Rare-Earth Alloys and Compounds
A special issue of Metals (ISSN 2075-4701).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 25 July 2024 | Viewed by 1180
Special Issue Editors
Interests: actinides and lanthanides; high entropy alloys; thermodynamics; alloy design; phase diagrams; CALPHAD
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Alloys based on critical materials, such as rare-earth metals, host a rich array of physical and chemical phenomena, making them indispensable for a wide range of technological applications. These materials came to global prominence during the rare-earth price shock of the early 2010s and are currently gaining renewed prominence due to the transition to a green economy: from their presence in permanent magnets for EVs or applications in clean-energy generation.
However, they also come with complicated chemistry and physics, and demanding processing conditions, which makes detailed evaluation of their phase stability, properties, and manufacturability challenging. In the face of these complications, this Special Issue aims to present state-of-the-art results of scientific investigations ranging from theoretical approaches (e.g., ab initio calculations and CALPHAD assessment of binary systems) to experimental studies at a higher technology readiness level (e.g., new process development for multicomponent hard magnets) to improve our knowledge of rare-earth alloys and compounds, thus facilitating their (i) separation, refinement, and production; (ii) substitution; and (iii) reuse and recycling.
In this Special Issue, original research articles and reviews are welcome. Research areas may include (but are not limited to) the following: determinations of crystal structures, phase diagrams, phase equilibria, and thermodynamic properties; measurements and prediction of diffusion coefficients; theoretical predictions and experimental characterizations of physical and chemical properties; high throughput alloy synthesis and characterization; and alloy design.
Dr. Aurelien Perron
Dr. Alexander Adrian Baker
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- rare earths
- 4f electrons
- critical materials
- thermodynamics and kinetics
- phase diagrams
- magnetism
- CALPHAD
- green energy
- combinatorial material assessment
- ab initio calculations
- atomistic simulations
