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:
- Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Properties of Low-Dimensional Materials (Deadline: 10 September 2024)
- Terahertz Vibrational Spectroscopy in Advanced Materials (Deadline: 10 September 2024)
- Advances on Welded Joints: Microstructure and Mechanical Properties (Deadline: 20 September 2024)
- Fabrication, Characterization, and Application of High-Temperature Materials and Coatings (Deadline: 20 September 2024)
- Metal Oxide Semiconductors for Electronic Applications (Deadline: 20 September 2024)
- Tribology in Croatia: Challenges and Development (Deadline: 20 September 2024)
- Disorder-Driven Structure-Property Functionality in Materials: From Material Discovery to Device Development (Deadline: 20 September 2024)
- Harnessing 2D Structures for Next-Generation Sensing and Functional Devices (Deadline: 20 September 2024)
- Functional Magnetic Materials: Properties, Characterization and Application (Deadline: 10 October 2024)
- Advances in Functional Magnetic Nanomaterials (Deadline: 10 October 2024)
- Advances in Density Functional Theory (DFT) Studies of Solids (Second Volume) (Deadline: 10 October 2024)
- Phase Transformation, Functional Properties, and Crystallography of Advanced Materials (Second Volume) (Deadline: 20 October 2024)
- Research on Interfaces and Transportation Phenomena in Materials under Extreme Conditions (Deadline: 20 October 2024)
- Feature Papers in Materials Physics (2nd Edition) (Deadline: 20 October 2024)
- Fabrication, Characterization, and Development of Hot-Deformed Magnets (Deadline: 20 October 2024)
- Advanced Multifunctional Materials under High Temperature and High Pressure (Deadline: 20 October 2024)
- Ferromagnetic and Ferroelectric Materials: Synthesis, Applications, and Techniques (Second Edition) (Deadline: 20 October 2024)
- Key Materials in Nuclear Reactors (Deadline: 10 November 2024)
- Material Surface Topography Measurement, Analysis and Characterization (Deadline: 20 November 2024)
- Novel Superconducting Materials and Applications of Superconductivity (Deadline: 20 November 2024)
- Multiscale Characterization and Computational Modeling/Simulation of Metallic Materials (Deadline: 20 November 2024)
- Preparation, Electromagnetic Absorption and Shielding Properties of Electromagnetic Functional Materials (Deadline: 20 November 2024)
- Laser and Plasma Technologies in Materials Science: Physics and Applications (Deadline: 20 November 2024)
- Advances in Photoelectric Materials: Preparation, Properties, and Applications (Deadline: 20 November 2024)
- Advances in Design and Characterization of Graded and Hierarchical Honeycomb Materials (Deadline: 20 November 2024)
- Impact Behaviour of Materials and Structures (Deadline: 20 November 2024)
- Microstructure, Mechanical Properties and Behaviour of Advanced Alloys and Materials for Nuclear Applications (Deadline: 20 November 2024)
- Sustainable Dielectric, Piezoelectric and Ferroelectric Materials: Synthesis, Characterization and Modelling (Deadline: 1 December 2024)
- Design, Control and Applications of Permanent Magnet Materials (Deadline: 10 December 2024)
- Characterization and Application of Superconducting Materials (Deadline: 20 December 2024)
- Plastic Deformation and Mechanical Behavior of Metallic Materials (Deadline: 20 December 2024)
- Research on Hard Magnetic Materials: Synthesis, Properties, and Applications (Deadline: 20 December 2024)
- Advances in Cuprates and Iron-Based Superconductors: Physics, Properties, and Applications (Deadline: 20 December 2024)
- Advances in Transition Metal and Rare-Earth Metal Based Alloys, Oxides, Chalcogenides, MXenes, and 2D-Materials (Deadline: 20 December 2024)
- Ferroelectric, Magnetic, and Multiferroic Materials and Applications (Deadline: 20 January 2025)
- Structures, Properties, and Applications of Nanostructured Magnetic Materials (Deadline: 20 January 2025)
- Study on Rare Earth Doped Luminescent Materials and Transparent Ceramics (Deadline: 20 January 2025)
- Piezoelectric, Ferroelectric, and Dielectric Materials: Properties and Related Applications (Deadline: 20 January 2025)
- Ferroelectrics and Antiferroelectrics: Microstructures, Properties and Applications (Deadline: 20 February 2025)
- Preparation, Properties and Applications of Ferroelectric Materials (Deadline: 20 February 2025)
- Functional Materials: Piezoelectric, Ferroelectric, Pyroelectric, and Dielectric Energy Storage (Deadline: 20 February 2025)
- Physics and Application of Superconductivity (2nd Edition) (Deadline: 20 February 2025)
- Soft Magnetic Materials: Synthesis, Properties and Applications (Deadline: 20 February 2025)
- Advanced and Smart Materials in Photoelectric Applications (Deadline: 20 March 2025)
- Novel Materials for Sound-Absorbing Applications (Deadline: 20 March 2025)
- Advances in Friction, Wear-Resistant and Solid-Lubricating Properties of Materials (Deadline: 20 March 2025)
- Spin and Orbital Transport in Magnetic Materials (Deadline: 20 March 2025)
- Graphene and Other 2D Layered Nanomaterials and Hybrid Structures: Synthesis, Properties and Applications (Volume II) (Deadline: 20 March 2025)
- Materials Challenges for Advanced Nuclear Energy (Deadline: 20 March 2025)
- Thermophysical and Mechanical Properties of Materials (Deadline: 20 March 2025)
- Metamaterials: A Roadmap from the Perspectives of the Fascinating Properties and Applications (Deadline: 10 April 2025)
- Modelling of Viscoelastic Materials and Mechanical Behavior (2nd Edition) (Deadline: 10 April 2025)
- Advances in Metamaterials: Structure, Properties and Applications (Deadline: 20 April 2025)
- Recent Advances in Two-Dimensional Semiconductor Materials and Optoelectronic Devices (Deadline: 10 June 2025)
Topical Collections
Following topical collections within this section are currently open for submissions:
