Formation, Characterization and Optical Properties of Crystals
A special issue of Materials (ISSN 1996-1944). This special issue belongs to the section "Optical and Photonic Materials".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 November 2023) | Viewed by 1797
Special Issue Editors
Interests: crystals; functional materials
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
As crucial functional materials, crystals come in many forms, such as laser crystals, nonlinear optical (NLO) crystals, piezoelectric crystals and scintillation crystals. In the last few decades, numerous crystals, for example Nd3+: Y3Al5O12 (YAG), KTiOPO4 (KTP), KH2PO4 (KDP), LiNbO3 (LN), have been developed and applied as laser and NLO materials. However, the development of optical technology necessitates new crystal materials with excellent optical properties. Moreover, nanometer-sized crystalline materials may have potential optical properties and represent an opportunity for new applications. With this in mind, this Special Issue welcomes the submissions of papers focused on bulk crystals and nanocrystals.
We are inviting researchers to submit original work to this Special Issue, “Formation, Characterization and Optical Properties of Crystals”, which intends to highlight the state of the art for all kinds of crystals and relevant aspects of these materials. Bulk functional crystals, nanocrystals, and their preparation, characterization and properties will be covered.
Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following aspects:
- Growth and characterization of crystals;
- Formation and related mechanism of crystals;
- Properties of crystal materials;
- Preparation of nanocrystalline materials;
- X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy studies;
- Microstructure and morphology;
- Luminescence;
- Absorption properties;
- Relationship between structure and properties.
Prof. Dr. Xiulan Duan
Prof. Dr. Xinqiang Wang
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- crystalline materials
- laser crystals
- nonlinear optical crystals
- nanocrystals
- nanoparticles
- characterization
- structure
- optical properties
- X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy
- luminescence
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