Special issue collections

Our special issue collections comprise a diverse selection of exclusive, invited articles, each serving to highlight exciting work conducted in active areas of particular current interest, as identified by the Editorial Board.

Ongoing special issues

Read the published contributions to these ongoing invited special issues.

Focus on Computational Studies and Modelling of Nanomaterials
Guest Editors: Prabhat Ranjan, Tanmoy Chakraborty and Ramon Carbó-Dorca,
Highlight the most recent advancements and challenges in the field of nanomaterials, including computation and modelling, physico-chemical properties, applications in optoelectronics, photovoltaics, spintronics and photocatalysis, and smart nanomaterials.

Focus Issue on 25 Years of Highly Frustrated Magnetism
Guest Editors: Jeffrey Quilliam and Michel Gingras
A showcase for recent and exciting experimental and theoretical research developments, from multipolar magnetism to hyperkagome magnets, and all other aspects of frustrated magnetism and other frustrated condensed matter systems.

Focus on Structural and Phase Transformations in Materials: Theoretical Modelling and Experiments
Guest Editors: Lynnette Joseph, P Muhammed Shafi, Deepu Thomas, Jesby George, Jyothi Abraham and Rani Alphonsa Jose
Showcasing contributions across a broad range of topics from the 2025 International Conference on Advances in Materials Science, with the aim of fostering interdisciplinary collaboration, addressing industry needs, and pushing the boundaries of scientific knowledge.

Focus on Structural and Phase Transformations in Materials: Theoretical Modelling and Experiments
Guest Editors: Peter Galenko and Liubov Toropova
A collection devoted to the problem of theoretical modeling of nucleation, growth, and transport processes in phase transformations occurring in condensed materials, focusing on physical and mathematical models for the analysis and computational simulation of microstructures, and properties of materials processed using novel techniques and technologies

Focus on the Centenary of Bose Statistics
Guest Editors: Tanusri Saha-Dasgupta, Manik Banik, Arijit Haldar and Saquib Shamim
The S N Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences, an autonomous research institute established in 1986 under the Department of Science and Technology, Government of India to honour the life and work of Professor S N Bose, celebrates the centenary of Bose's colossal work with a series of three international conferences.

Focus on Soft Condensed Matter Physics in the Global South
Guest Editor: José Rafael Bordin
This issue aims to showcase and amplify the scientific contributions from researchers working in the Global South, focusing on the unique challenges and opportunities in the field of soft and biological matter.

Focus on Imaging of Electronic and Spin Configurations in Solid-State Materials
Guest Editors: Robert Streubel, Rafal E Dunin-Borkowski, Laura Heyderman, and Steven Schofield
Recent advances in phase contrast imaging, dichroism spectromicroscopy, atomic and atom probe tomography, spin-polarized scanning tunnelling microscopy, nitrogen-vacancy microscopy, and vector field tomography using synchrotron x-rays and electrons, combining high spatial resolution, sensitivity, and in operando and cryogenic capabilities.

Focus on Magnetic Topological Materials with Reduced Dimensionality
Guest Editors: Zheng Ren, Fan Zhang, Yi-Fan Zhao and Shuyu Chen
Recent experimental, theoretical and computational advancements in a broad spectrum of topics, from synthesis and characterization of novel magnetic topological thin films, to topological spintronics and spin textures such as skyrmions and merons.

Focus Issue on Machine Learning for Understanding the Physics of Chemical Processes
Guest Editors: Max Veit and Jigyasa Nigam
This focus issue aims to showcase the role of ML in deepening and expanding our physical understanding of chemical processes in systems of current scientific and technological interest. It will emphasize the continuing evolution of ML techniques, especially their synergistic integration with quantum mechanical (QM) and electronic structure techniques, or their role in strengthening the productive collaboration between theory and experiment.

Focus on Magnetism in Superconductors
Guest Editors: Yajun Zhang and Minglei Sun
This focus issue aims to provide a platform for pushing the boundaries of knowledge of magnetism in superconductivity. Researchers across theoretical, experimental, and computational fields are welcome to contribute in different forms, including original research articles and topical reviews.

Focus on Excitonic Properties of Two-Dimensional Materials
Guest Editors: Michele Re Fiorentin, Minglei Sun and Maurizia Palummo
This focus issue aims to publish cutting edge research on excitonic properties of 2D materials, focusing on the fundamental physics, manipulation techniques, and potential applications. We welcome contributions from researchers spanning theoretical, experimental, and computational backgrounds, who are engaged in exploring the fascinating world of excitonic properties of 2D materials.

Focus Issue on Inorganic Heterojunction Photocatalysts: Construction, Mechanism and Performance Prediction
Guest Editors: Shifa Wang, Qingping Ding, Tao Xian, Asad Saghir Syed and Chao Cai
The main purpose of this focus issue is to explore the development of new photocatalysts with special defect structures and the application of intelligent algorithms in the fields of photocatalysis.

Focus Issue on SiO2, Advanced Dielectrics and Related Devices
Guest Editors: Emanuele Marino and Alice Sciortino
This focus issue showcases contributions from the 14th international conference on SiO2, advanced dielectrics and related devices that took place in Palermo (Italy) from June 12th to June 14th 2023.

Focus Issue on Nonequilibrium Physics of Quantum Materials
Guest Editors: Sheng Meng, Michael Sentef and Jigang Wang
Nonequilibrium describes a state of imbalance between opposing forces or processes because of disturbances in the interior of a system or between a system and its surroundings. This focus issue aims to provide a platform for experimental and theoretical researchers working on nonequilibrium states and associated ultrafast phenomena in quantum materials, to share the latest technological developments and scientific progress in both experiment and theory.

Special Issue on Novel Electronic Phenomena by Interface Manipulation of van der Waals Materials
Guest Editors: Stiven Forti, Ulrich Starke and Michael Tringides
This special issue is aimed at gathering research papers in the field related to the functionalization of vdW interfaces. We invite researchers to submit their findings about the properties of pristine vdW materials, synthesis methods to artificially modify their interfaces and characterization to confirm the emerging physics.

Special Issue on Electron Quantum Optics in Dirac Materials
Guest Editors: Dario Bercioux, Alessandro De Martino, and Reyes Calvo
This special issue aims to cover recent progress in the exploration of fundamental quantum phenomena and in the development of quantum technologies based on electron quantum optics (EQO). This research field deals with the propagation, interference, and manipulation of ballistic charge carriers in condensed matter systems in analogy to photons in quantum optical systems.

Special Issue on Growth and Sensing Properties of 2D Materials
Guest Editors: Mahesh Kumar, Jun Zhang and Hanna Pazniak
This special issue aims to focus on the physical aspects of the growth processes and sensing mechanisms of 2D materials compared to classical materials.

Women in Computational Condensed Matter Physics
Guest Editors: Talat Rahman, Julie Staunton and Natalia Martsinovich
This special issue is focused on computational condensed matter physics as one of the areas in which female researchers have made and are making important contributions, both in developing new theoretical methods and in modelling physical properties of materials. The purpose of this special issue is to showcase the work of female scientists in computational condensed matter physics.

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