Read the new collection in Materials Advances
We are delighted to introduce our new themed collection focusing on order, disorder, and ultrafast phenomena in functional solids.
Guest Edited by Ernest Pastor (CNRS, IPR, University of Rennes, France), Hiroko Tokoro (University of Tsukuba, Japan), and Eric Collet (University of Rennes, CNRS, IPR, France)
A message from the Guest Editors
“In this collection we highlight work focusing on the implementation of advanced experimental tools to characterize defects and the development of robust theoretical frameworks to understand the role of disorder. Further advances in these areas are needed to push the boundaries of optical control of materials. However, the recent developments in laser techniques, large-scale facilities and computational capabilities offer an exciting outlook for the characterisation and control of disorder in functional solids.
We hope the research highlighted in this issue will be useful for the multiple communities seeking to understand and control disorder in solids in order to instil new functionality that powers the technologies of the future.”
A small selection of the papers are featured below:
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Coherent X-ray imaging of stochastic dynamics Arnab Sarkar and Allan S. Johnson 10.1039/D4MA00154K |
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Multistep transitions in spin crossover materials without long-range spin state order from dimensional reduction Gian Ruzzi, Jace Cruddas and Benjamin J. Powell 10.1039/D3MA01057K |
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Ultrafast variation of the polarized state in proton-π electron coupled ferroelectric cocrystal Phz-H2ca Akihiro Sugisawa, Tsugumi Umanodan, Hongwu Yu, Tadahiko Ishikawa, Shin-ya Koshihara, Sachio Horiuchi and Yoichi Okimoto 10.1039/D3MA00317E |
We hope you enjoy reading this themed collection!
Did you know?
At Materials Advances, our themed collections are built by collaboration between our Guest Editors and expert Associate Editors. Our Guest Editors guide the scope and curate the contributions in our collections but all submissions are handled through peer review by our team of resident Associate Editors. This means that as an author you receive a consistent experience, and as a reader you can trust the quality of the science being presented.
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