Solid State Sciences is the journal for researchers from the broad solid state chemistry and physics community. It publishes key articles on all aspects of solid state synthesis, structure-property relationships, theory and functionalities, in relation with experiments.

Key topics for stand-alone papers and special issues:

    Novel ways of synthesis, inorganic functional materials, including porous and glassy materials, hybrid organic-inorganic compounds and nanomaterials
    Physical properties, emphasizing but not limited to the electrical, magnetical and optical features
    Materials related to information technology and energy and environmental sciences

The journal publishes feature articles from experts in the field upon invitation.

Solid State Sciences - your gateway to energy-related materials.

Special Issue on Chemistry and solid state physics of compounds and materials based on d and f electron elements
Día de Entrega: 2024-10-31

This special issue of the Solid State Sciences journal assembles reviews and original research articles focused on selected branches of solid state physics and chemistry, covering the topics of the 24th International Conference on Solid Compounds of Transition Elements.

Crystal structure, chemical bonds, variations of physical properties (magnetic, transport, thermal, and spectroscopic) in intermetallics, and derivatives such as hydrides, borides, carbides, silicides, pnictides, chalcogenides, oxides, or halides, are emphasized. Special attention is dedicated to electronic structure probed by various spectroscopic methods and confronted with theoretical concepts. The broad scope of the conference covers also various applications.

Guest editors:

Executive Guest Editor

Dr. Milan Klicpera
Organization*: Charles University, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Prague, Czech Republic
Institutional Email Address*: milan.klicpera@matfyz.cuni.cz
Areas of Expertise*: Synthesis of crystals, geometrical frustration, spin-orbit coupling, magnetic interactions, neutron scattering techniques

Co-Guest Editors

Dr. Ladislav Havela
Organization*: Charles University, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Prague, Czech Republic
Institutional Email Address*: ladislav.havela@matfyz.cuni.cz
Areas of Expertise*: Spectroscopies, actinides, lanthanides, magnetism

Dr. Ross Harvey Colman
Organization*: Charles University, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Prague, Czech Republic
Institutional Email Address*: ross.colman@matfyz.cuni.cz
Areas of Expertise*: Structure analysis, X-ray diffraction, Synthesis, Crystal growth

Prof. Dr. Čestmír Drašar
Organization*: University of Pardubice, Faculty of Chemical Technology, Pardubice, Czech Republic
Institutional Email Address*: Cestmir.drasar@upce.cz
Areas of Expertise*: Chemistry of materials, crystal growth, synthesis, Thermoelectric and transport properties of solids

Manuscript submission information:

Submission Deadline: 31-Oct-2024.

To submit your manuscript please go to the Journal of Solid State Sciences and follow the procedures for manuscript submission. When prompted for 'Enter Manuscript Information' you can select our Special Issue Article type as ‘VSI: SCTE2024 – special issue” at https://www.editorialmanager.com/ssscie/default2.aspx. Otherwise, the paper will be treated as a regular issue.

Author Guidelines and Manuscript Submission can be found at: https://www.elsevier.com/journals/solid-state-sciences/1293-2558/guide-for-authors.

Keywords:

    Solid-state, 
    transition elements, 
    lanthanides, 
    actinides, 
    physics, 
    hydrides.

Special Issue on Sustainable thermoelectric materials and applications (VSI:Sustainable TE)
Día de Entrega: 2024-10-31

The imperative demand for alternative and sustainable energy conversion technologies to reduce our global reliance on fossil fuels leads to research on alternative solar and geothermal energy utilization, as well as other waste heat conversion with thermoelectric devices. Thermoelectricity is the most straightforward technique for direct conversion between heat and electricity. The conversion efficiency of the thermoelectric (TE) device is determined by both the Carnot efficiency and the materials-dependent property ZT of the TE materials. In the last two decades, tremendous efforts in developing high ZT thermoelectric materials have been taken, and the bulk ZT has been reached above 3. Energy converters for renewable or sustainable energy technologies have to be based on materials that are not a burden to the environment, do not contain critical elements and guarantee a short energy payback time. Besides improving the conversion efficiency and other performance factors, sustainability has to be considered when designing novel thermoelectric materials and devices.

This Special Issue will cover recent developments in the following areas:

1) processing of sustainable thermoelectric materials (bulk and thin film) including new approaches, such as entropy engineering, additive manufacturing, and so on;
2) recent advances and new insights in electrical and thermal transport properties in high entropy compounds, such as perovskites, half Heusler, chalcogenides, and etc.;
3) machine learning to speed up developments of environmentally friendly thermoelectric materials;
4) new ideas for designing recyclable thermoelectric materials & devices, for instance life cycle assessment.

Guest editors:

Executive Guest Editor

Dr. Wenjie Xie
Organization*: Department of Materials Sciences, Technical University of Darmstadt, Darmstadt, 64287, Germany
Institutional Email Address*: wenjie.xie@mr.tu-darmstadt.de
Areas of Expertise*: Thermoelectric, ceramics, thermal and electrical transport

Co-Guest Editors

Dr. Andrei Kovalevsky
Organization*: CICECO – Aveiro Institute of Materials, Department of Materials and Ceramic Engineering, University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal
Institutional Email Address*: akavaleuski@ua.pt
Areas of Expertise*: Thermoelectric oxides, ceramics, energy conversion

Prof. Qian Zhang
Organization*: School of Materials Science and Engineering, Institute of Materials Genome & Big Data, Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen, 518055 P. R. China
Institutional Email Address*: zhangqf@hit.edu.cn
Areas of Expertise*: Thermoelectric device, flexible thermoelectric generators, band structure, phase diagram

Manuscript submission information:

Submission Deadline: 31-Oct-2024

To submit your manuscript please go to Journal of Solid State Sciences and follow the procedures for manuscript submission. When prompted for 'Enter Manuscript Information' you can select our Special Issue Article type as ‘VSI: Sustainable TE” at https://www.editorialmanager.com/ssscie/default2.aspx. Otherwise, the paper will be treated as a regular issue.

Author Guidelines can be found at: https://www.elsevier.com/journals/solid-state-sciences/1293-2558/guide-for-authors.

Keywords:

Sustainable; 
Entropy engineering; 
Additive manufacturing; 
Machine learning; 
Recyclable; 
life cycle assessment

Special Issue on 22nd International Symposium on Boron, Borides and Related Materials (ISBB2024)
Día de Entrega: 2024-11-30

ISBB, the International Symposium on Boron, Borides and Related Materials, is one of the most important symposia in the field of "BORON" research and covers recent progress on synthesis, properties, and applications of boron, borides, and related materials. Boron and its related compounds are one of the interesting topics that are getting more and more attention all over the world. We expect contributions to interdisciplinary research including material science, chemistry, and physics. We welcome reports on nanomaterials and new synthesis strategies of boron-related compounds, as well as structural and chemical properties. Among important topics, we will also welcome reports on advanced composites, alloys, and 2D structures of boron (e.g. boride-carbides, boron hydrides, boron nitrides, high-entropy borides, borophene). In addition to fundamental research, application-oriented studies such as catalysis and hydrogen storage, improved physical and mechanical properties, and industrial production of boron materials are also expected.

We expect up-to-date original contributions to interdisciplinary research including material science, chemistry, and physics... This special issue accepts research on recent progress in the synthesis, properties, and applications of boron, borides, and related materials.

Guest editors:

Executive Guest Editor

Assoc. Prof. Özge Balcı Çağıran
Organization*: İzmir Institute of Technology, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, 35430, Urla, İzmir, Türkiye"Institutional Email Address*: ozgebalci@iyte.edu.tr

Co-Guest Editor

Prof. Dr. Mehmet Somer
Organization*: Koc University, Department of Chemistry 34450 Sariyer Istanbul Turkey
Institutional Email Address*: msomer@ku.edu.tr

Prof. Dr. Onuralp Yücel
Organization*: Istanbul Technical University, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering Department, 34469, Maslak, Istanbul, Turkey
Institutional Email Address*: yucel@itu.edu.tr

Manuscript submission information:

Submission Deadline: 30th November 2024

To submit your manuscript please go to the Journal of Solid State Sciences and follow the procedures for manuscript submission. When prompted for 'Enter Manuscript Information' you can select our Special Issue Article type as ‘VSI: ISBB2024” at https://www.editorialmanager.com/ssscie/default2.aspx. Otherwise, the paper will be treated as a regular issue.

Author Guidelines and Manuscript Submission can be found at: https://www.elsevier.com/journals/solid-state-sciences/1293-2558/guide-for-authors.

Keywords:

SBB,
boron,
metal borides,
boron compounds,
boron hydrides,
boron carbide,
nanomaterials,
synthesis,
advanced materials,
advanced composites.

Special Issue on the 10th International Symposium on Functional Materials (ISFM2024)
Día de Entrega: 2024-12-31

Advanced materials have received dramatic increase in their demand in research, development, and applications. The International Symposium on Functional Materials (ISFM) is held a biennial year and attempts to share in the latest innovations, advances, and future multidisciplinary research and development in functional materials with a primary focus on the connection between fundamental science, engineering applications, and commercialization of the materials. The 10th symposium – ISFM 2024- to be held on August 3rd- 6th, 2024 in Sendai, Japan, covers a variety of topics among advanced materials science and technology and especially focuses on the FOUR MAJOR CATEGORIES.

Guest editors:

Executive Guest Editor

Professor Shu YIN
Organization*: Institute of Multidisciplinary Research for Advanced Materials (IMRAM), Tohoku University, 2-1-1 Katahira, Aoba-ku Sendai 980-8577, Japan
Institutional Email Address*: yin.shu.b5@tohoku.ac.jp
Areas of Expertise: Solvothermal, Gas sensing, Smart Window, Photocatalyst

Co-Guest Editors

Professor Tohru Sekino
Organization*: Shengfang Shi and Tohru Sekino, SANKEN, Osaka University, Mihogaoka 8-1, Ibaraki, Osaka 567-0047, Japan
Institutional Email Address*: sekino@sanken.osaka-u.ac.jp
Areas of Expertise: Nanotube, Ceramic, Environmental Materials

Professor Yamato Hayashi
Organization*: Graduate School of Engineering Department of Applied Chemistry, Tohoku University, 6-6 Aoba, Aramaki, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8579, Japan
Institutional Email Address*: hayashi@aim.che.tohoku.ac.jp
Areas of Expertise: Supersonic, Soft Chemical Processes, Conductive materials

Dr. Takuya Hasegawa
Organization*: Institute of Multidisciplinary Research for Advanced Material (IMRAM), Tohoku University, 2-1-1 Katahira, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Japan
Institutional Email Address*: hase@tohoku.ac.jp
Areas of Expertise: Phosphor materials, Rare Earth Materials, Crystal structure analysis

Dr. Ayahisa Okawa
Organization*: Institute of Multidisciplinary Research for Advanced Materials, Tohoku University, Sendai 980-8577, Japan
Institutional Email Address*: okawa@tohoku.ac.jp
Areas of Expertise: 2D materials, Ceramics, Sensor

Manuscript submission information:

Submission Deadline: 31st December 2024

To submit your manuscript please go to the Journal of Solid State Sciences and follow the procedures for manuscript submission. When prompted for 'Enter Manuscript Information' you can select our Special Issue Article type as ‘VSI: ISFM2024” at https://www.editorialmanager.com/ssscie/default2.aspx. Otherwise, the paper will be treated as a regular issue.

Author Guidelines and Manuscript Submission can be found at: https://www.elsevier.com/journals/solid-state-sciences/1293-2558/guide-for-authors.

Keywords:

1. Environmental materials
2. Electronic materials
3. Energy materials
4. Biomedical materials

Special Issue on Topological Materials for Thermoelectric Energy Conversion
Día de Entrega: 2025-05-31

Thermoelectric technologies can convert heat into electricity and vice versa, showing great potential for power generation and greenhouse-gas-free cooling and refrigeration. Many classic thermoelectric materials are famous topological insulators and have shown high (magneto-) thermoelectric performance. Recently, with the surge of topological semimetals, more and more efforts have been dedicated to the exploration of topological semimetals for high transverse thermoelectric performance including Nernst and anomalous Nernst effect. This special issue aims to advance the thermoelectric field with but not limited to topological materials.

Guest editors:

Executive Guest Editor

Prof. Dr. Yu Pan
Organization*: Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids, 01187 Dresden, Germany
Institutional Email Address*: yupan2024@cqu.edu.cn; yu.pan@cpfs.mpg.de
Areas of Expertise*: Thermoelectric; Topological quantum materials; Thermal transport; Crystal growth

Co-Guest Editor

Prof. Dr. Chenguang Fu
Organization*: State Key Laboratory of Silicon and Advanced Semiconductor Materials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China
Institutional Email Address*: chenguang_fu@zju.edu.cn
Areas of Expertise*: Thermoelectric materials, Topological quantum materials, Electron and phonon transport

Manuscript submission information:

Submission Deadline: 31-May-2025.

To submit your manuscript please go to the Journal of Solid State Sciences and follow the procedures for manuscript submission. When prompted for 'Enter Manuscript Information' you can select our Special Issue Article type as ‘VSI: Thermoelectric & topology” at https://www.editorialmanager.com/ssscie/default2.aspx. Otherwise, the paper will be treated as a regular issue.

Author Guidelines and Manuscript Submission can be found at: https://www.elsevier.com/journals/solid-state-sciences/1293-2558/guide-for-authors.

Keywords:

    Thermoelectrics, 
    topological materials, 
    Seebeck effect, 
    Nernst effect, 
    phonon transport

Special Issue on Applied Nuclear Physics 2024 (ANP2024)
Día de Entrega: 2025-05-31

Thermoelectric technologies can convert heat into electricity and vice versa, showing great potential for power generation and greenhouse-gas-free cooling and refrigeration. Many classic thermoelectric materials are famous topological insulators and have shown high (magneto-) thermoelectric performance. Recently, with the surge of topological semimetals, more and more efforts have been dedicated to the exploration of topological semimetals for high transverse thermoelectric performance including Nernst and anomalous Nernst effect. This special issue aims to advance the thermoelectric field with but not limited to topological materials.

Guest editors:

Executive Guest Editor

Yu Pan
Prof. Dr. Yu Pan
Organization*: Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids, 01187 Dresden, Germany
Institutional Email Address*: yupan2024@cqu.edu.cn; yu.pan@cpfs.mpg.de
Areas of Expertise*: Thermoelectric; Topological quantum materials; Thermal transport; Crystal growth

Co-Guest Editor

Chenguang
Prof. Dr. Chenguang Fu
Organization*: State Key Laboratory of Silicon and Advanced Semiconductor Materials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China
Institutional Email Address*: chenguang_fu@zju.edu.cn
Areas of Expertise*: Thermoelectric materials, Topological quantum materials, Electron and phonon transport

Manuscript submission information:

Submission Deadline: 31-May-2025.

To submit your manuscript please go to the Journal of Solid State Sciences and follow the procedures for manuscript submission. When prompted for 'Enter Manuscript Information' you can select our Special Issue Article type as ‘VSI: Thermoelectric & topology” at https://www.editorialmanager.com/ssscie/default2.aspx. Otherwise, the paper will be treated as a regular issue.

Author Guidelines and Manuscript Submission can be found at: https://www.elsevier.com/journals/solid-state-sciences/1293-2558/guide-for-authors.

Keywords:

    Thermoelectrics, 
    topological materials, 
    Seebeck effect, 
    Nernst effect, 
    phonon transport