1000 at 1000: Particulate-reinforced metal matrix composites
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1000 at 1000: Particulate-reinforced metal matrix composites Philip Nash1,* 1 2
and Naiqin Zhao2
Thermal Processing Technology Center, Illinois Institute of Technology, 10 W 32nd St., Chicago, IL 60616, USA School of Materials Science and Engineering, and Tianjin Key Laboratory of Composite and Functional Materials, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, People’s Republic of China
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This editorial is part of our series ‘‘1000 at 1000’’, highlighting the Journal of Materials Science’s most highly cited publications as part of the journal’s celebration of 1000 issues. The review article serves a particular function in science and engineering in providing an overview of a technical field together with the insights of scientists with expertise in that field. Given the explosion in the amount of published work in science and engineering, review articles are of increasing importance, particularly for those new to a field, to be able to gain the perspective and insight that leads to progress. In a world of information overload, it is often the case that we cannot ‘‘see the wood for the trees’’. The review article by Ibrahim, Mohamed and Lavernia, entitled ‘‘Particulate reinforced metal matrix composites—a review’’ [1] was published in 1991 and yet still serves the purpose that a good review article should, as measured by its total
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citations (over 1200 in all databases of Web of Science as of writing this), and its current citation rate in recent years often exceeding 100 per year. A simple internet search on Google Scholar (2020/ 07/17) using the unconstrained term particulate metal matrix composites from 1971–1990 yielded 15,600 results, while the same search from 1991–2010 yields 20,400 and from 2001–2020 yielded 23,400 results. This shows some growth in interest in the field but is misleading since the term ‘‘particulate metal matrix composites’’ does not cover the more diverse aspects of the field as it has developed over the last 30 years. By using the term particulate, the review is focusing on a particular type of metal matrix composite (MMC), albeit the most important in terms of industrial use, and is excluding short and long fiber, as well as continuous reinforced composites which are generally more expensive and, in many cases, have isotropic properties.
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Figure 1 a The number of publications by year using the search criteria ‘‘Metal matrix composites’’, ‘‘Particle’’ and ‘‘Metal matrix composites’’ and ‘‘Nano’’ and ‘‘Particle’’ and ‘‘Metal matrix composites’’ in the last 20 years; b The citations of the Ibrahim et al. review [1] from 1998–2020. Data retrieved from Web of Knowledge (2020-07-19, WoS Core Collection).
Considerably more publications can be found with just the search term MMCs (Fig. 1a). The use of the term nano-particulate is now often used when discussing particulate-reinforced metal matrix composites containing much small
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