Metal foams possess remarkable properties, such as lightweight, high compressive strength,
lower specific weight, high stiffness, and high energy absorption. These properties make …

The use of particles as foam and emulsion stabilising species, with or without surfactants,
has received great interest in recent years. The majority of work has studied the effects of …

The history of metallic foams and the key innovations that have led to the variety of
processing methods known today are reviewed. It is evident that the idea of foaming metals …

Zinc (Zn) alloys have attracted much attention for biomedical applications due to their
biodegradability, biocompatibility, and biological functionalities. Zn alloy foams have high …

Over the past two decades, a large number of metallic foams have been developed. In
recent years research on this multi-functional material class has further intensified. However …

Open-cell and closed-cell metal foams have been reinforced with different kinds of micro-
and nano-sized reinforcements to enhance their mechanical properties of the metallic …

Direct metal laser sintering (DMLS), due to its flexibility in materials and shapes, would be
especially interesting to produce complex shaped porous metallic components. In the …

In this study, open cell Al–Al2O3 composite foams having different volume fractions of Al2O3
(0–10vol.%) were synthesized by using the space-holder technique. Various amounts of …

Materials scientists and engineers have been trying to create porous metals and metal
foams for many years. Naturally occurring porous materials such as bone, coral, cork, balsa …

The production of closed-cell metallic foams has been of interest to the scientific community
and industry for decades, owing to their unique properties, which include high specific …