Aims
Crystals (ISSN 2073-4352) is an open access journal that covers all aspects of crystalline material research. Crystalsprovides a forum for the advancement of our understanding of the nucleation, growth, processing, and characterization of crystalline and liquid crystalline materials. Their mechanical, chemical, electronic, magnetic, and optical properties, and their diverse applications, are all considered to be of importance. Additionally, we encourage contributors to send articles focused on crystals research (of small and high molecular weight). Their characterization by using modern techniques for crystal growth and high resolution characterization such as synchrotron radiation and modern methods for the growth of crystals for X-ray free electron lasers (XFELS) would also be welcome.
Crystals can be used as a reference and publication source for the crystalline 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 is no restriction on article length.
Subject Areas
All classes of crystalline materials, either in bulk or as thin films, such as:
semiconductors
magnetic systems
superconductors
graphene
photonic crystals
piezoelectric crystals
ferroelectric crystals
optical crystals, including nonlinear and laser crystals
scintillating crystals
periodic metamaterials
minerals and biominerals
metals
salts
liquid crystals
biomolecules
small organic molecules, including drugs
cocrystals
mesocrystals
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
design and processing of photonic crystals and metamaterials
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
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, including liquid and amorphous precursor phases as well as clusters
Additional, more detailed, information of topics and subject areas is given in journal sections (see Journal Menu): Liquid Crystals; Biomolecular Crystals; Crystalline Materials; Crystal Engineering.