International Journal of Crystalline Materials

International Journal of Crystalline Materials

International Journal of Crystalline Materials is a peer-reviewed online journal launched in 2024 that aims to provide a platform for researchers and scientists to share their latest findings and developments in the field of crystalline materials. The journal focuses on research related to the fundamental properties and applications of crystalline materials, including their synthesis, characterization, structure, properties, and performance. The Journal publishes original research articles, review articles, and short communications covering a wide range of topics related to crystalline materials.

• Crystal growth and nucleation: nucleation kinetics and supersaturation, growth mechanisms and growth rate control, seeding methods, epitaxial growth, solution, melt, and vapour-phase growth, growth in confined geometries, crystal habit and morphology control, and modelling of growth processes.
• Synthesis and processing: sol–gel and hydrothermal routes, chemical vapour deposition, atomic layer deposition, chemical solution deposition, solid-state reactions, self-assembly and templating, biomineralisation, doping strategies, and post-growth treatment including annealing, sintering, mechanical milling, and rapid solidification.
• Structure determination and crystallography: single-crystal and powder X-ray diffraction, neutron and electron diffraction, crystal symmetry and space group analysis, structure solution and Rietveld refinement, charge density analysis, ab initio structure determination, twinning analysis, and crystallographic databases and software.
• Crystal optics: birefringence and optical anisotropy, refractive index and dispersion, optical activity and rotation, double refraction, nonlinear optical crystals, polarisation behaviour, and optical characterisation of single and polycrystalline materials.
• Defects and microstructure: point, line, and planar defects, vacancies, interstitials, dislocations, stacking faults, grain and twin boundaries, defect formation energetics, defect engineering, and characterisation by electron and scanning probe microscopy.
• Mechanical and thermal behaviour: elastic modulus, yield strength, hardness, fracture toughness, plastic deformation, fatigue and creep, thermal conductivity and expansion, heat capacity, and phase stability and transformations.
• Electronic, magnetic, and functional properties: electrical conductivity and resistivity, dielectric response, piezoelectricity and ferroelectricity, magnetic ordering, superconductivity, thermoelectric behaviour, and structure–property relationships in functional crystals.
• Computational and theoretical studies: density functional theory and electronic structure calculations, molecular dynamics and Monte Carlo methods, lattice dynamics, phase-field and finite-element modelling, kinetic Monte Carlo simulation of growth and defect evolution, multiscale approaches, computational thermodynamics, and materials informatics and machine learning.
• Thin films, nanocrystals, and low-dimensional crystals: epitaxial and polycrystalline films, nanocrystal and quantum dot synthesis, interface and strain engineering, coatings, and size-dependent structural and physical behaviour.
• Applied crystalline materials: semiconductors and optoelectronic devices, photovoltaic and photonic materials, battery and energy-storage crystals, catalytic and porous frameworks, sensor materials, pharmaceutical crystals and polymorphism, biomaterials, and additively manufactured crystalline components.