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:
- Dynamic Behaviour of Materials and Its Applications in Industrial Processes (Deadline: 30 September 2023)
- Development of Sustainable Battery Materials (Deadline: 30 September 2023)
- Laser Hyperdoped and/or Textured Silicon: Universal Response from UV till Far-IR Range (Deadline: 10 October 2023)
- Advances in Functional Metamaterials (Deadline: 10 October 2023)
- Microstructure, Mechanical and Wear Behavior of Metal Matrix Composites (Deadline: 10 October 2023)
- Advanced Material Science and Engineering: Metamaterials, Material Characterizations, and Sensing Techniques (Deadline: 20 October 2023)
- Recent Advancements in Physics of Ferroelectric Materials (Deadline: 20 October 2023)
- Inorganic-Organic Hybrid Nonlinear Optical Materials and Their Biological Applications (Deadline: 20 October 2023)
- Novel Approaches to Ferromagnetic and Magnetic Materials (Deadline: 20 October 2023)
- Research Progress of Advanced Two-Dimensional Materials (Deadline: 20 October 2023)
- Application of Emerging Materials for Advanced Imaging and Sensing (Deadline: 20 October 2023)
- Multifunctional Properties and Applications of Shape Memory Alloys (Deadline: 20 October 2023)
- Fabrication, Characterization, and Development of Hot-Deformed Magnets (Deadline: 20 October 2023)
- Recent Progress in Smart Magnetic Materials: Synthesis, Characterization, and Multifunctional Applications (Deadline: 20 October 2023)
- Contemporary Progresses and Novel Techniques in Welding and Manufacturing of Metal Matrix Composites (Deadline: 20 October 2023)
- Advances on Ferroics and Superconducting Materials (Deadline: 20 October 2023)
- Fatigue Behavior, Lifetime Prediction and Modeling of Welding Process (Deadline: 10 November 2023)
- Modeling and Simulations of Nanoporous Materials: Design and Function (Deadline: 20 November 2023)
- Advances in Materials, Devices and Applications of Superconducting Technology (Deadline: 20 November 2023)
- New Advancements in Computational Particle Mechanics (Deadline: 20 November 2023)
- Functional Magnetic Materials: Properties, Characterization and Application (Deadline: 20 November 2023)
- Using 2D Materials for Advanced Sensing Applications (Deadline: 20 November 2023)
- Plasma Electrolytic Oxidation: Technologies and Applications (Deadline: 20 November 2023)
- Design, Synthesis and Application of Electrode Materials and Electrolytes for Metal-Ion Batteries (Deadline: 20 November 2023)
- Recent Advances in Functional Magnetic Nanomaterials (Deadline: 20 November 2023)
- Facile Synthesis and Applications of Doped Metal Oxide Nanomaterials (Deadline: 20 November 2023)
- Preparation and Application of Conductive Materials (Deadline: 20 November 2023)
- New Advances in π-Conjugated Materials (Deadline: 20 November 2023)
- Research Progress on Two-Dimensional Materials (Deadline: 20 November 2023)
- Thermophysical and Mechanical Properties of Materials (Deadline: 20 November 2023)
- Advances in Metamaterials: Structure, Properties and Applications (Deadline: 10 December 2023)
- Feature Papers in Refractories and Ceramics: Microstructure, Properties and Applications, Volume II (Deadline: 20 December 2023)
- Material Surface Topography Measurement, Analysis and Characterization (Deadline: 20 December 2023)
- Advances in Electronic, Photonic and Thermoelectric Materials (Deadline: 20 December 2023)
- Novel Superconducting Materials and Applications of Superconductivity (Deadline: 20 December 2023)
- Nuclear Physics: Effects of Radiation on Materials (Deadline: 20 December 2023)
- Advances in Design and Characterization of Graded and Hierarchical Honeycomb Materials (Deadline: 20 December 2023)
- Structures and Magnetic Properties of Nanostructured Permanent Magnets (Deadline: 20 December 2023)
- Advanced Materials under Extreme Environments (Deadline: 20 December 2023)
- Multiscale Characterization and Computational Modeling/Simulation of Metallic Materials (Deadline: 31 December 2023)
- Metamaterials and Metasurfaces: Fundamentals and Applications (Deadline: 31 December 2023)
- Growth and Applications of Oxide Thin Films and Heterostructures (Deadline: 10 January 2024)
- Advances in Materials Processing Engineering (Deadline: 20 January 2024)
- Study on Rare Earth Doped Luminescent Materials and Transparent Ceramics (Deadline: 20 January 2024)
- The 15th Anniversary of Materials—Recent Advances in Materials Physics (Deadline: 20 January 2024)
- Synthesis and Structure Elucidation of Low-Dimensional Materials (Deadline: 10 February 2024)
- Applications of High-Performance Materials for Microwave and Terahertz Absorption (Deadline: 10 February 2024)
- Laser and Plasma Technologies in Materials Science: Physics and Applications (Deadline: 10 February 2024)
- Multiple Functional Applications of Wide Bandgap Semiconductor (Deadline: 10 February 2024)
- Advances in Transition Metal Based Oxides, Chalcogenides, and MXenes (Deadline: 10 February 2024)
- Superconductors: Materials Design and Mechanisms (Deadline: 20 February 2024)
- ZnO Materials: Synthesis, Properties and Applications (Second Volume) (Deadline: 20 February 2024)
- Study of Interfacial Tribology and Friction (Deadline: 20 February 2024)
- Terahertz Science in Advanced Materials and Relevant Material Characterizations Leading for New Devices, Systems, and Applications (Deadline: 20 February 2024)
- Design, Performance and Application Research of Smart Piezoelectric Materials (Deadline: 20 February 2024)
- Advances in Piezoelectric and Multiferroic Materials: Properties, Characterization, and Modeling (Deadline: 20 February 2024)
- New Insights into Metal–Insulator Transitions (Deadline: 20 February 2024)
- Nuclear Materials and Their Derivatives: Synthesis, Structure, and Properties (Deadline: 20 February 2024)
- Advances in High Temperature Materials: Manufacture, Characterization and Simulation (Deadline: 20 February 2024)
- Graphene and Other 2D Layered Nanomaterials and Hybrid Structures: Synthesis, Properties and Applications (Volume II) (Deadline: 20 February 2024)
- Thin Films and Semiconductor Heterostructures: From Fundamental to Applications (Deadline: 20 February 2024)
- On the Residual Strength and Damage Identification of Damaged Composite Structure (Deadline: 20 February 2024)
- Advances in Multifunctional Magnetic Materials (Deadline: 20 February 2024)
- Advanced Optical Polymers: Synthesis, Characterization, Dopants and Applications (Deadline: 20 February 2024)
- Welding and Joining Technologies: Processes, Parameters, Structures, Properties and Simulations (Deadline: 20 February 2024)
- Responsive, Adaptable, Reconfigurable and Tunable Phononic Crystals and Metamaterials (Deadline: 20 February 2024)
- Crystallographic Design of Material Thermal Properties (Deadline: 20 February 2024)
- Materials Physics in Thermoelectric Materials (Deadline: 20 February 2024)
- Disorder-Driven Structure-Property Functionality in Materials: From Material Discovery to Device Development (Deadline: 1 March 2024)
- Applications of Heat Enhancement in Nanofluids with Materials (Deadline: 10 March 2024)
- Fabrication, Characterization, and Application of High-Temperature Materials and Coatings (Deadline: 10 March 2024)
- Photonic Crystals for Photoenergy Applications (Deadline: 10 March 2024)
- Advances in Solid State and Materials Chemistry (Deadline: 10 March 2024)
- Impact Behaviour of Materials and Structures (Deadline: 10 March 2024)
- Advances in Semiconductor and Dielectric Materials (Deadline: 10 March 2024)
- Characterization and Application of Superconducting Materials (Deadline: 20 March 2024)
- Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Properties of Low-Dimensional Materials (Deadline: 20 March 2024)
- Harnessing 2D Structures for Next-Generation Sensing and Functional Devices (Deadline: 20 March 2024)
- Advances in Density Functional Theory (DFT) Studies of Solids (Second Volume) (Deadline: 20 March 2024)
- Dynamic and Elastic Properties in Numerical Modelling of Composite Materials Structures (Deadline: 10 April 2024)
- Advances in Functional Magnetic Nanomaterials (Deadline: 10 April 2024)
- Phase Transformation, Functional Properties, and Crystallography of Advanced Materials (Second Volume) (Deadline: 20 April 2024)
- Modeling and Characterization of Materials with Unique Magnetic, Electric and Mechanical Properties (Second Volume) (Deadline: 20 April 2024)
- Research on Hard Magnetic Materials: Synthesis, Properties, and Applications (Deadline: 20 April 2024)
- Key Materials in Nuclear Reactors (Deadline: 20 April 2024)
- Thin Films, Nanostructures and Devices for Optoelectronics Applications (Deadline: 20 April 2024)
- Ferromagnetic and Ferroelectric Materials: Synthesis, Applications, and Techniques (Second Edition) (Deadline: 20 April 2024)
- Recent Advances in Entropy-Engineered Functional Materials (Deadline: 20 April 2024)
- Surface: A Key Factor for Quality and Functionality of Materials and Coatings (Deadline: 10 May 2024)
- Nondestructive Evaluation and Monitoring of Materials (Deadline: 30 June 2024)
Topical Collection
Following topical collection within this section is currently open for submissions:
