Porous Metallic Materials: Properties, Applications and Latest Research Progress
A special issue of Metals (ISSN 2075-4701). This special issue belongs to the section "Metal Casting, Forming and Heat Treatment".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 September 2025 | Viewed by 52
Special Issue Editor
Interests: porous metal materials; high damping alloys; metal matrix composites
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Dear Colleagues,
Porous metallic materials, with their elaborate porous networks, possess outstanding structural characteristics and excellent properties. Their porous structures, varying from foam-like to honeycomb forms, combine lightweight, high stiffness, high damping, and remarkable energy absorption abilities. These materials are widely used in military and industrial fields. In military applications, they are perfect for armor and impact-resistant parts due to their excellent shock absorption. In excel in industrial applications such as heat transfer, noise reduction, and catalysis. Moreover, in aerospace, they are used for manufacturing lightweight yet strong structural components like aircraft wings and for thermal protection systems. In electronic and electrical areas, they serve as electromagnetic shields for electronic devices and as electrode materials or heat dissipation components.
This Special Issue focuses on the latest research progress of porous metal materials. It covers aspects such as new process and equipment R&D, novel material preparation, the structure–property relationship, application research, and the multifunctional integration study of these materials.
Prof. Dr. Qingzhou Wang
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- porous metallic materials
- preparation
- structure–property relationship
- application research
- multifunctional integration
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