| Scope |
Thermodynamics and kinetics are fundamental to alloy processing, phase transformations, microstructure evolution, and resulting properties. The “Exploring Thermodynamics and Kinetics of Alloys” symposium aims to provide a focused forum for advancing the experimentally grounded understanding of thermodynamic and kinetic phenomena in metallic alloys, while leveraging computational tools to interpret, validate, and extend experimental findings toward practical materials applications.
This symposium places a strong emphasis on experimental investigations, including direct thermodynamic measurements, diffusion and kinetic studies, alloy synthesis and processing, and advanced microstructural and property characterization. Computational approaches - such as CALPHAD-based modeling, first-principles calculations, phase-field simulations, and data-enabled methods - are welcomed when tightly integrated with experiments, serving to rationalize observations, guide experimental design, or validate theoretical predictions.
A defining feature of this symposium is its focus on the composition-processing-structure-property relationship, highlighting how thermodynamics and kinetics govern alloy performance in realistic manufacturing and service environments. Contributions that demonstrate clear experimental validation, benchmarking, or iterative feedback between experiments and models are particularly encouraged.
Key topics include but are not limited to:
• Experimental-Computational Synergy: Integrated studies combining experiments with computational modeling (e.g., CALPHAD, DFT, phase-field, molecular dynamics, and machine learning) to interpret phase stability, diffusion behavior, and microstructural evolution. This topic emphasizes collaboration between experimentalists and modelers, with experiments serving as the foundation for model validation and refinement.
• Experiment-Informed Theoretical and Computational Modeling: Theory- and computation-driven advances that are anchored in experimental observations, focusing on the development and application of thermodynamic and kinetic models to describe alloy phase stability, transformation pathways, diffusion processes, and microstructure evolution. Topics include physics-based and semi-empirical models, parameter assessment and validation, uncertainty quantification, and multiscale approaches that bridge atomistic, mesoscale, and macroscopic behavior.
• Advanced Characterization and Alloy Performance: Application of state-of-the-art synthesis methods, advanced microscopy and spectroscopy, in-situ characterization, and high-throughput experimental techniques to elucidate thermodynamic stability, kinetic mechanisms, and their impact on mechanical, thermal, magnetic, electronic, and functional properties.
• Accelerated and Data-Enabled Alloy Development: Novel data-driven strategies for rapid alloy discovery and optimization, including high-throughput experimentation, autonomous synthesis and characterization, and AI/ML tools integrated with computational and experimental workflows. This topic highlights automation and closed-loop frameworks that accelerate the identification of optimal compositions, microstructures, and processing pathways for targeted applications. |