Materials Physics
A section of Materials (ISSN 1996-1944).
Section Information
Materials physics has been long established as one of the most active fields in current materials research that played a pivotal role in shaping and advancing modern materials from both fundamental and applied perspective. Relying on multidisciplinary cutting edge research that provided insight to the materials properties and their functioning down to the nanocale, materials physics has been the leading sector for major advances in diverse application fields ranging from mechanics, electronics and photonics to the materials aspects of solar energy conversion and environmental engineering.
The "Materials Physics" section provides a forum for the rapid publication of original works that significantly advance our current understanding of materials or unveil novel aspects of the physical properties of materials with respect to target applications. The section will comprise, but will be not limited to, contributions on materials growth and processing techniques, microstructural and mechanical engineering, advanced characterization methods, surface and interface engineering of nanostructured and functional materials including metals and alloys, ceramics and coatings, optical and photonic materials, low-dimensional materials, metal oxides and semiconductors for energy and environmental applications, plasmonics and metamaterials, magnetic materials, superconducting and quantum materials, ferroelectrics, multiferroics and magnetoelectrics, thermoelectric materials, polymers, metal-organic materials, and amorphous solids.
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Special Issues
Following special issues within this section are currently open for submissions:
- Dynamic and Elastic Properties in Numerical Modelling of Composite Materials Structures (Deadline: 10 April 2024)
- Advances in Functional Magnetic Nanomaterials (Deadline: 10 April 2024)
- Fabrication, Characterization, and Development of Hot-Deformed Magnets (Deadline: 10 April 2024)
- New Insights into Dielectric and Conductive Materials (Deadline: 20 April 2024)
- Phase Transformation, Functional Properties, and Crystallography of Advanced Materials (Second Volume) (Deadline: 20 April 2024)
- Research on Hard Magnetic Materials: Synthesis, Properties, and Applications (Deadline: 20 April 2024)
- Mechanical Behaviour of Advanced Materials and Structures under Impact Loading (Deadline: 20 April 2024)
- Key Materials in Nuclear Reactors (Deadline: 20 April 2024)
- Recent Progress in Smart Magnetic Materials: Synthesis, Characterization, and Multifunctional Applications (Deadline: 20 April 2024)
- Ferromagnetic and Ferroelectric Materials: Synthesis, Applications, and Techniques (Second Edition) (Deadline: 20 April 2024)
- Recent Advances in Entropy-Engineered Functional Materials (Deadline: 20 April 2024)
- Advances on Ferroics and Superconducting Materials (Deadline: 20 April 2024)
- Surface: A Key Factor for Quality and Functionality of Materials and Coatings (Deadline: 10 May 2024)
- Functional Magnetic Materials: Properties, Characterization and Application (Deadline: 10 May 2024)
- Advances in Cuprates and Iron-Based Superconductors: Physics, Properties, and Applications (Deadline: 20 May 2024)
- Preparation and Application of Conductive Materials (Deadline: 20 May 2024)
- Feature Papers in Refractories and Ceramics: Microstructure, Properties and Applications, Volume II (Deadline: 10 June 2024)
- Modelling of Viscoelastic Materials and Mechanical Behavior (2nd Edition) (Deadline: 10 June 2024)
- Novel Superconducting Materials and Applications of Superconductivity (Deadline: 10 June 2024)
- Advances in Metamaterials: Structure, Properties and Applications (Deadline: 10 June 2024)
- Advances in Design and Characterization of Graded and Hierarchical Honeycomb Materials (Deadline: 10 June 2024)
- Material Surface Topography Measurement, Analysis and Characterization (Deadline: 20 June 2024)
- Multiscale Characterization and Computational Modeling/Simulation of Metallic Materials (Deadline: 30 June 2024)
- Nondestructive Evaluation and Monitoring of Materials (Deadline: 30 June 2024)
- Thermal Management of Two-Dimensional Materials and Their Van der Waals Heterostructures (Deadline: 10 July 2024)
- Thermophysical and Mechanical Properties of Materials (Deadline: 10 July 2024)
- Advances in the Properties and Applications of Liquid Crystals (Deadline: 20 July 2024)
- High Temperature Dispersed Particle Radiation Physical Properties and Temperature Measurement (Deadline: 20 July 2024)
- Plasma Electrolytic Oxidation: Technologies and Applications (Deadline: 20 July 2024)
- Physics and Application of Superconductivity (2nd Edition) (Deadline: 20 July 2024)
- Structures, Properties, and Applications of Nanostructured Magnetic Materials (Deadline: 20 July 2024)
- Study on Rare Earth Doped Luminescent Materials and Transparent Ceramics (Deadline: 20 July 2024)
- Piezoelectric, Ferroelectric, and Dielectric Materials: Properties and Related Applications (Deadline: 20 July 2024)
- Tools for Machining and Forming: Novel Materials and Wear Behaviour (Deadline: 20 July 2024)
- Nuclear Materials and Their Derivatives: Synthesis, Structure, and Properties (Deadline: 10 August 2024)
- Graphene and Other 2D Layered Nanomaterials and Hybrid Structures: Synthesis, Properties and Applications (Volume II) (Deadline: 10 August 2024)
- Preparation, Properties and Applications of Ferroelectric Materials (Deadline: 20 August 2024)
- Welding and Joining Technologies: Processes, Parameters, Structures, Properties and Simulations (Deadline: 20 August 2024)
- Soft Magnetic Materials: Synthesis, Properties and Applications (Deadline: 20 August 2024)
- Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Properties of Low-Dimensional Materials (Deadline: 10 September 2024)
- Terahertz Vibrational Spectroscopy in Advanced Materials (Deadline: 10 September 2024)
- Advances on Welded Joints: Microstructure and Mechanical Properties (Deadline: 20 September 2024)
- Fabrication, Characterization, and Application of High-Temperature Materials and Coatings (Deadline: 20 September 2024)
- Tribology in Croatia: Challenges and Development (Deadline: 20 September 2024)
- Disorder-Driven Structure-Property Functionality in Materials: From Material Discovery to Device Development (Deadline: 20 September 2024)
- Harnessing 2D Structures for Next-Generation Sensing and Functional Devices (Deadline: 20 September 2024)
- Research on Interfaces and Transportation Phenomena in Materials under Extreme Conditions (Deadline: 20 October 2024)
- Feature Papers in Materials Physics (2nd Edition) (Deadline: 20 October 2024)
- Advanced Multifunctional Materials under High Temperature and High Pressure (Deadline: 20 October 2024)
- Sustainable Dielectric, Piezoelectric and Ferroelectric Materials: Synthesis, Characterization and Modelling (Deadline: 1 December 2024)
Topical Collections
Following topical collections within this section are currently open for submissions: