About Crystals
Aims
Crystals is an open access journal that covers all aspects of crystalline material research. Crystals can act as a reference, and as a publication resource, to the community. It publishes reviews, regular research articles, and short communications. Our aim is to encourage scientists to publish their experimental and theoretical results in as much detail as possible. Therefore, there is no restriction on article length. Full experimental details must be provided to enable the results to be reproduced. Crystals provides a forum for the advancement of our understanding of the nucleation, growth, processing, and characterization of crystalline materials. Their mechanical, chemical, electronic, magnetic, and optical properties, and their diverse applications, are all considered to be of importance.
Subject Areas
All classes of crystalline materials, either in bulk or as thin films, such as:
- semiconductors
- magnetic systems
- superconductors
- graphene
- photonic crystals
- periodic metamaterials
- minerals
- metals
- salts
- liquid crystals
Crystal growth techniques, including:
- molecular beam, chemical beam, and vapor phase epitaxy
- design and processing of photonic crystals and metamaterials
Characterization techniques, such as:
- X-ray diffraction
- photoluminescence
- electron microscopy and diffraction
- neutron diffraction
- scanning probe microscopy
- carrier transport
- magnetic property measurements
- rutherford backscattering
- ellipsometry
Fundamental research into:
- solid-state physics and chemistry
- crystalline surfaces
- crystalline structure
Book Reviews
Authors and publishers are encouraged to send review copies of their recent related books to Dr. Shu-Kun Lin, MDPI Center, Kandererstrasse 25, CH-4057 Basel, Switzerland. Received books will be listed first as "Books Received", then offered to the scholarly community for preparing reviews.
Announcement and Advertisement
Announcements regarding academic activities such as conferences are published for free. Advertisement can be either published or placed on the pertinent website. Contact e-mail address is crystals@mdpi.com.