Crystals

Crystals (ISSN 2073-4352) is an open access journal that covers all aspects of crystalline material research. Crystals provides 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 AreasAll classes of crystalline materials, either in bulk or as thin films, such as:semiconductorsmagnetic systemssuperconductorsgraphenephotonic crystalspiezoelectric crystalsferroelectric crystalsoptical crystals, including nonlinear and laser crystalsscintillating crystalsperiodic metamaterialsminerals and biomineralsmetalssaltsliquid crystalsbiomoleculessmall organic molecules, including drugscocrystalsmesocrystalsCrystal growth techniques include, but are not limited to:conventional crystal growth, including Bridgman, Czochralski, top seeding, solid state conversion, high temperature flux methodsmolecular beam, chemical beam, and vapor phase epitaxydesign and processing of photonic crystals and metamaterialsnon-classical growth by particle attachment and fusionCharacterization techniques, such as:X-ray diffractionphotoluminescenceelectron microscopy and diffractionneutron diffractionfree electron lasersscanning probe microscopycarrier transportmagnetic property measurementsRutherford backscatteringellipsometryAFM/PFMProperty characterizations, including but not limited to optical, magnetic, electronic, etc.Fundamental research into:solid-state physics and chemistrycrystalline surfacescrystalline structurecrystalline interfacecrystallization mechanisms, including liquid and amorphous precursor phases as well as clustersTopics not suitable for Crystals:Use of single crystal structural analysis for the sole characterization of molecular structures besides other techniques without a clear focus on the crystalline structure and its properties.

晶体（ISSN2073-4352）是一本开放的期刊，涵盖了晶体材料研究的各个方面。晶体为增进我们对晶体和液晶材料的形核、生长、加工和表征的理解提供了一个论坛。它们的机械、化学、电子、磁性和光学特性，以及它们的各种应用，都被认为是重要的。此外，我们鼓励撰稿人发表有关晶体研究（小分子量和高分子量）的文章。利用现代晶体生长技术和高分辨率表征（如同步辐射）以及现代无X射线电子激光器（xfels）晶体生长方法对其进行表征也将受到欢迎。晶体可作为晶体研究界的参考和出版物来源。晶体发表评论、定期研究文章和简短的交流。我们的目标是鼓励科学家尽可能详细地公布他们的实验、理论和计算结果，以便能够重现结果。因此，对文章长度没有限制。学科领域所有种类的晶体材料，无论是散装的还是薄膜的，例如：半导体磁系统超导体石墨烯光子晶体压电晶体铁电晶体光学晶体，包括非线性和激光晶体闪烁晶体周期性超材料矿物和生物矿物金属盐类液晶生物分子小有机分子，包括药物共晶体介观晶体晶体生长技术包括但不限于：常规晶体生长，包括Bridgman、Czochralski、顶部播种、固态转化、高温通量法分子束、化学束和汽相外延光子晶体和超材料的设计与加工通过粒子附着和融合的非经典生长特征化技术，如：X射线衍射光致发光电子显微镜和衍射中子衍射自由电子激光器扫描探针显微镜承运人运输磁性测量卢瑟福后向散射椭偏法AFM/PFM性能表征，包括但不限于光学、磁性、电子等。基础研究：固态物理化学晶体表面晶体结构结晶界面结晶机制，包括液态和非晶态前体相以及团簇不适用于水晶的主题：除其他技术外，使用单晶结构分析来唯一表征分子结构，而不清楚晶体结构及其性质。