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Applications of Neural Networks in Materials

Submission Deadline: 01 September 2025 (closed) View: 473 Submit to Journal

Guest Editors

Dr. Rocío Rodríguez

Email: rociorg@usal.es

Affiliation: Tidop Research Group, University of Salamanca, Patio de Escuelas 1, E-38008 Salamanca, Spain

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Research Interests: neural networks, materials science


Dr. Manuel Curado 

Email: manuel.curado@ua.es

Affiliation: Department of Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence, University of Alicante, Campus de San Vicente, Ap. Correos 99, E-03080 Alicante, Spain   

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Research Interests: neural networks, materials science


Summary

Data science and machine learning are considered the fourth pillar of science capable of supporting all scientific disciplines by correlating them. Deep and machine learning methods are being applied to different stages of materials science, from the creation of new materials to the improvement of existing ones through database studies, from the study of their properties, reverse engineering, automated data analysis. The methods used to perform machine learning models applied to chemistry and materials science are either classical models such as ensembles of decision trees or more modern techniques such as neural networks or sequence models. Many research projects applied to the latest materials focus on neural network methods.


The main objective: to produce a special issue on this topic that brings together the latest and most innovative research on this subject.


New materials and neural networks

- Application of neural networks in materials formation

- Applications of neural networks for the improvement of material properties

- Neural networks applications for sustainability in materials


Keywords

Neural networks, chemistry and materials science

Published Papers


  • Open Access

    ARTICLE

    Artificial Neural Network Model for Thermal Conductivity Estimation of Metal Oxide Water-Based Nanofluids

    Nikhil S. Mane, Sheetal Kumar Dewangan, Sayantan Mukherjee, Pradnyavati Mane, Deepak Kumar Singh, Ravindra Singh Saluja
    CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.86, No.1, pp. 1-16, 2026, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2025.072090
    (This article belongs to the Special Issue: Applications of Neural Networks in Materials)
    Abstract The thermal conductivity of nanofluids is an important property that influences the heat transfer capabilities of nanofluids. Researchers rely on experimental investigations to explore nanofluid properties, as it is a necessary step before their practical application. As these investigations are time and resource-consuming undertakings, an effective prediction model can significantly improve the efficiency of research operations. In this work, an Artificial Neural Network (ANN) model is developed to predict the thermal conductivity of metal oxide water-based nanofluid. For this, a comprehensive set of 691 data points was collected from the literature. This dataset is split More >

  • Open Access

    ARTICLE

    The Flow Behavior Investigation of 5754 Aluminum Alloy Based on ACO-BP-ANN

    Fengjuan Ding, Lu Suo, Tengjiao Hong, Fulong Dong, Dong Huang
    CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.85, No.3, pp. 4551-4570, 2025, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2025.069565
    (This article belongs to the Special Issue: Applications of Neural Networks in Materials)
    Abstract The complex phenomena that occur during the plastic deformation process of aluminum alloys, such as strain rate hardening, dynamic recovery, recrystallization, and damage evolution, can significantly affect the properties of these alloys and limit their applications. Therefore, studying the high-temperature flow stress characteristics of these materials and developing accurate constitutive models has significant scientific research value. In this study, quasi-static tensile tests were conducted on 5754 aluminum alloy using an electronic testing machine combined with a high-temperature environmental chamber to explore its plastic flow behavior under main deformation parameters (such as deformation temperatures, strain rates,… More >

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