Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to invite you to contribute to this Special Issue of Molecules. This Special Issue is devoted to various synthesis, processing, and characterization methods of different types of nanostructured glass-ceramic systems, including materials with linear and non-linear optical properties, functional materials for energy, coherent and non-coherent optical sources, photocatalytic materials with a special interest in water splitting, glass-ceramics with interesting electrical and magnetic properties, modelling of photonic glass-ceramics, bioactive glass-ceramics, and others.

In this Special Issue, we will provide the state-of-the-art technological advances and the latest and novel research in the synthesis, processing, and characterization used to analyse the chemical and physical properties of these systems, focussing on the innovative applications of nanostructured glass-ceramics. The study of different physical phenomena, and the relationship between structural, mechanical, and the optical, dielectric, and magnetic properties of glass-ceramics are also welcome.

This Special Issue will also accept diverse forms of contributions, including research papers, short communications, methods, and review articles.

Dr. José Joaquín Velázquez García
Dr. Patricia Haro González
Dr. Leopoldo Martin
Prof. Dr. Jakrapong Kaewkhao
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Molecules is an international peer-reviewed open access semimonthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2700 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

• Glass and glass-ceramics
• Optical and photonic properties
• Non-linear optics
• Photocatalytic properties
• Nanocrystallization
• Structure–properties relationship
• Sensing
• Bioglass and glass-ceramics
• Magnetic properties
• Functional glass-ceramics