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Additive Manufacturing of Materials for Extreme Environments

Submission Deadline: 22 February 2026
Special Issue Editors
Wei Fan
School of Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an, China
Interests:

Metal additive manufacturing; Multi-material additive manufacturing; Hybrid manufacturing

Jianguo Li
School of Aeronautics, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an, China
Interests:

Dynamic mechanical behavior; Crystal plasticity finite element theory; High-performance metallic materials design

Special Issue Information

The advancement of human civilization has been closely tied to our growing ability to harness extreme environments. Additive manufacturing (AM), also known as three-dimensional (3D) printing, has brought about a revolutionary transformation in the fabrication of materials designed for such conditions. This special issue aims to highlight the transformative role of additive manufacturing in enabling high-performance and multifunctional materials—including alloys, polymers, ceramics, and composites—for applications in extreme temperature, radiation, corrosion, pressure, and mechanical stress environments. We invite contributions that explore, but are not limited to, the following topics:

  • Design of 3D printable materials for extreme environments;
  • Assessment of the capability of traditional materials for extreme environments in AM;
  • AM of materials for extreme environments with enhanced performance;
  • Fabrication of multi-material components for extreme environments by AM;
  • Modelling and simulation of AM processed materials in extreme environments.
Keywords
Additive manufacturing
3D printing
Extreme temperature
Extreme radiation
Extreme corrosion
Extreme pressure
Extreme mechanical stress
Published Paper (3 Papers)
ORIGINAL RESEARCH ARTICLE

 Forming quality control of Laser Powder Bed Fusion GH3536 alloy: Surface quality, defects, and microstructure

Zhenyu Niu, Junfeng Zhang, Fenggang Liu, Fencheng Liu, ... Shuitao Zhou
Materials Science in Additive Manufacturing 2025, 4(4), 025220042 https://doi.org/10.36922/MSAM025220042
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Additive Manufacturing of Materials for Extreme Environments)
ORIGINAL RESEARCH ARTICLE

Microstructure evolution and mechanical properties of nuclear zircaloy-4 alloy fabricated by laser powder bed fusion at varying laser energy densities

Zhe Zhang, Bo Yao, Zhe Feng, Zhiwei Hao, ... Xin Lin
Materials Science in Additive Manufacturing 2025, 4(4), 025220041 https://doi.org/10.36922/MSAM025220041
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Additive Manufacturing of Materials for Extreme Environments)
ORIGINAL RESEARCH ARTICLE

Microstructure and mechanical properties of additively manufactured GH4099 superalloy

Zitian Zhao, Chuanzhi Jia, Yunlong Li, Xuehao Gao, ... Peikang Bai
Materials Science in Additive Manufacturing 2025, 4(4), 25220047 https://doi.org/10.36922/MSAM025220047
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Additive Manufacturing of Materials for Extreme Environments)
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Materials Science in Additive Manufacturing, Electronic ISSN: 2810-9635 Published by AccScience Publishing