Inorganic Crystalline Materials
A section of Crystals (ISSN 2073-4352).
Section Information
Aims
The section “Inorganic Crystalline Materials” provides a forum for advancements in our understanding of the nucleation, growth, processing, structure and property characterizations, and emerging applications of inorganic crystalline materials. Their mechanical, chemical, electronic, magnetic, and optical properties, as well as their diverse applications, are all considered to be of importance. Additionally, we encourage contributors to send articles focused on crystals research on inorganic crystalline materials and their characterization using modern techniques for crystal growth and high-resolution characterization, such as synchrotron radiation and STEM.
Crystals serves as a reference and publication source for the crystal research community. Crystals publishes reviews, regular research articles, and short communications. Our aim is to encourage scientists to publish their experimental, theoretical, and computational results in as much detail as possible so that results can be reproduced. Therefore, there are no restrictions on article length.
Subject Areas
All classes of inorganic crystalline materials, either in bulk or thin films, such as:
- semiconductors
- magnetic systems
- superconductors
- graphene
- photonic crystals
- piezoelectric crystals
- ferroelectric crystals
- optical crystals, including nonlinear and laser crystals
- scintillating crystals
Crystal growth techniques include, but are not limited to:
- conventional crystal growth, including Bridgman, Czochralski, top seeding, solid state conversion, high temperature flux methods
- molecular beam, chemical beam, and vapor phase epitaxy, non-classical growth by particle attachment and fusion
Characterization techniques, such as:
- X-ray diffraction
- photoluminescence
- electron microscopy and diffraction
- neutron diffraction
- free electron lasers
- scanning probe microscopy
- carrier transport
- magnetic property measurements
- Rutherford backscattering
- ellipsometry
- AFM/PFM
- STEM
Property characterizations, including but not limited to optical, magnetic, electronic, etc.
- Fundamental research into:
- solid-state physics and chemistry
- crystalline surfaces
- crystalline structure
- crystalline interface
- crystallization mechanisms
Editorial Board
Topical Advisory Panel
Special Issues
Following special issues within this section are currently open for submissions:
- Crystal Structures and Magnetic Interactions of Magnetic Materials (Deadline: 20 November 2024)
- Advanced Research on Metal Phosphate Materials for Supercapacitor and Sensing Applications (Deadline: 20 November 2024)
- Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Welding Joints (Deadline: 20 November 2024)
- Advances in Low-Dimensional Materials for Electronics and Sensing Applications (Deadline: 30 November 2024)
- Simulation of Abrasive Processes for Crystalline Materials by Means of Molecular Dynamics and Multiscale Methods (Deadline: 30 November 2024)
- Electrochemical Materials for the Future of Society (Deadline: 10 December 2024)
- New Insights into Photonic Crystal Fibers: From Fundamentals to Materials Performance (Deadline: 20 December 2024)
- Ferroelectric and Multiferroic Thin Films (Deadline: 20 December 2024)
- Advanced Surface Modifications on Materials (Deadline: 20 December 2024)
- Structural Engineering of Low-Dimensional Materials for Desired Properties (Deadline: 20 December 2024)
- Electronic Phenomena of Transition Metal Oxides Volume II (Deadline: 20 December 2024)
- Advances in Functional Inorganic Materials Prepared by Wet Chemical Methods (Third Edition) (Deadline: 20 December 2024)
- Advanced Research in 2D Materials (Deadline: 22 December 2024)
- Solution Processing and Properties of Oxide Films and Nanostructures (Deadline: 31 December 2024)
- Topological Photonic Crystals (Deadline: 2 January 2025)
- Nanotech Horizons: Innovating Water Remediation through Nanomaterial Applications (Deadline: 10 January 2025)
- Two-Dimensional Materials: Synthesis, Characterization and Device Applications (Deadline: 15 January 2025)
- New Trends in Materials for Permanent Magnets (Deadline: 20 January 2025)
- Pressure-Induced Phase Transformations (Third Edition) (Deadline: 25 January 2025)
- Adsorption Capabilities of Porous Materials (Deadline: 25 January 2025)
- Microstructure and Properties of Intermetallic Compounds (Deadline: 20 February 2025)
- Research on Scintillators (Deadline: 20 February 2025)
- Recent Advances in Graphene and Other Two-Dimensional Materials (Deadline: 20 February 2025)
- Synthesis and Characterization of Oxide Nanoparticles (Deadline: 25 February 2025)
- Advances in Heavy-Rare-Earth-Free or Lean Permanent Magnets (Deadline: 27 February 2025)
- Synthesis and Characterization of Ammonia Synthesis Catalysts (Deadline: 10 March 2025)
- Rare Earths-Doped Materials (3rd Edition) (Deadline: 10 March 2025)
- State of Art of Excitonic Insulator (Deadline: 15 March 2025)
- Advanced Surface Engineering Materials: Characterization and Properties (2nd Edition) (Deadline: 28 March 2025)
- Metal Oxides: Crystal Structure, Synthesis and Characterization (2nd Edition) (Deadline: 31 March 2025)
- Exploring the Magnetic World: Advances in Synthesis, Characterization, and Revolutionary Applications of Magnetic Nanoparticles (Deadline: 20 April 2025)
- Laser–Material Interaction: Principles, Phenomena, and Applications (Deadline: 20 April 2025)
- Novel Nano-Materials: Material Characterization and Structural Analysis (Deadline: 30 April 2025)
- Synthesis, Characterization and Application of Novel Nanoparticles (Deadline: 30 April 2025)
- Catalyst Materials for Waste Treatment (Deadline: 1 May 2025)
- Recent Advances in the Structural and Optical Properties of Perovskite Quantum Dots (Deadline: 10 May 2025)
- Perovskite-Based Light-Emitting Devices (Deadline: 15 May 2025)
- Research Progress of Optical Fibers (Deadline: 15 May 2025)
- New Magnetic Films for Novel Applications (Deadline: 20 May 2025)
- New Insights into Coating Materials: From Fundamentals to Material Performance (Deadline: 20 May 2025)
- Research and Applications of Acoustic Metamaterials (Deadline: 20 May 2025)
- Superconductors and Magnetic Materials (Deadline: 31 May 2025)
- Research Progress of Crystalline Metamaterials (Deadline: 20 June 2025)
- Metamaterials: From Fundamentals to Applications—a New Era of Engineered Electromagnetic Materials (Deadline: 20 June 2025)
- Optical Properties of Crystalline Semiconductors and Nanomaterials (Deadline: 20 July 2025)
- Materials Dedicated to Perovskite Optoelectronic Functional Materials and Devices (Deadline: 20 July 2025)
- Growth and Properties of Novel Scintillator Crystals (Deadline: 30 July 2025)
- Superconductivity and Condensed Matter Physics (Deadline: 10 August 2025)
- Nonlinear Optical Properties and Applications of 2D Materials (Deadline: 20 August 2025)
- Electron Transport, Spintronics and Giant Magnetoresistance Effects in Low-Dimensional Materials (Deadline: 20 August 2025)
- New Insights into Ferroelectric Oxide Materials: From Fundamentals to Applications (Deadline: 20 August 2025)
- Crystal Growth of III–V Semiconductors (Deadline: 30 August 2025)
- Advanced Research of Graphene Oxide-Based Materials for Catalysis (Deadline: 31 August 2025)
- Raman Laser Technology of Crystals (Deadline: 20 September 2025)