Inorganic Crystalline Materials
A section of Crystals (ISSN 2073-4352).
Section Information
Aims
The section “Inorganic Crystalline Materials” provides a forum for advancements in our understanding of the nucleation, growth, processing, structure and property characterizations, and emerging applications of inorganic crystalline materials. Their mechanical, chemical, electronic, magnetic, and optical properties, as well as their diverse applications, are all considered to be of importance. Additionally, we encourage contributors to send articles focused on crystals research on inorganic crystalline materials and their characterization using modern techniques for crystal growth and high-resolution characterization, such as synchrotron radiation and STEM.
Crystals serves as a reference and publication source for the crystal research community. Crystals publishes reviews, regular research articles, and short communications. Our aim is to encourage scientists to publish their experimental, theoretical, and computational results in as much detail as possible so that results can be reproduced. Therefore, there are no restrictions on article length.
Subject Areas
All classes of inorganic crystalline materials, either in bulk or thin films, such as:
- semiconductors
- magnetic systems
- superconductors
- graphene
- photonic crystals
- piezoelectric crystals
- ferroelectric crystals
- optical crystals, including nonlinear and laser crystals
- scintillating crystals
Crystal growth techniques include, but are not limited to:
- conventional crystal growth, including Bridgman, Czochralski, top seeding, solid state conversion, high temperature flux methods
- molecular beam, chemical beam, and vapor phase epitaxy, non-classical growth by particle attachment and fusion
Characterization techniques, such as:
- 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
- STEM
Property characterizations, including but not limited to optical, magnetic, electronic, etc.
- Fundamental research into:
- solid-state physics and chemistry
- crystalline surfaces
- crystalline structure
- crystalline interface
- crystallization mechanisms
Editorial Board
Topical Advisory Panel
Special Issues
Following special issues within this section are currently open for submissions:
- New Insights into Coating Materials: From Fundamentals to Material Performance (Deadline: 10 November 2025)
- Research and Applications of Acoustic Metamaterials (Deadline: 10 November 2025)
- Advanced Surface Engineering Materials: Characterization and Properties (2nd Edition) (Deadline: 15 November 2025)
- Research Progress of Photoluminescent Materials (Deadline: 10 December 2025)
- Recent Advances in Graphene and Other Two-Dimensional Materials (Deadline: 15 December 2025)
- Recent Advances in Scintillator Materials (Deadline: 15 December 2025)
- Electronic Phenomena of Transition Metal Oxides Volume II (Deadline: 15 December 2025)
- Modified Semiconductors: Synthesis, Structure and Advanced Applications (Deadline: 25 December 2025)
- Advances in Low-Dimensional Materials for Electronics and Sensing Applications (Deadline: 30 December 2025)
- Lanthanide Coordination Complexes: Advances in Ligand Design, Structure, and Luminescent Applications (Deadline: 15 January 2026)
- Superconductivity and Condensed Matter Physics (Deadline: 10 February 2026)
- Research Progress of Crystalline Metamaterials (Deadline: 10 February 2026)
- Non-Fourier Thermal Wave Crystals: Fundamentals, Modeling, and Applications (Deadline: 10 March 2026)
- Optical Properties of Crystalline Semiconductors and Nanomaterials (Deadline: 20 March 2026)
- Advances in Thin-Film Materials and Their Applications (Deadline: 20 March 2026)
- Microstructural and Technological Aspects of Directed Energy Deposition (Deadline: 10 April 2026)
- Functional Thin Films: Growth, Characterization, and Applications (Deadline: 10 April 2026)
- Polymeric Materials for Sustainable Catalysis and Energy Applications (Deadline: 15 April 2026)
- Optical Properties and Applications of 2D Materials (Deadline: 20 April 2026)
- Research and Applications of ZnO Thin Films (Deadline: 24 April 2026)
- Computational Phase Stabilities and Phase Tailoring of Alternative and Sustainable Hard Magnetic Materials (Deadline: 10 May 2026)
- Advances in the Growth and Application of Nitride Crystals (Deadline: 20 May 2026)
- MXenes: From Synthesis to Applications (Deadline: 30 June 2026)
