Recent Research and Application of Amorphous Materials

Dear Colleagues,

Amorphous materials have a unique structural feature compared to traditional crystalline materials as they lack long-range order. This unique structure gives amorphous materials many special physical, chemical and biological properties, such as higher strength and hardness, superior corrosion resistance, unique electromagnetic properties and excellent biocompatibility. Because of these excellent properties, amorphous materials have shown wide application potential in many fields, including but not limited to energy storage and conversion, biomedicine, environmental protection, and information technology, etc.

With the advancement of science and technology, especially the rapid development of materials science, computational physics and nanotechnology, the research on amorphous materials is in an unprecedentedly active period. Novel synthesis methods, advanced characterization techniques and innovative applications are constantly emerging, providing new ways to solve challenges that cannot be solved with traditional materials. Hence, in-depth exploration of new theories, new technologies and new applications of amorphous materials is of great significance for promoting the development of materials science and achieving technological breakthroughs.

This Special Issue aims to bring together the state-of-the-art research, explore the future development trends of amorphous materials and jointly promote the application and development of inorganic materials in the fields of biology, environment and energy.

We encourage cooperation and research in interdisciplinary fields and particularly welcome experts and scholars in the fields of materials science, physics, chemistry, environmental engineering and biomedicine to submit their original research or review articles. In addition, submissions covering theoretical analysis, experimental research, design methods, and simulations, etc., are also welcome. Research areas include but are not limited to the following: 

• Material synthesis and preparation;
• Advanced characterization techniques;
• Computational materials science;
• Material structure and properties;
• Optoelectronic devices;
• Information storage;
• Energy storage materials;
• Environmental governance;
• Finite element analysis;
• Machine learning.

Dr. Pengwei Li
Dr. Yanfei Zhang
Guest Editors

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• advanced synthesis and characterization
• structural properties
• surface engineering
• molecular dynamics
• multi-scale simulation
• energy storage
• computational materials
• machine learning