Materials | Highly Cited Papers in 2024 in the “Optical and Photonic Materials” Section
The “Optical and Photonic Materials” Section in Materials (ISSN: 1996-1944) provides a platform for original articles and comprehensive reviews exploring all aspects of fundamental science and applied research related to materials used for optics and photonics. This is a dynamically developing area of knowledge and technology that needs new materials with unique properties.
As all articles in our journal are published in open access format, you have free and unlimited access to their full texts. We welcome you to read our most highly cited papers published in 2024, which are listed below:
1. “Advancements in Photovoltaic Cell Materials: Silicon, Organic, and Perovskite Solar Cells”
by Abniel Machín and Francisco Márquez
Materials 2024, 17(5), 1165; https://doi.org/10.3390/ma17051165
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1944/17/5/1165
2. “Polymer Materials for Optoelectronics and Energy Applications”
by Ju Won Lim
Materials 2024, 17(15), 3698; https://doi.org/10.3390/ma17153698
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1944/17/15/3698
3. “Derivatives of Phenyl Pyrimidine and of the Different Donor Moieties as Emitters for OLEDs”
by Hryhorii Starykov, Oleksandr Bezvikonnyi, Karolis Leitonas, Jurate Simokaitiene, Dmytro Volyniuk, Eigirdas Skuodis, Rasa Keruckiene and Juozas Vidas Grazulevicius
Materials 2024, 17(6), 1357; https://doi.org/10.3390/ma17061357
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1944/17/6/1357
4. “Encapsulation of InP/ZnS Quantum Dots into MOF-5 Matrices for Solid-State Luminescence: Ship in the Bottle and Bottle around the Ship Methodologies”
by Alexis Tran, Rodolphe Valleix, François Réveret, Lawrence Frezet, Federico Cisnetti and Damien Boyer
Materials 2024, 17(13), 3155; https://doi.org/10.3390/ma17133155
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1944/17/13/3155
5. “Luminescence Properties of an Orthorhombic KLaF4 Phosphor Doped with Pr3+ Ions under Vacuum Ultraviolet and Visible Excitation”
by Patrycja Zdeb, Nadiia Rebrova, Radosław Lisiecki and Przemysław Jacek Dereń
Materials 2024, 17(6), 1410; https://doi.org/10.3390/ma17061410
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1944/17/6/1410
6. “Highly Sensitive Temperature Sensors Resulting from the Luminescent Behavior of Sm3+-Doped Ba2MgMoO6 High-Symmetry Double-Perovskite Molybdate Phosphors”
by Natalia Miniajluk-Gaweł, Bartosz Bondzior, Maciej Ptak and Przemysław Jacek Dereń
Materials 2024, 17(8), 1897; https://doi.org/10.3390/ma17081897
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1944/17/8/1897
7. “Climatically Accelerated Material Processes Determining the Long-Term Reliability of Light-Emitting Diodes”
by Gabor Harsanyi, Andras Poppe, Janos Hegedüs, Gusztav Hantos, Peter Bojta and Robert Kovacs
Materials 2024, 17(7), 1643; https://doi.org/10.3390/ma17071643
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1944/17/7/1643
8. “Modeling Study of Si3N4 Waveguides on a Sapphire Platform for Photonic Integration Applications”
by Diandian Zhang, Shui-Qing Yu, Gregory J. Salamo, Richard A. Soref and Wei Du
Materials 2024, 17(16), 4148; https://doi.org/10.3390/ma17164148
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1944/17/16/4148
9. “Dual Role of Beam Polarization and Power in Nematic Liquid Crystals: A Comprehensive Study of TE- and TM-Beam Interactions”
by Michał Kwaśny, Bartłomiej Wojciech Klus and Urszula Anna Laudyn
Materials 2024, 17(5), 999; https://doi.org/10.3390/ma17050999
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1944/17/5/999
10. “Survey of Applicable Methods for Determining Viscoelastic Effects in Ferroelectric and Antiferroelectric Chiral Liquid Crystals”
by Dorota Dardas
Materials 2024, 17(16), 3993; https://doi.org/10.3390/ma17163993
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1944/17/16/3993