Crystals (ISSN: 2073-4352)

Description

Crystals is an open access journal that covers all aspects of crystalline material research. Crystals can act as a reference, and as a publication resource, to the community. It publishes reviews, regular research articles, and short communications. Our aim is to encourage scientists to publish their experimental and theoretical results in as much detail as possible. Therefore, there is no restriction on article length. Full experimental details must be provided to enable the results to be reproduced. Crystals provides a forum for the advancement of our understanding of the nucleation, growth, processing, and characterization of crystalline materials. Their mechanical, chemical, electronic, magnetic, and optical properties, and their diverse applications, are all considered to be of importance.

Subject Areas

All classes of crystalline materials, either in bulk or as thin films, such as:

semiconductors
magnetic systems
superconductors
graphene
photonic crystals
periodic metamaterials
minerals
metals
salts
liquid crystals
Crystal growth techniques, including:

molecular beam, chemical beam, and vapor phase epitaxy
design and processing of photonic crystals and metamaterials
Characterization techniques, such as:

X-ray diffraction
photoluminescence
electron microscopy and diffraction
neutron diffraction
scanning probe microscopy
carrier transport
magnetic property measurements
rutherford backscattering
ellipsometry
Fundamental research into:

solid-state physics and chemistry
crystalline surfaces
crystalline structure