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3D printing is rapidly emerging as a key manufacturing technique that is capable of serving a wide spectrum of applications, ranging from engineering to biomedical sectors. Its ability to form both simple and intricate shapes through computer-controlled graphics enables it to create a niche in the manufacturing sector. Key challenges remain, and a great deal of research is required to develop 3D printing technology for all classes of materials including polymers, metals, ceramics, and composites. In view of the growing importance of 3D manufacturing worldwide, this Special Issue aims to seek original articles to further assist in the development of this promising technology from both scientific and technological perspectives. Targeted reviews, including mini-reviews, are also welcome, as they play a crucial role in educating students and young researchers.

n/a --- microstructure --- reversed austenite --- corrosion behavior --- advanced X-ray computed tomography (XCT) --- additive manufacturing --- forming defects --- single strut --- wear properties --- thermodynamic behavior --- laser deposition welding --- titanium alloys --- SLM structure performance --- porosity --- formation mechanism --- magnesium --- part redesign --- forming morphology --- microhardness --- bonding quality --- electron beam melting --- mechanical properties --- frame structure reconstruction --- aging behaviour --- aluminum matrix composites --- Selective Laser Melting (SLM) --- maraging steel --- tailored blanks --- selective laser melting --- selective laser melting (SLM) --- 3D printing --- Ti6Al4V

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The book deals with novel aspects and perspectives in metal oxide and hybrid material fabrication. The contributions are mainly focused on the search for a new group of advanced materials with designed physicochemical properties, especially an expanded porous structure and defined surface activity. The proposed technological procedures result in an enhanced activity of the synthesized hybrid materials, which is of great importance when considering their potential fields of application. The use of such materials in different technological disciplines, including aspects associated with environmental protection, allows for the verification of the proposed synthesis method. Thus, it can be stated that those aspects are of interdisciplinary character and may be located at the interface of three scientific disciplines-chemistry, materials science, and engineering-as well as environmental protection. Furthermore, the presented scientific scope is in some way an answer to the continuous demand for such types of materials and opens new perspectives for their practical use

environment pollution --- Ti6Al4V titanium alloy --- polypropylene --- antibacterial --- physicochemical and morphological properties --- nanocomposites --- silica–lignin hybrid materials --- hazardous metals --- hierarchical --- oxyanions --- surface free energy --- CO2 capture --- dyes decolorization --- organic dyes decomposition --- mesoporous organosilica --- metal oxides --- surface layer --- mechanical properties --- ozone treatment --- adsorbents --- self-propagating --- molybdenum disulfide --- hybrid materials --- zirconia --- binary systems --- thermoplastic elastomers --- biodegradation --- sorption --- alumina --- binary oxide material --- porous hybrid adsorbents --- Ag-ZnO --- enzyme immobilization --- actinide --- photocatalysis --- aqueous durability --- zinc oxide --- inorganic oxide materials --- surface functionalization --- laccase --- nuclear waste --- water purification --- titanium dioxide --- polylactide --- zirconolite --- adhesive joint --- sol-gel method

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Nowadays, polymer self-assembly has become extremely attractive for both biological (drug delivery, tissue engineering, scaffolds) and non-biological (packaging, semiconductors) applications. In nature, a number of key biological processes are driven by polymer self-assembly, for instance protein folding. Impressive morphologies can be assembled from polymers thanks to a diverse range of interactions involved, e.g., electrostatics, hydrophobic, hots-guest interactions, etc. Both 2D and 3D tailor-made assemblies can be designed through modern powerful techniques and approaches such as the layer-by-layer and the Langmuir-Blodgett deposition, hard and soft templating. This Special Issue highlights contributions (research papers, short communications, review articles) that focus on recent developments in polymer self-assembly for both fundamental understanding the assembly phenomenon and real applications.

evaporative self-assembly --- encapsulation --- n/a --- microstructure --- solvent vapor annealing --- drug delivery --- polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane --- protein adsorption resistance --- photo-sensitive --- calcium carbonate --- fluorescence --- mucin --- polymerisation --- marine exopolysaccharide --- transglutaminases --- porous hydrogel --- adsorption --- aprotinin --- nanoparticle --- calcium alginate --- protamine --- nanocrystalline --- self-assembly --- morphological transformation --- cell culture --- block polymers --- stimuli-responsive polymer --- crosslinking --- mesoporous --- Ti6Al4V --- polymer --- flexible geometric confinement --- layer-by-layer --- surface modification --- co-synthesis --- nanolithography --- CaCO3 --- synthetic polypeptide --- air-liquid interface --- food industry --- stimuli-responsive polymers --- field-effect transistor --- Marangoni convection --- polymer scaffold --- collagen --- biomedicine --- thin films --- controlled release --- tension gradient --- monolayer

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This book focuses on recent advances in plasma technology and its application to metals, alloys, and related materials. Surface modifications, material syntheses, cutting and surface coatings are performed using low-pressure plasma or atmospheric-pressure plasma. The contributions of this book include the discussion of a wide scope of plasma technologies applied to materials. Plasma is a versatile tool that can be applied in many types of material processing. New material processing applications of plasmas and new plasma technologies are being developed rapidly. We hope that this book can contribute new knowledge to the plasma material research society.

Technology: general issues --- cathodic plasma electrolysis deposition --- Al2O3 coating --- oxidation --- solution surface tension --- nitrogen plasma --- Ga droplet --- GaN nanodot --- transmission electron microscopy --- wurtzite --- Zinc-blende --- plasma cutting --- cut heat affected zone --- mini-tensile test --- steel plate --- residual stress --- atmospheric pressure plasma jet --- platinum --- tin oxide --- dye-sensitized solar cells --- chloroplatinic acid --- tin chloride --- self-lubricating --- composite coating --- titanium --- plasma electrolytic oxidation (PEO) --- polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) --- plasma nitriding --- atmospheric-pressure plasma --- nitrogen dose amount --- hydrogen fraction --- void --- Ti6Al4V lattice structure --- Ag-doped TiO2 anatase --- spark plasma sintering --- selective laser melting --- additive manufacturing --- antibacterial and photoactivity applications --- aluminum --- surface --- plasma --- nitrogen --- postdischarge --- atmospheric pressure --- wettability --- organic-inorganic halide perovskite --- air plasma --- plasma treatment --- optoelectronic properties --- morphology

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The introduction of metal AM processes in such industrial sectors as the aerospace, automotive, defense, jewelry, medical and tool-making fields, has led to a significant reduction in waste material and in the lead times of the components, innovative designs with higher strength, lower weight, and fewer potential failure points from joining features. This Special Issue on “Additive Manufacturing (AM) of Metallic Alloys” contains a mixture of review articles and original contributions on some problems that limit the wider uptake and exploitation of metals in AM.

History of engineering & technology --- design for additive manufacturing (DfAM) --- displacements --- laser powder bed fusion (L-PBF) --- manufacturing constraints --- stiffness --- costs --- melting of a powder bed --- laser welding --- optical diagnostics --- molten pool --- temperature field --- residual stresses --- electrochemical additive manufacturing --- fountain pen feed system --- metal 3D printer --- residual stress prediction --- IN718 --- experimental measurement of residual stress --- additive manufacturing --- support structure --- Powder Bed Fusion --- titanium alloy --- Ti-6Al-4V --- fracture behavior --- mechanical properties --- L-PBF --- in situ sensing --- quality assurance --- machine learning --- roughness --- electron beam melting (EBM) --- surface texture --- lack of fusion --- part quality --- Ti6Al4V --- metal additive manufacturing --- tempered --- ausrolled nanobainite --- microstructures