Phase-change Materials and Their Applications
A better understanding of phase-change materials facilitates optimal design, and their strategic integration in devices/systems helps reach new theoretical limits that are intrinsic to more traditional materials. This broad field encompasses multiple phenomena and different operational principles, which have been cleverly used for demonstrating technological advantages. However, the underlying physics of some phase-change materials is yet to be fully understood, casting a shadow on the full potential of devices/systems relying on phase-change materials. This special topic welcomes contributions that demonstrate the integration of phase-change materials into sensors and actuators that exploit their multifunctionality, and fundamental studies that help understand them.
Topics covered include, but are not limited to:
- Theory, modeling and simulation of solid-to-solid phase transitions
- Phase-change materials in THz devices/systems
- Vanadium oxides
- Implementation of phase-change materials in memory devices and systems
- Advances in thermal energy and storage
- Integration of phase-change materials in energy efficient buildings and smart textiles
- Dielectrics, Ferroelectrics, and multiferroics
- Applications and integration of solid-liquid phase transitions
- Thin films, interfaces, and surfaces
Guest Editors
Nelson Sepulveda, Michigan State University
Yunqi Cao, Zhejiang University
JAP Editors
Pawel Keblinski
Submission and acceptance criteria:
Manuscripts considered for publication in Journal of Applied Physics are expected to meet the journal’s standard of acceptance: to report on original and timely results that significantly advance understanding in contemporary applied physics. Material that is exclusively review in nature is not considered for publication. Manuscripts submitted for consideration in this Special Topic must meet the same criteria and will undergo the journal’s standard peer-review process. The Editorial Team of Journal of Applied Physics will issue final decisions on the submitted manuscripts. Manuscripts will publish immediately upon acceptance.
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Manuscripts must be submitted through the online submission system (PXP) of Journal of Applied Physics. Please select the Special Topic “Phase-change Materials and Their Applications” to submit your manuscript for consideration in this Special Topic.