Advanced Instrumentation for Materials Characterisation and Fabrication

Dear Colleagues,

The intimate connection between high-performance fabrication and characterisation catalyses and accelerates the development of emerging fields, such as micro-nano-electromechanical systems, photonics, and micro/nanofluidics, just to name a few. Integrating multiple functionality in a single instrument, such as in the case of atomic force microscopes or helium ion microscopes, capable of performing, on the same platform, imaging and nano-lithography, brings a plethora of advantages for both research scientists and industry. Among these, rapid prototyping, real time monitoring, and quality assessment stand out.

In this Special Issue, we are inviting you to submit reviews and original manuscripts highlighting latest advancements in the fabrication and characterisation of new materials/devices/design under the umbrella of advanced instrumentation.

Dr. Elena Taran
Dr. Anders Barlow
Dr. Tian Zheng
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 250 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for assessment.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Materials is an international peer-reviewed open access semimonthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2600 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.