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21 October 2025
Crystals | Scope Update

To further enhance the quality of Crystals and the papers published in it, under the guidance of our Editor-in-Chief, Prof. Dr. Alessandra Toncelli, the journal has updated and revised its scope. The original scope and the updated version are listed below:

Scope (new version): Scope (old version):
All classes of crystalline materials, either in bulk or as thin films, such as the following:
  • semiconductors;
  • magnetic systems;
  • superconductors;
  • graphene;
  • photonic crystals;
  • piezoelectric crystals;
  • ferroelectric crystals;
  • optical crystals, including nonlinear and laser crystals;
  • scintillating crystals;
  • periodic metamaterials;
  • minerals and biominerals;
  • metals;
  • salts;
  • liquid crystals;
  • biomolecules;
  • small organic molecules, including drugs;
  • cocrystals;
  • mesocrystals.
Crystal growth techniques include, but are not limited to, the following:
  • conventional crystal growth, including Bridgman, Czochralski, top seeding, solid state conversion, and high-temperature flux methods;
  • molecular beam, chemical beam, and vapor phase epitaxy;
  • design and processing of photonic crystals and metamaterials;
  • non-classical growth by particle attachment and fusion.
Characterization techniques, such as the following:
  • X-ray diffraction;
  • photoluminescence;
  • electron microscopy and diffraction;
  • neutron diffraction;
  • free electron lasers;
  • scanning probe microscopy;
  • carrier transport;
  • magnetic property measurements;
  • Rutherford backscattering;
  • ellipsometry;
  • AFM/PFM;
  • property characterizations, including but not limited to optical, magnetic, electronic, etc.;
  • thermoanalytical techniques, including but not limited to DSC, TGA, DVS, and TRPXRD.
Fundamental research into the following:
  • solid-state physics and chemistry;
  • crystalline surfaces;
  • crystalline structure;
  • crystalline interface;
  • crystallization mechanisms, including liquid and amorphous precursor phases as well as clusters;
  • crystalline structure of biological macromolecules (including the crystallization part).
Application of Artificial Intelligence in Crystallography
All classes of crystalline materials, either in bulk or as thin films, such as the following:
  • semiconductors;
  • magnetic systems;
  • superconductors;
  • graphene;
  • photonic crystals;
  • piezoelectric crystals;
  • ferroelectric crystals;
  • optical crystals, including nonlinear and laser crystals;
  • scintillating crystals;
  • periodic metamaterials;
  • minerals and biominerals;
  • metals;
  • salts;
  • liquid crystals;
  • biomolecules;
  • small organic molecules, including drugs;
  • cocrystals;
  • mesocrystals.
Crystal growth techniques include, but are not limited to, the following:
  • conventional crystal growth, including Bridgman, Czochralski, top seeding, solid state conversion, and high-temperature flux methods;
  • molecular beam, chemical beam, and vapor phase epitaxy;
  • design and processing of photonic crystals and metamaterials;
  • non-classical growth by particle attachment and fusion.
Characterization techniques, such as the following:
  • X-ray diffraction;
  • photoluminescence;
  • electron microscopy and diffraction;
  • neutron diffraction;
  • free electron lasers;
  • scanning probe microscopy;
  • carrier transport;
  • magnetic property measurements;
  • Rutherford backscattering;
  • ellipsometry;
  • AFM/PFM;
  • property characterizations, including but not limited to optical, magnetic, electronic, etc.;
  • thermoanalytical techniques, including but not limited to DSC, TGA, DVS, and TRPXRD.
Fundamental research into the following:
  • solid-state physics and chemistry;
  • crystalline surfaces;
  • crystalline structure;
  • crystalline interface;
  • crystallization mechanisms, including liquid and amorphous precursor phases as well as clusters;
  • crystalline structure of biological macromolecules (including the crystallization part).

For more detailed information, please visit the following link: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/crystals/about.

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