be challenging and critical for their applications. Understanding how materials respond to extreme conditions and changes in their structure and dynamics, often with the occurrence of phase transitions, is of crucial importance. This includes structural studies with diffraction-based techniques, chemical properties such as resistance to oxidation, and the characterization of thermal, electrical and mechanical behaviors. To some extent, the results could be predicted with computational studies which are a valuable supporting tool. This is possible due to progress in the understanding of the bonding, electronic structures, and thermodynamics of materials under extreme conditions.

This Special Issue welcomes all kinds of contributions, including original research and review papers, on all aspects of inorganic materials in extreme environments, including the characterization and prediction of their properties, the discovery of new materials, and their qualification for specific applications.

Dr. Małgorzata Hołyńska
Guest Editor

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• inorganic materials
• extreme environment
• radiation
• high pressure
• high temperature
• high strain