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:
- 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)
- Novel Functional Crystalline Materials for Energy Conversion and Sensing (Deadline: 20 June 2026)
- Thin Film Materials for Sensors (Deadline: 20 June 2026)
- Modified Semiconductors: Synthesis, Structure and Advanced Applications (Deadline: 25 June 2026)
- Advances in Low-Dimensional Materials for Electronics and Sensing Applications (Deadline: 30 June 2026)
- MXenes: From Synthesis to Applications (Deadline: 30 June 2026)
- Advanced Research on Ferroelectric Materials (Deadline: 10 July 2026)
- Key Crystal Materials for Optoelectronic Devices: Structure Regulation, Performance Optimization, and Device Applications (Deadline: 10 July 2026)
- Research Progress of Photoluminescent Materials (Deadline: 15 July 2026)
- Electron Microscopy of Semiconductor and Magnetic Materials (Deadline: 31 July 2026)
- Magnetic Materials and Monte Carlo Simulations (Deadline: 10 August 2026)
- Crystal Structures and Electronic Properties Under High Pressure (Deadline: 20 August 2026)
- Recent Advances in Scintillator Materials (Deadline: 20 August 2026)
- Recent Advances in Graphene and Other Two-Dimensional Materials (2nd Edition) (Deadline: 20 August 2026)
- Synthesis and Crystal Structures of Novel Solid-State Materials and Their Applications (Deadline: 10 September 2026)
- Advanced Synthesis of Thin Films for Photonic Applications (Deadline: 20 September 2026)
- Synthesis and Applications of Crystalline Nanoporous Materials (Deadline: 22 September 2026)
- Crystal Scintillator as Radiation Detector (Deadline: 30 September 2026)
- Optical Properties and Applications of 2D Materials (Deadline: 20 October 2026)
- Synthesis, Properties and Applications of Carbon Nanotubes (Deadline: 20 October 2026)
- Research and Applications of ZnO Thin Films (Deadline: 20 October 2026)
- Advances in Thin-Film Materials and Their Applications (Deadline: 20 November 2026)
- Advances and Expansion of Epitaxial Nitride-Based Materials (Deadline: 10 December 2026)
- Predictive Modelling of Inorganic Functional Materials: From Fundamentals to Device Applications (Deadline: 10 December 2026)
- Synthesis, Preparation and Applications of Nanostructured Materials (Deadline: 10 December 2026)
- Functional Thin Films: Growth, Characterization, and Applications (Deadline: 20 December 2026)
- Raman Spectroscopy and Crystals: Classical Methods Bridging Modern Benchmarks (Deadline: 20 December 2026)
