Molecular Beam Epitaxy

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This collection contains papers presented at the 39th North American Conference on Molecular Beam Epitaxy (NAMBE 2025), taking place August 25-27, 2025 in Santa Ana Pueblo (Albuquerque, New Mexico), as well as other papers on this topic that are not presented at the conference. The North American Conference on Molecular Beam Epitaxy is a prominent international forum for reporting scientific and technological developments in Molecular Beam Epitaxy research. The conference showcases important results from fundamental materials and device research, through technological applications, and into high-volume and low-cost production. The Conference Chair is Ganesh Balakrishnan (The University of New Mexico) and the Program Chair is Sadhvikas J. Addamane (Sandia National Laboratories).

Topics covered include, but are not limited to:

Fundamentals of MBE growth
Advances in MBE technology
Novel materials using MBE

Infrared materials and devices
In situ characterization techniques

Editors

Stephanie Law, University of Pennsylvania

Joshua Zide, University of Delaware

Guest Editors

Ganesh Balakrishnan, The University of New Mexico

Sadhvikas J. Addamane, Sandia National Laboratories

Manuscript Details & Submission

Authors are encouraged to use the JVST article template available here. During submission, you will have an opportunity to indicate that your paper is a part of one of these collections by choosing the Special Topic Collection on “Molecular Beam Epitaxy.”

Submission Deadline: January 15, 2026Contribute to this Special Topic