Soft Magnetic Alloys and Composites
A special issue of Metals (ISSN 2075-4701). This special issue belongs to the section "Entropic Alloys and Meta-Metals".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 April 2022) | Viewed by 5683
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Interests: powder metallurgy; structural analysis; thermal analysis; mechanical alloying; nanocrystalline
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Dear Colleagues,
Interest in soft magnetic alloys and composites is due to their many applications, as well as the possibility of obtaining materials with the desired magnetic properties by controlling the processing conditions and the microstructure. Soft magnetic alloys and composites will play an important role to improve the energy efficiency of energy conversion devices. They are mostly amorphous or nanocrystalline Fe-, Co-, and/or Ni-based compounds. Among the magnetic properties to be optimized, it is worth highlighting the magnetization of saturation, coercivity, remanence, magneto-impedance, saturation polarization, magneto-crystalline anisotropy, and losses, in addition to other properties, such as resistance to corrosion and resistivity. There are multiple aspects that need to be analyzed, such as the nanomagnetism, the influence of heat/stress/field treatments, and the addition of minor elements. Regarding composites, apart from the traditional polymer-based ones, there are also soft–hard composites for the optimization of permanent magnets, or those obtained by means of innovative additive manufacturing techniques. Their applications are also diverse, franging from materials for a sustainable and electrified world, to sensors and actuators, catalysis, and magnetocaloric effects. Likewise, theoretical or simulation studies are also well-valued topics.
Prof. Dr. Joan-Josep Suñol
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- soft magnetic
- composites
- nanomagnetism
- sensors
- energy efficiency
- energy conversion
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