Dear Colleagues,

The scope and topics of this ICSM conference series have been of special interest throughout the 21st century for the superconductivity and magnetism communities because new energy-saving solutions for electricity grids, transport, metrology, information, communication technologies, quantum materials, and technologies together with healthcare are their most promising potential applications. 

This Special Issue will help to coordinate and strengthen scientific and technological collaborations in the fields of superconductivity and magnetism through a variety of worldwide efforts by covering a variety of focuses ranging from fundamentals, materials, and applications of the various disciplines and viewpoints, assuring that pioneering roles in the fields of the focus sessions of interest are dealt with.

The Special Issue will address the fundamental issues, as well as explore possible novel applications which are important for advances in high technology-related industries, as week as also emerging new disruptive technologies. The ICSM will also contribute to innovation-based growth in the field of superconductivity, aiming to overcome the existing bottlenecks for widespread industrial applications in view of nanotechnologies. The key novel approach related to ICSM is the exploitation of recent spectacular progress in the design and fabrication of nanostructured materials fabricated for lower dimensions, in order to develop and implement such flux and condensate confinement patterns. This will not only substantially improve the material's critical parameters but also lead to novel functionalities of these nano-patterned materials. Due to the advanced dedicated modern technologies needed to produce nanostructured superconductors and magnetic materials, international and interdisciplinary collaboration is essential for successful implementation.

ICSM has become a high-level platform for networking as a bridge between the east and the west. The journal will waive the Article Processing Fees for selected papers presented at ICSM2023. The papers presented in the following 8 mainstreams at the ICSM2023 conference will form the scope and the contents of the Special issue.

• A: Superconductivity: Materials, Synthesis, and Characterization
• B: Magnetism: Materials, Synthesis, and Characterization
• C: Interplay of Superconductivity and Magnetism
• D: Large Scale and Energy Applications of Superconducting and Magnetic Materials
• E: Electronic Applications of Superconducting and Magnetic Materials
• F: Theory, Mechanisms, and Fundamentals
• G: Cryogenics, Materials, and Engineering
• H: Quantum Science and Technology

Prof. Dr. Ali Gencer
Prof. Dr. Annette Bussmann-Holder
Dr. J. Javier Campo Ruiz
Prof. Dr. Valerii Vinokur
Prof. Dr. Germán F. de la Fuente
Guest Editors

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• superconductors
• magnetic materials
• spintronics
• topological materials
• heath care
• quantum materials
• quantum technologies