Materials Physics
A section of Materials (ISSN 1996-1944).
Section Information
Materials physics has been long established as one of the most active fields in current materials research that played a pivotal role in shaping and advancing modern materials from both fundamental and applied perspective. Relying on multidisciplinary cutting edge research that provided insight to the materials properties and their functioning down to the nanocale, materials physics has been the leading sector for major advances in diverse application fields ranging from mechanics, electronics and photonics to the materials aspects of solar energy conversion and environmental engineering.
The "Materials Physics" section provides a forum for the rapid publication of original works that significantly advance our current understanding of materials or unveil novel aspects of the physical properties of materials with respect to target applications. The section will comprise, but will be not limited to, contributions on materials growth and processing techniques, microstructural and mechanical engineering, advanced characterization methods, surface and interface engineering of nanostructured and functional materials including metals and alloys, ceramics and coatings, optical and photonic materials, low-dimensional materials, metal oxides and semiconductors for energy and environmental applications, plasmonics and metamaterials, magnetic materials, superconducting and quantum materials, ferroelectrics, multiferroics and magnetoelectrics, thermoelectric materials, polymers, metal-organic materials, and amorphous solids.
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Special Issues
Following special issues within this section are currently open for submissions:
- Mechanical and Metallurgical Characterizations of Advanced Alloys (Deadline: 30 September 2021)
- Advances in Acoustic Metamaterials (Deadline: 30 September 2021)
- Microstructure, Mechanical Properties, and Biomedical Applications of Magnesium-Based Alloys (Deadline: 30 September 2021)
- Quality Management Tools in the Design of Materials for Special Purposes (Deadline: 30 September 2021)
- Advances in Electromagnetic Properties of Magnetic Materials (Deadline: 30 September 2021)
- First Principles Electronic Structure and Molecular Dynamics (Deadline: 30 September 2021)
- Creep and Fracture Mechanisms of Heat-Resistant Steels (Deadline: 30 September 2021)
- Structure and Properties of Crystalline and Amorphous Alloys (Deadline: 30 September 2021)
- Adsorption and Desorption Behavior for Rare Earth Metal Ions (Deadline: 31 October 2021)
- Tribological Properties Investigation on Advanced Solid Films (Deadline: 31 October 2021)
- Perovskite Crystals and Thin Films (Deadline: 31 October 2021)
- Dynamic Behaviour of Materials and Its Applications in Industrial Processes (Deadline: 31 October 2021)
- Superconducting Materials for Applications (Deadline: 31 October 2021)
- Surface Performance and Wear Mechanisms of Coatings (Deadline: 31 October 2021)
- Challenges and Opportunities of Superconducting Materials for Future Applications (Deadline: 31 October 2021)
- Advances in Multiferroics (Deadline: 31 October 2021)
- Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Alloys (Deadline: 15 November 2021)
- Wide Bandgap Semiconductor Materials and Devices (Deadline: 20 November 2021)
- ZnO Materials: Synthesis, Properties and Applications (Deadline: 30 November 2021)
- Surface Processing of Steels: Materials, Techniques and Applications (Deadline: 30 November 2021)
- Microstructure and Mechanics of Metallic Materials (Deadline: 30 November 2021)
- Design, Fabrication, and Characterization of Magnetoresponsive Materials and Devices (Deadline: 30 November 2021)
- Study on Cyclic Mechanical Behaviors of Materials (Deadline: 30 November 2021)
- Models and Methods for Molecular Dynamics Simulations and Their Applications (Deadline: 30 November 2021)
- Design and Analysis of Novel Materials and Structures in the THz Frequencies (Deadline: 15 December 2021)
- Radiation Effect on Polymeric Materials (Deadline: 15 December 2021)
- Linear and Non-linear AC Magnetic Susceptibility for the Study of Superconducting and Magnetic Materials (Deadline: 15 December 2021)
- Advances in Superconducting Materials: Characterization, Properties and Applications (Deadline: 30 December 2021)
- Feature Papers in Materials Physics (Deadline: 31 December 2021)
- Advances Applications and Novel Technologies of Positron Annihilation (Deadline: 31 December 2021)
- Plasma Processing, Synthesis, and Nanomaterials (Deadline: 31 December 2021)
- Magnetoelastic Materials (Deadline: 31 December 2021)
- Lifetime Prediction and Fracture and Damage Mechanics of Microelectronic Systems (Deadline: 31 December 2021)
- Materials Thermal Behavior during Laser or Electron Beam Irradiation (Deadline: 31 December 2021)
- Growth and Characteristics of Nitride Semiconductor Layers (Deadline: 31 December 2021)
- Modelling of Viscoelastic Materials and Mechanical Behavior (Deadline: 31 December 2021)
- Research about Friction and Wear Modeling for Materials (Deadline: 31 December 2021)
- Materials Investigations in Mechanical Systems (Deadline: 31 December 2021)
- Advanced Semiconductors for Photonics and Electronics (Deadline: 31 December 2021)
- Quantum Cascade Lasers (QCLs): Design, Fabrication and Applications (Deadline: 31 December 2021)
- Mechanical Properties of Technical Materials (Deadline: 31 December 2021)
- Multiferroic and Magnetoelectric Materials: Fundamentals and Applications (Deadline: 31 December 2021)
- Magnetic Methods in Metal–Organic Materials and Environmental Science (Deadline: 31 December 2021)
- Recent Advance in Creep of Superalloys: From Microstructure to Mechanical Properties (Deadline: 31 December 2021)
- Research on Fatigue Behavior of Metals and Alloys (Deadline: 10 January 2022)
- Magnetic Materials: Synthesis, Structure, Properties, Applications, Modeling and Simulation of Magnetization Processes (Deadline: 10 January 2022)
- Surface Processing Technology for High-Temperature Resistant Materials (Deadline: 10 January 2022)
- Advanced Materials Structures for Sound and Vibration Damping (Deadline: 20 January 2022)
- Growth and Characterization of Bulk Crystals (Deadline: 25 January 2022)
- Magnetic Compounds: From Fundamentals to Applications (Deadline: 31 January 2022)
- Topological Approaches to 2D Multielectron Correlated States (Deadline: 31 January 2022)
- Electron Beam Processing of Materials (Deadline: 31 January 2022)
- Research on Tribological Properties of Materials and Coatings (Deadline: 31 January 2022)
- Development of Li-Ion Battery and Post Lion-Batteries Materials to Ensure Sustainability (Deadline: 10 February 2022)
- Physical Properties of Liquid Crystalline Materials (Deadline: 10 February 2022)
- Dynamic Behaviour of Metallic Materials (Deadline: 10 February 2022)
- Advanced Two-Dimensional Semiconductor Materials (Deadline: 20 February 2022)
- Continuum Mechanics of Micro-Structured and Nano-Structured Materials (Deadline: 20 February 2022)
- Thermophysical Properties of Materials (Deadline: 20 February 2022)
- Research in Structural and Magnetic Properties of Ferromagnetic Materials (Deadline: 20 February 2022)
- Magnetic, Electrical and Structural Phenomena in Multifunctional Metal Oxides – Novel Insights (Deadline: 20 February 2022)
- Advances in Novel Ceramic Materials for Laser Applications (Deadline: 28 February 2022)
- Advances in Thermoelectric Materials and Devices (Deadline: 28 February 2022)
- Surface Functionalization and Engineering for Advanced Materials (Deadline: 28 February 2022)
- Structure and Electronic Properties of Emerging Superconductor and Related Materials (Deadline: 28 February 2022)
- Mechanical Alloying: Fundamentals and Applications (Deadline: 28 February 2022)
- Structures and Magnetic Properties of Nanostructured Permanent Magnets (Deadline: 28 February 2022)
- The Development and Applications of Novel Detectors (Deadline: 10 March 2022)
- Hot Deformation and Microstructure Evolution of Metallic Materials (Deadline: 20 March 2022)
- Thermal Metamaterials and Thermal Functional Devices (Deadline: 20 March 2022)
- Recent Progress in Semiconductor Spintronics (Deadline: 20 March 2022)
- Advances in Emerging Radiation Shielding Materials: Synthesis, Properties and Applications (Deadline: 20 March 2022)
- Quantum Materials: Superconductivity and Topology (Deadline: 31 March 2022)
- Advances in Transition Metal Oxides (Deadline: 31 March 2022)
- Advances in Electrochromic Materials and Related Devices (Deadline: 31 March 2022)
- Photonics of GaN Superlattice Growth on Si Substrates (Deadline: 31 March 2022)
- Advances in SiC-Based Opto-Electronics and Sensor Fabrication and Characterization (Deadline: 10 April 2022)
- Novel Materials for CO2 Separation (Deadline: 20 April 2022)
- Design, Manufacturing, and Properties of Refractory Materials (Deadline: 20 April 2022)
- Advances in Creep of Metals and Alloys (Deadline: 30 April 2022)
- Exploration of Novel Quantum Spin Liquid Materials (Deadline: 30 April 2022)
- New Developments in Physics of Advanced Materials (Deadline: 30 April 2022)
- Radiation Damage in Materials: Coupled Extreme Environments (Deadline: 30 April 2022)
- Electronic Structure Theory of Low Dimensional Materials (Deadline: 20 May 2022)
- Irradiation Damage Research of Advanced Nuclear Structural Materials (Deadline: 20 May 2022)
- Quantum Materials and Emergent Phenomena under Extreme Conditions (Deadline: 20 May 2022)
- Structure and Mechanical Properties of Magnetic Materials (Deadline: 20 June 2022)
- Compensation and Screening of Ferroelectricity in Perovskite Oxides (Deadline: 10 July 2022)
- Recent Advances of Luminescent Materials and Devices in Optics and Photonics (Deadline: 31 March 2023)
Topical Collection
Following topical collection within this section is currently open for submissions: