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Applied Physics Letters

Applied Physics Letters (APL) features concise, up-to-date reports on significant new findings in applied physics. Emphasizing rapid dissemination of key data and new physical insights, APL offers prompt publication of new experimental and theoretical papers reporting applications of physics phenomena to all branches of science, engineering, and modern technology.

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Mesoscopic Magnetic Systems: From Fundamental Properties to Devices

Submission Deadline: January 31, 2021

This APL special topic is dedicated to a fascinating class of systems that contain magnetic elements at length scales in the range of a few nm up to a few…

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Non-Classical Light Emitters and Single-Photon Detectors

Submission Deadline: January 31, 2021

Quantum photonic applications such as photonic quantum computing, quantum communication, and quantum sensing require highly sophisticated non-classical light sources and high-efficiency single-photon detectors. The light sources should be able to…

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Metastructures: From Physics to Application

Submission Deadline: February 28, 2021

In recent years, there has been a growing interest in realizing artificial metasurfaces and metamaterials that provide novel and on-demand physical properties. Such metastructures can be designed on a variety…

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Twisted 2D Electronic and Photonic Materials and Devices

Submission Deadline: February 28, 2021

Van der Waals (vdW) materials represent a versatile material platform to explore fundamental science of correlated phases (e.g. Mott insulator, superconductivity, and magnetism) and new electronic and photonic devices. When…

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Scalable Ways to Break the Efficiency Limit of Single-Junction Solar Cells

Submission Deadline: February 28, 2021

Traditional silicon solar cells reach their efficiency limit, yet the massive upscaling of photovoltaics required to provide a significant contribution of solar power to the primary energy demand requires a…

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Charge-Density-Wave Quantum Materials and Devices

Submission Deadline: March 31, 2021

The charge-density-wave (CDW) phase is a macroscopic quantum state consisting of a periodic modulation of the electronic charge density accompanied by a periodic distortion of the atomic lattice. Unconventional forms…

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Organic and Hybrid Thermoelectrics

Submission Deadline: March 31, 2021

For decades, the field of thermoelectricity has been dominated by inorganic materials. The demonstration of reasonably stable polymer-based materials with a figure of merit of 0.1 and above has triggered…

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Advances in 5G Physics, Materials, and Devices

Submission Deadline: April 30, 2021

Commerce depends on communications technology now more than ever, demanding improved connectivity, bandwidth, data rates, and latency to grow productivity. With the introduction of 5G technology to the marketplace, new…

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New Solution-processed Perovskites and Perovskite-inspired Optoelectronic Materials and Devices

Submission Deadline: June 30, 2021

Solution processed lead halide perovskites demonstrated unprecedented success in solar cell applications thanks to their defect tolerance and facile solution-based processing. Global scaleup and acceptance by consumers, however, requires further…

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Materials for Renewable Fuels Production

Submission Deadline: June 30, 2021

Achieving net zero carbon dioxide emissions globally by 2050, as urged by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change for limiting the global warming to 1.5 °C above pre-industrial levels, necessitates…

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Past Special Topics From Applied Physics Letters

Quantum Sensing with Correlated Light Sources

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Hybrid Quantum Devices

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Ultrawide Bandgap Semiconductors

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Ferroelectricity in Hafnium Oxide: Materials and Devices

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Spin-Orbit Torque (SOT): Materials, Physics, and Devices

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