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Severe plastic deformation (SPD) is a very attractive research field for metallic materials because it provides new possibilities for manufacturing nanostructured materials in large quantities and allows microstructural design on different hierarchical levels. The papers included in this issue address the following topics: novel SPD processes as well as recent advancements in established processing methods, microstructure evolution and grain refinement in single- and multi-phase alloys as well as composites, strategies to enhance the microstructure stability at elevated temperatures, mechanically driven phase transformations, surface nanostructuring, gradient and multilayered materials, and mechanical and physical properties of SPD-processed materials.

Mg-3.7Al-1.8Ca-0.4Mn alloy --- Al2Ca phase --- equal channel angular pressing --- refinement --- mechanical properties --- aluminium copper-clad rod --- hardness --- effective electrical conductivity --- severe plastic deformation --- Mg-9Li duplex alloy --- ECAP --- rolling --- high strength --- microstructure --- high pressure torsion extrusion --- gradient structure --- hardness distribution --- tensile properties --- copper --- high pressure torsion --- microstructural characterization --- magnetic properties --- hysteresis --- magneto-resistance --- β titanium alloys --- α phase precipitation --- phase composition --- high energy synchrotron X-ray diffraction --- metastable β-Ti alloys --- powder metallurgy --- cryogenic milling --- spark plasma sintering --- surface mechanical attrition treatment (SMAT) --- ultrasonic shot peening (USP) --- functionally graded materials (FGM) --- titanium niobium alloys --- titanium molybdenum alloys --- human mesenchymal stem cells culture --- cell adhesion --- cell proliferation --- magnesium --- equal-channel angular pressing --- deformation tests --- texture --- schmid factor --- cryogenic temperature --- 304L austenitic stainless steel --- rotating–bending fatigue --- tension–compression fatigue --- TiNi alloy --- thermal cycling --- ultrafine-grained structure --- microstructural and mechanical stability --- Ti–Fe --- high-pressure torsion --- high-temperature XRD --- differential scanning calorimetry --- phase diagram --- CalPhaD --- Mg alloy --- severe plastic deformation (SPD) --- intermetallic precipitates --- vacancy agglomerates --- corrosion --- n/a --- rotating-bending fatigue --- tension-compression fatigue --- Ti-Fe