{"title":"Guest Editorial for the Special Issue “Advances in High-Performance Polymeric Materials”","authors":"Tairong Kuang, Xianhu Liu, Zhipeng Gu","doi":"10.1002/adem.70177","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/adem.70177","url":null,"abstract":"<p><b>Advances in High-Performance Polymeric Materials</b>\u0000 </p><p>This cover illustrates hierarchical high-performance polymer composites integrating lightweight fibrous networks, porous matrices, and nanostructured layers. Such architectures deliver enhanced strength, multifunctionality, and energy efficiency. Highlighting applications across aerospace, electronics, energy harvesting, EMI shielding, and sustainable manufacturing, it exemplifies the structure–property–function paradigm central to the advances presented in this Special Issue guest edited by Tairong Kuang, Xianhu Liu, and Zhipeng Gu (10.1002/adem.202501625).\u0000 <figure>\u0000 <div><picture>\u0000 <source></source></picture><p></p>\u0000 </div>\u0000 </figure></p>","PeriodicalId":7275,"journal":{"name":"Advanced Engineering Materials","volume":"27 19","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2025-10-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/adem.70177","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145237240","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Guest Editorial for the Special Issue “Advances in High-Performance Polymeric Materials”","authors":"Tairong Kuang, Xianhu Liu, Zhipeng Gu","doi":"10.1002/adem.202501625","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/adem.202501625","url":null,"abstract":"<p>High-performance polymeric materials are essential for technological advancements in electronics, aerospace, automotive engineering, biomedicine and sustainable manufacturing. Characterized by outstanding mechanical strength, lightweight structures, superior thermal stability, electrical performance and multifunctionality, these advanced materials effectively address rigorous industrial demands. This Special Issue carefully compiles sixteen high-quality articles, including original research and critical reviews, which collectively demonstrate recent advancements in polymer composites, innovative foaming techniques, multifunctional fibers, responsive sensors, energy-harvesting materials, optimized polymer blends and electromagnetic interference (EMI) shielding composites. Each article provides detailed experimental findings, clearly defined structure-property relationships and precise processing methods, demonstrating significant potential for practical applications.</p><p>Several studies in this collection specifically focused on structural optimization strategies for polymeric foams, highlighting critical improvements in mechanical and structural performance. For instance, Zhai et al. utilized supercritical nitrogen (N<sub>2</sub>)/carbon dioxide (CO<sub>2</sub>) foaming techniques to fabricate ethylene vinyl acetate (EVA)/olefin block copolymer (OBC) foams, significantly enhancing rebound resilience, dimensional stability, and mechanical properties, particularly making them suited for cushioning and footwear applications (adem.202500320). Wang et al. further advanced polymeric foam research by developing double-layered polylactic acid (PLA)-based nanocomposite foams, which exhibited improved mechanical strength and lightweight characteristics advantageous for automotive and structural components (adem.202402348).</p><p>To further improve cellular structures, Geng et al. employed chain-extension strategies to substantially improve the cellular morphology and mechanical stability of thermoplastic polyether amide elastomer foams. This development extends their potential applications into mechanically demanding environments (adem.202403005). In a related study, Huang et al. demonstrated that combining poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) with chain extenders significantly enhanced the stability, expansion ratio, and mechanical strength of poly(butylene succinate) (PBS) foams, thereby addressing critical challenges in biodegradable polymer applications (adem.202500302). Concurrently, innovative filler strategies have played a crucial role in optimizing cellular morphology and performance. Kuang et al. effectively incorporated hollow metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) into polystyrene (PS) foams via supercritical CO<sub>2</sub> foaming, achieving enhancements in cell density, uniformity, and mechanical properties, beneficial for insulation and structural applications (adem.202500464). Also, Sun et al. investigated the potential of polysiloxane-polyether ","PeriodicalId":7275,"journal":{"name":"Advanced Engineering Materials","volume":"27 19","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2025-10-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/adem.202501625","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145237239","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Eutectic Growth Suppression for Cooperative Strengthening and Anticorrosion of Ni–Fe–Cr–Si Alloy","authors":"Pengfei Hui, Chonghao Sun, Haoran Li, Kelun Liu, Ying Ruan","doi":"10.1002/adem.70130","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/adem.70130","url":null,"abstract":"<p><b>Electromagnetic Levitation</b>\u0000 </p><p>In their Research Article (10.1002/adem.202500508), Ying Ruan and co-workers investigate the competitive growth between the dendrite and eutectic in Ni<sub>50</sub>Fe<sub>20</sub>Cr<sub>20</sub>Si<sub>10</sub> alloy using electromagnetic levitation technique. Their findings show that the increase in undercooling enhances the nucleation rate and growth velocity of the γ phase and impedes the formation of Ni3Si+γ eutectic, tending to the γ single-phase microstructure, thereby the alloy’s yield strength and anticorrosive property are enhanced.\u0000\u0000 <figure>\u0000 <div><picture>\u0000 <source></source></picture><p></p>\u0000 </div>\u0000 </figure></p>","PeriodicalId":7275,"journal":{"name":"Advanced Engineering Materials","volume":"27 18","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2025-09-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/adem.70130","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145129396","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Chao Xu, Yulin Zhang, Lu Zhang, Qingping Liu, Luquan Ren
{"title":"Tailored Pore Architectures in Ti6Al4V Bone Scaffolds for Tunable Permeability and Mechanical Performance","authors":"Chao Xu, Yulin Zhang, Lu Zhang, Qingping Liu, Luquan Ren","doi":"10.1002/adem.70131","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/adem.70131","url":null,"abstract":"<p><b>Ti6Al4V Bone Scaffolds</b>\u0000 </p><p>In the Research Article by Lu Zhang, Qingping Liu, and co-workers (10.1002/adem.202500070) Ti6Al4V scaffolds with filament-rotated, filament-shifted, and gradient pore architectures are fabricated via direct ink writing. The scaffolds achieve bone-like permeability and mechanical performance, while enabling controlled wall shear stress distribution to promote cell behavior, offering a strategy for site-specific and load-bearing bone tissue regeneration.\u0000\u0000 <figure>\u0000 <div><picture>\u0000 <source></source></picture><p></p>\u0000 </div>\u0000 </figure></p>","PeriodicalId":7275,"journal":{"name":"Advanced Engineering Materials","volume":"27 18","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2025-09-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/adem.70131","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145129364","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Bing Zhong, Xinbo Zhou, Hefa Zhu, Wen Xin, Lei Zhang, Zhong Wang
{"title":"Correction to “Research on the Mid-Infrared Anti-Reflection Performance of Disordered Porous Structures”","authors":"Bing Zhong, Xinbo Zhou, Hefa Zhu, Wen Xin, Lei Zhang, Zhong Wang","doi":"10.1002/adem.202501763","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/adem.202501763","url":null,"abstract":"<p><i>Adv. Eng. Mater</i>., <b>2025</b>, <i>27</i>(10), 2402058</p><p>https://advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/adem.202402058</p><p>In the “ABSTRACT” section, the text “Horizontal line scanning at 10 μm spacing and 50 mm s<sup>−1</sup> speed yields the best performance with 0.041% reflectance.” was incorrect. This should have read: “Horizontal line scanning at 10 μm spacing and 50 mm s<sup>−1</sup> speed yields the best performance with 4.1% reflectance.”</p><p>In paragraph 3 of the “Introduction” section, the text “Guo et al.<sup>[17–19]</sup> fabricated groove structures with varying dimensional parameters on metals such as Pt, Au, Ag, Ti, Al, and W using ultrafast lasers. In the wavelength range of 250–2500 nm, their total reflectivity decreased to 5–10%; in the range of 2.5–16 μm, the surface reflectivity was also significantly reduced compared to polished metal surfaces. However, as the wavelength increased, the surface reflectivity rapidly rose to 40%. Fan et al.<sup>[20]</sup> used femtosecond lasers to fabricate microcone structures on Cu, Ti, and W metal surfaces. In the 400–2000 nm range, the average reflectivity of the textured metal surfaces was 4.1, 2.4, and 3.2%, respectively. They also proposed combining picosecond lasers with high-temperature oxidation to fabricate microcone structures with nanowires on copper surfaces, further improving copper's antireflection properties. In the range of 14–18 μm, the average reflectivity remained stably below 3%”.<sup>[21]</sup> was incorrect. This should have read: “Guo et al.<sup>[17–19]</sup> fabricated groove structures with varying dimensional parameters on metals such as Pt, Au, Ag, Ti, Al, and W using ultrafast lasers. In the wavelength range of 250–2500 nm, their total reflectance decreased to 5–10%; in the range of 2.5–16 μm, the surface reflectance was also significantly reduced compared to polished metal surfaces. However, as the wavelength increased, the surface reflectance rapidly rose to 40%. Fan et al.<sup>[20]</sup> used femtosecond lasers to fabricate microcone structures on Cu, Ti, and W metal surfaces. In the 400–2000 nm range, the average reflectance of the textured metal surfaces was 4.1, 2.4, and 3.2%, respectively. They also proposed combining picosecond lasers with high-temperature oxidation to fabricate microcone structures with nanowires on copper surfaces, further improving copper's antireflection properties. In the range of 14–18 μm, the average reflectance remained stably below 3%.<sup>[21]</sup> You et al.<sup>[22]</sup> used femtosecond lasers to fabricate groove structures with a period of 120 μm on the titanium metal surface, achieving an absorption rate of over 90% in the 250–2500 nm wavelength range. Cheng et al.<sup>[23]</sup> employed both nanosecond and femtosecond lasers to fabricate groove and honeycomb hole patterns on TC4 titanium alloy surfaces. In the 200–2500 nm range, the best average reflectance was reduced to 1.63%.”</p><p>In paragraph ","PeriodicalId":7275,"journal":{"name":"Advanced Engineering Materials","volume":"27 18","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2025-09-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/adem.202501763","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145128979","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Editorial on the Special Section of Tailored Forming","authors":"Bernd-Arno Behrens, Johanna Uhe","doi":"10.1002/adem.202501301","DOIUrl":"10.1002/adem.202501301","url":null,"abstract":"<p>In recent years, the requirements for technical components have steadily increased. This development is intensified by the desire for resource-saving products with lower weight, smaller size, and extended functionality, but also higher resistance to specific loads. Mono-material components, however, which are produced by established processes, feature limited qualities according to their respective material characteristics. Thus, a significant increase in production quality and efficiency can only be reached by combining different materials in one component.</p><p>This special section with a total number of eleven manuscripts, includes the latest research from the third funding period of the Collaborative Research Centre (CRC) 1153 “Process chain for the production of hybrid high-performance components through tailored forming”.</p><p>The CRC 1153, located at Leibniz Universität Hannover, was established with the goal of the development, characterization, and modeling of novel process chains for the production of load-adjusted hybrid solid components by using joined semi-finished workpieces. In addition to ten institutes of Leibniz Universität Hannover, scientists of Laser Zentrum Hannover e.V., Institut für Integrierte Produktion Hannover gGmbH, Universität Paderborn, and Technische Informationsbibliothek are part of the CRC.</p><p>In contrast to existing process chains of hybrid solid components, at which the joining process takes place during forming or at the end of the process chain, tailored semi-finished workpieces are used in the CRC 1153, which are joined before the forming process. This enables the production of complex, highly stressable solid components made of different metals, which meet the requirements of different structural and functional areas more effectively than mono-material components. The aim is to leverage the concept of tailored forming to create components that integrate different materials with optimized properties for specific applications. This approach not only enhances the performance and functionality of these components but also creates new opportunities for sustainable manufacturing by improving material efficiency and reducing waste. Compared to existing manufacturing processes, the simple geometry of the prejoined semi-finished products in the tailored forming process chain facilitates handling and the reliable production of a materially bonded joining zone. The specifically controlled material flow during the subsequent forming process also makes it possible to influence the resulting joining zone geometry, which is not possible with conventional joining processes.</p><p>The articles within this special section cover various aspects of the research along the tailored forming process chain. These include: advances in different joining and forming technologies, innovative design approaches, specific quality control, characterization and measurement technologies for hybrid bulk metal components, assessment o","PeriodicalId":7275,"journal":{"name":"Advanced Engineering Materials","volume":"27 16","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2025-08-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/adem.202501301","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144894409","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Balaji Baskar, Atiqul Islam Ahad, Carla Berrospe-Rodriguez, Guillermo Aguilar
{"title":"Femtosecond Single- and Double-Pulse Fabrication of Periodic Nanostructures on Stainless Steel for Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy","authors":"Balaji Baskar, Atiqul Islam Ahad, Carla Berrospe-Rodriguez, Guillermo Aguilar","doi":"10.1002/adem.70057","DOIUrl":"10.1002/adem.70057","url":null,"abstract":"<p><b>Laser-Induced Periodic Surface Structures</b>\u0000 </p><p>In article number 2500145, Guillermo Aguilar and co-workers present femtosecond laser-induced patterning of surface structures (LIPSS) to create nanostructures with different morphologies on stainless steel. This enhances both the hydrophobicity and the density of plasmonic hotspots, improving SERS detection. The technique is simple, scalable, and cost-effective, offering a promising solution for trace molecular sensing.\u0000\u0000 <figure>\u0000 <div><picture>\u0000 <source></source></picture><p></p>\u0000 </div>\u0000 </figure></p>","PeriodicalId":7275,"journal":{"name":"Advanced Engineering Materials","volume":"27 16","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2025-08-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/adem.70057","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144894437","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Influence of Cold Rolling on the Microstructure Evolution and Mechanical Properties of High-Nitrogen Bearing Steel","authors":"Mengli Sun, Yuchen Du, Feng Wang, Dongsheng Qian","doi":"10.1002/adem.202501151","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/adem.202501151","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Cold rolling as an essential processing step prior to heat treatment has been widely employed to achieve precision shape forming of bearings. Herein, the influence of cold rolling on the microstructure of the high-nitrogen bearing steel X30CrMoN15 is systematically investigated and the effect of the microstructure on mechanical properties is quantified. Quantitative deconvolution of strengthening mechanisms reveals that dislocation strengthening dominates the yield strength enhancement (contributing 63.2% in CR40), supplemented by precipitation strengthening (23.4%) and grain boundary strengthening (18.7%). After cold rolling, specimens exhibit simultaneous increases in strength and toughness, with 30% reduction delivering optimal properties. Ultimate tensile strength increases from 2178 to 2280 MPa, while impact toughness rises from 9.1 to 11.9 J compared to undeformed specimens. Microstructural analysis confirms that dislocation–precipitation synergy governs strength enhancement, while balanced interactions between refined carbonitrides (0.57 μm), martensite refinement (0.60 μm), and retained austenite stabilization (10.37%) drive toughness improvement.</p>","PeriodicalId":7275,"journal":{"name":"Advanced Engineering Materials","volume":"27 18","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2025-08-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145129319","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Microstructure-Pore Defect-Property Relationship of NiTi Alloy Fabricated by Laser Powder Bed Fusion: Experimental and Numerical Analysis","authors":"Shubang Wang, Shuaiqi Shao, Chunhuan Guo, Wenyuan Wang, Zheyu Yang, Lei Wang, Xuewei Yan, Fengchun Jiang","doi":"10.1002/adem.202500914","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/adem.202500914","url":null,"abstract":"<p>This study aims to reveal the interaction between the microstructure, keyhole-induced pore defects, and mechanical properties of NiTi alloy fabricated by the laser powder bed fusion (LPBF) method. The results indicate that as the laser scanning speed increases, the grain size of the NiTi alloy gradually decreases, and the nanoindentation hardness and modulus gradually increase. At higher scanning speeds, the crystallographic orientation progressively deviates from <001>, resulting in diminished superelasticity and significant fluctuations in the micromechanical and damping properties of materials near defect areas. At lower scanning speeds, the keyhole depression created by the recoil pressure in the molten pool area further collapses, resulting in more pore defects. Defects change the direction of the flow field and the distribution of the temperature field in the microarea during their formation and movement, altering the temperature gradient and solidification rate of the microstructure near the defect. Differential grain growth occurs around the defect, resulting in anisotropy of micromechanical properties. The obtained results provide a comprehensive analysis of the intrinsic correlation between the defect characteristics and material properties of LPBF NiTi alloys under different process parameters.</p>","PeriodicalId":7275,"journal":{"name":"Advanced Engineering Materials","volume":"27 18","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2025-08-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145129127","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}