Special issue: Functionally graded materials: an integrated approach

International Journal of Materials and Product Technology 39(1/2) 2010

Includes papers from the 1st Portuguese Workshop on Functionally Graded Materials: an Integrated Approach, held in Guimarães, Portugal, 9-10 October 2008.

• In situ fabrication of Al3Ti-Al functionally graded composites by centrifugal casting
• Functionally Graded Materials: bulk processing techniques
• On the ability of producing FGMs with an AlSi12 aluminium alloy by using centrifugal casting
• Influence of solidification rates on a Directional Solidification process for the production of Functionally Graded Materials
• Design and fabrication strategy in the world of functional gradation
• Optimal design and preparation of silicon nitride ceramic radome material with gradient porous structure
• Design and preparation of flier-plate material with graded wave impedance
• Phase diagram investigation and characterisation of ternary Sn–In–Me (Me = Ag, Cu) lead-free solder systems
• Aleksandra Milosavljevic, Dragana Zivkovic, Dragan Manasijevic, Nadezda Talijan, Vladan Evaluation of particle size and shape distributions in Al-Al3Ni Functionally Graded Materials fabricated by a semi-solid forming process
• Corrosion behaviour of aluminium syntactic functionally graded composites
• Functional graded material with nano-structured coating for protection
• Structure, mechanical properties and corrosion resistance of PVD gradient coatings deposited onto the X40CrMoV5-1 hot work tool steel substrate
• The reactive gas pulsing process for tuneable properties of sputter deposited titanium oxide, nitride and oxynitride coatings
• Functionally graded electroactive Poly(vinylidene fluoride) polymers
• Tribological characterisation of magnetron sputtered Ti(C, O, N) thin films
• Effect of grain size and hydrogen passivation on the electrical properties of nanocrystalline silicon films
• A study on morphological properties of laser sintered functionally graded blends of amorphous thermoplastics