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Crystals (ISSN 2073-4352; CODEN: CRYSBC) is an international, open access journal of crystallography. Crystals is published monthly online by MDPI. Its subject areas includes:

All classes of crystalline materials, either in bulk or as thin films, such as:

• semiconductors
• magnetic systems
• superconductors
• graphene
• photonic crystals
• periodic metamaterials
• minerals
• metals
• salts
• liquid crystals

Crystal growth techniques, including:

• molecular beam, chemical beam, and vapor phase epitaxy
• design and processing of photonic crystals and metamaterials

Characterization techniques, such as:

• X-ray diffraction
• photoluminescence
• electron microscopy and diffraction
• neutron diffraction
• scanning probe microscopy
• carrier transport
• magnetic property measurements
• rutherford backscattering
• ellipsometry

Fundamental research into:

• solid-state physics and chemistry
• crystalline surfaces
• crystalline structure

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