Dear Colleagues,

The various sectors of modern industry are constantly looking for ever more efficient, but also economical and sustainable materials. To meet new needs, it is necessary to think not only in terms of raw materials, compositions, and microstructures but also in terms of manufacturing processes and architectures.

Because of their great diversity of properties (mechanical, chemical, electrical, biological, etc.), silicate materials, including ceramics, glasses, glass ceramics and geopolymers, constitute an important family of materials wildly used in many industrial sectors: automotive, aeronautics, aerospace, health, electronics, energy, etc.

The final characteristics of a product are the result of a set of parameters associated with each step of its production, especially the choice of the raw materials and the shaping technology. Therefore, the innovation in the manufacturing processes to achieve specific microstructures and architectures is a key axis of research to strengthen and increase the application fields of silicate materials and their presence in advanced products.

Within the scope of this Special Issue, it is our pleasure to invite you to submit original research papers, short communications, or state-of-the-art reviews related to silicate materials. The topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

• Alternative shaping routes such as : additive manufacturing, freeze casting, etc.
• Alternative sintering methods suche as : microwaves, cold sintering, SPS, etc.
• Correlation processing/microstructure/properties;
• Modeling of processes or properties;
• Design of functional devices/prototypes (e.g., for catalysis, filtration…);
• Innovative characterization methods such as : in situ monitoring of drying, sintering, non-destructive methods, etc.

Dr. Maurice Gonon
Dr. Sandra Abdelouhab
Dr. Gisèle Laure Lecomte-Nana
Guest Editors

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• silicate materials
• ceramics
• glass ceramics
• shaping
• sintering
• additive manufacturing
• properties
• microstructure
• characterization
• modeling