4 July 2025
Crystals Best Paper Award—Winners Announced
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We are pleased to announce the winners of the Crystals 2023 Best Paper Award. All papers published in Crystals (ISSN: 2073-4352) from 1 January to 31 December 2023 were considered for the award. After a thorough evaluation by the Award Committee of the Editorial Board, based on the originality and significance of the papers, as well as their citations and downloads, one research article and one review have been selected.
Prize:
Each winner will receive CHF 500, a certificate, and a paper published for free in Crystals.
Article:
“Role of Persistent Slip Bands and Persistent Slip Markings in Fatigue Crack Initiation in Polycrystals”
by Jaroslav Polák
Crystals 2023, 13(2), 220; https://doi.org/10.3390/cryst13020220
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4352/13/2/220
Review:
“Development of Thermoelectric Half-Heusler Alloys over the Past 25 Years”
by Gerda Rogl and Peter Franz Rogl
Crystals 2023, 13(7), 1152; https://doi.org/10.3390/cryst13071152
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4352/13/7/1152
Please join us in congratulating the winners of the Crystals 2023 Best Paper Award. We would also like to take this opportunity to thank all our authors for their continued support.
Crystals Editorial Office