Dear Colleague

I would like to invite you to contribute in the special edition
“Advances in microstructural characterization of metals by EBSD”

Special Issue: Advances in microstructural characterization of metals by
EBSD
Website: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/metals/special_issues/Metals_EBSD
*Guest Editor: Prof. Sónia Simões
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 March 2021

*Special Issue's Scope*

Electron backscattered diffraction (EBSD) is a material characterization
technique that attracts many researchers for the characterization of
different types of materials. This technique presents itself as an asset
in the characterization of the materials since it presents an excellent
resolution, and the possibility of characterizing several
microstructural aspects that is not possible with other techniques. Some
of these microstructural characteristics can be the grain size with a
high resolution, crystallographic orientation, texture, and aspects
related to the texture and character of the grain boundaries, among
others.
Sample preparation can be challenging, depending on the material and the
purpose of the characterization. All recent advances in this area in
addition to the application of this technique are also essential.
In this context, this Special Issue will aim to include works on the
application of EBSD to characterize metallic materials at different
scales and present the greatest challenges encountered in the
application of this technique as well as its main applications and full
potential in advanced materials characterization. We welcome submissions
of both theoretical and experimental research, review articles, and
novel results.

*Manuscript guidelines*

*The official deadline for submission is 31 March 2021.* However, you
may send your manuscript at any time before the deadline. Submitted
papers should not have been published previously, nor be under
consideration for publication elsewhere. Peer review is commissioned
immediately upon receipt of the paper. The paper is published
immediately upon final acceptance.

Kind regards,
Sónia Simões