Advances in Crystal Growth Research

Dear Colleagues,

This Special Issue “Advances in Crystal Growth Research” aims to collect theoretical and experimental studies of the physicochemical phenomena and processes related to the design, growth, defects, and applications of crystalline materials.

Because of its high quality and ordered packing structure, crystal is regarded as the best platform to investigate the intrinsic properties of materials. Crystal growth is a simple process of crystallization and growth, however, many questions concerning crystal nucleation and growth dynamics as well as defects in the crystal surface and interior are still unclear, which limits the exploration of intrinsic properties and the application. Thus, technologies and integrating the fields of crystal engineering, growth, intermolecular interactions, and application are encouraged.

We invite research contributions reporting advances on topics such as bulk crystals and substrate technologies, epitaxy, defect and doping, interface and surface analysis, structural characterization, and study of relevant properties (including morphological, physical, optical, electric, etc.) of growth materials (bulk, monolayer, and nanostructure). The applications from the crystals cover various devices, e.g., power devices, RF devices, light-emitting diodes (LEDs), lasers, photodetectors, photovoltaic cells, transistors, and other relevant devices suitable for electronics and optoelectronics.

Considering your outstanding contribution to this fascinating research field, I would like to cordially invite you to submit a paper to this Special Issue. Full papers, communications, and reviews are all welcome.

Prof. Tao He
Guest Editor

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• Crystal engineering, nucleation, and growth
• Organic/inorganic crystals
• Polymorphism and phase transition
• Crystal defects
• Crystal characterization, including X-ray, TEM, SEM, Scanning Kelvin Probe Microscopy
• Optical, electric, magnetic properties
• Carrier generation, recombination, transport, exciton in the crystals