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.

晶體（ISSN2073-4352）是一本開放的期刊，涵蓋了晶體材料研究的各個方面。晶體為增進我們對晶體和液晶材料的形核、生長、加工和表征的理解提供了一個論壇。它們的機械、化學、電子、磁性和光學特性，以及它們的各種應用，都被認為是重要的。此外，我們鼓勵撰稿人發表有關晶體研究（小分子量和高分子量）的文章。利用現代晶體生長技術和高分辨率表征（如同步輻射）以及現代無X射線電子激光器（xfels）晶體生長方法對其進行表征也將受到歡迎。晶體可作為晶體研究界的參考和出版物來源。晶體發表評論、定期研究文章和簡短的交流。我們的目標是鼓勵科學家盡可能詳細地公布他們的實驗、理論和計算結果，以便能夠重現結果。因此，對文章長度沒有限制。學科領域所有種類的晶體材料，無論是散裝的還是薄膜的，例如：半導體磁系統超導體石墨烯光子晶體壓電晶體鐵電晶體光學晶體，包括非線性和激光晶體閃爍晶體周期性超材料礦物和生物礦物金屬鹽類液晶生物分子小有機分子，包括藥物共晶體介觀晶體晶體生長技術包括但不限于：常規晶體生長，包括Bridgman、Czochralski、頂部播種、固態轉化、高溫通量法分子束、化學束和汽相外延光子晶體和超材料的設計與加工通過粒子附著和融合的非經典生長特征化技術，如：X射線衍射光致發光電子顯微鏡和衍射中子衍射自由電子激光器掃描探針顯微鏡承運人運輸磁性測量盧瑟福后向散射橢偏法AFM/PFM性能表征，包括但不限于光學、磁性、電子等。基礎研究：固態物理化學晶體表面晶體結構結晶界面結晶機制，包括液態和非晶態前體相以及團簇不適用于水晶的主題：除其他技術外，使用單晶結構分析來唯一表征分子結構，而不清楚晶體結構及其性質。