Chinese Physics B covers the latest developments and achievements in all branches of physics. Articles, including papers and rapid communications, are those approved as creative contributions to the whole discipline of physics and of significance to their own fields. Subject coverage includes:

• Surface physics, such as the atomic structures of surfaces, theory of electron states and photoemission studies of surfaces.
• Spectroscopic studies, such as Raman scattering, laser spectroscopy, phonon transitions and interaction between condensed matter and radiation.
• Structure and phase transitions, such as the structure and properties of crystals and nanocrystalline materials.
• Superconductivity, such as the synthesis, structure and electronic states of high-T_c oxides.
• Atomic and molecular physics.
• Magnetism, such as colossal magnetoresistance in perovskite manganites and great magnetic entropy in rare-earth compounds.
• Optical physics and applications, such as laser molecular beam epitaxy of oxide films.
• Confinement and heating in fusion plasma.
• Material processing and film preparation based on plasma physics.