Solid State Sciences is the journal for researchers from the broad solid state chemistry and physics community. It publishes key articles on all aspects of solid state synthesis, structure-property relationships, theory and functionalities, in relation with experiments.

Key topics for stand-alone papers and special issues:

    Novel ways of synthesis, inorganic functional materials, including porous and glassy materials, hybrid organic-inorganic compounds and nanomaterials
    Physical properties, emphasizing but not limited to the electrical, magnetical and optical features
    Materials related to information technology and energy and environmental sciences

The journal publishes feature articles from experts in the field upon invitation.

Solid State Sciences - your gateway to energy-related materials.

Special Issue on Materials Design via Computational Modelling: From Atomic Scale to Machine Learning Approaches (Computational modelling of materials)
Día de Entrega: 2025-10-01

This special issue is intended to focus on recent accomplishments in the area of computational materials science, by bridging the gap between different methodologies and time scales.  Atomic-scale observations based on appropriate methodologies (such as molecular dynamics in its classical and ab-initio expressions) are presented together with efforts devoted to the description of materials on less detailed spatial scales, a special emphasis being given to approaches allowing for the consideration of a very large number of degrees of freedom.

Examples of modern machine learning applications are also provided, in line with the motivation of making computational materials science a universal tool capable of describing materials properties by going beyond the current affordable capabilities of high-performance computers.

Advanced computational methods have become of paramount importance to determine the fundamental physical and chemical properties of materials.

These methods not only complement experimental determinations, but also are able nowadays to predict materials properties as well as optimal compositions for new classes of materials. With the rise of modern technologies, highly developed methods from first-principles or empirical approaches to machine learning ones have become powerful tools to enhance material research. Hence, providing a very recent state of the art on the most advanced computational methods is the aim of this special issue that will be largely but not exclusively based on talks given at a recent EMRS (European Materials Research) symposium.

In addition to such contributions, a limited number of highly qualified computational materials scientists will be asked to share their expertise by producing research article representative of their latest advances and discoveries, so as to enrich the global impact of the Special issue.

Give the above premises, the Special Issue will focus on computational materials science examples of investigations carried out to describe physical and chemical properties of materials, from fundamental aspects to technological applications. We aim at focusing in a comprehensive manner on solids, amorphous, surfaces, interfaces, low dimensional and 2D materials, organic and inorganic molecules, molecular networks, hybrid materials and macromolecules related to biological applications.

The fundamental properties to be explored encompass structural, dynamical electronic and thermal ones, an eye being kept on those having potential impact for application in future technologies and industrial processes.  On the side of methodologies, the Special issue will contain a variety of examples spanning modern atomic-level first-principles methods as well as more empirical models combined with very efficient molecular dynamics (MD) implementations. Machine-learning algorithms and artificial intelligence approaches for material exploration and characterization will also have an important place in this Special issue.

Guest editors:

Executive Guest Editor
Professor Yannick J. Dappe
Institution: SPEC, CEA, CNRS, Université Paris-Saclay, CEA Saclay, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex, France
Email address: yannick.dappe@cnrs.fr

Co-Guest Editors

Professor Carlo Massobrio PhD
Institution: Computational Materials Scientist, ICube/ MATISEN Team, AdynMat Consortium,  CNRS Strasbourg, France
Email address: carlo.massobrio@cnrs.fr

Professor Michal Hermanowicz
Institution: Interdisciplinary Centre for Mathematical and Computational Modelling, University of Warsaw, Poland；Institute of Physics, Poznan University of Technology, Piotrowo 3, 60-965 Poznan, Poland
Email address: m.hermanowicz@icm.edu.pl

Manuscript submission information:

Submission Deadline: 1st October 2025

To submit your manuscript please go to the Journal of Solid State Sciences and follow the procedures for manuscript submission. When prompted for 'Enter Manuscript Information' you can select our Special Issue Article type as ‘VSI: Computational modelling of materials” at https://www.editorialmanager.com/ssscie/default2.aspx. Otherwise, the paper will be treated as a regular issue.

Author Guidelines and Manuscript Submission can be found at: https://www.elsevier.com/journals/solid-state-sciences/1293-2558/guide-for-authors.

Keywords:

    Atomic-scale modelling, 
    Molecular dynamics. 
    Materials properties. 
    Machine learning development and applications.

Special Issue on Mixed-Anion and Anion-Controlled Inorganic Materials (VSI: Mixed-Anion Materials)
Día de Entrega: 2025-10-31

Solid state compounds containing metallic elements in combination with more than one anion, or those in which the choice of anion has a major influence on the properties, are a growth area of solid-state chemistry showcased at the fifth Anion-controlled New Inorganic Materials (ANIM) symposium at the European Materials Research Society 2025 Spring meeting. The materials offer control of band gaps, band energies, carrier mobilities, magnetic exchange interactions, and other properties, and present new synthetic challenges as well as offering new crystal structures and complementary oxidation states for the metals to those available in other materials. The compounds offer new opportunities in exploiting the properties of new solids, particularly in a range of energy applications.

Guest editors:

Executive Guest Editor
Professor Simon Clarke
Organization*: Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford, Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory, South Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3QR, UK
Institutional Email Address*: simon.clarke@chem.ox.ac.uk
Areas of Expertise*: solid-state synthesis, magnetism, diffraction

Co-Guest Editors
Professor Martin Valldor
Organization*: Department of Chemistry, University of Oslo, Sem Sælands vei 26, N-0371 Oslo, Norway
Institutional Email Address*: b.m.valldor@kjemi.uio.no
Areas of Expertise*: solid-state synthesis, magnetism, diffraction

Dr. Laurence Croguennec
Organization*: University Bordeaux, CNRS, Bordeaux INP, ICMCB, UMR 5026, F-33600 Pessac, France
Institutional Email Address*: laurence.croguennec@icmcb.cnrs.fr
Areas of Expertise*: Energy materials and batteries

Dr. Yoshihioro Tsujimoto
Organization*: Research Center for Materials Nanoarchitechtonics (MANA), National Institute for Materials Science, 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0044, Japan
Institutional Email Address*: TSUJIMOTO.Yoshihiro@nims.go.jp
Areas of Expertise*: Mixed-anion, ionic conduction, magnetic properties

Manuscript submission information:

Submission Deadline: 31st October 2025

To submit your manuscript, please go to the Journal of Solid State Sciences and follow the procedures for manuscript submission. When prompted for 'Enter Manuscript Information', you can select our Special Issue Article type as ‘VSI: Mixed-Anion Materials'  at  https://www.editorialmanager.com/ssscie/default2.aspx. Otherwise, the paper will be treated as a regular issue.

Author Guidelines for Manuscript Submission can be found at: https://www.elsevier.com/journals/solid-state-sciences/1293-2558/guide-for-authors.

Keywords:

    mixed-anion, 
    energy materials, 
    oxynitrides, 
    oxyfluorides, 
    oxychalcogenides, 
    oxyhydrides

Special Issue on 19th European Conference on Solid State Chemistry (ECSSC 2025)
Día de Entrega: 2026-01-31

The ECSSC conference series is one of the most important symposia in the field of solid state chemistry, covering a combination of chemistry, physics, crystallography and materials properties of solid functional materials with extended structures. The 19th edition (ECSSC 2025) will include, but not be limited to, battery electrode and electrolyte materials, magnetic materials, semiconductors, superconductors, thermoelectric materials, photoabsorbers and photocatalysts, sensors, pigments, luminescent materials, ceramics, heterogeneous catalysts and much more. It also describes new solid-state compounds and their properties, synthesis methods for oxides, chalcogenides, and other solids, and characterisation methods for both crystalline and disordered materials using state-of-the-art techniques and computational approaches. We welcome reports from ECSSC 2025 participants.

Guest editors:

Executive Guest Editor
Dr. Flaviano García-Alvarado
Organization*: Departamento de Química y Bioquímica, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad San Pablo-CEU, CEU Universities, Urbanización Montepríncipe, 28668 Boadilla del Monte, Madrid, Spain
Institutional Email Address*: flaga@ceu.es

Co-Guest Editor
Dr. Angeles G. De la Torre
Organization*: Departamento de Química Inorgánica, Cristalografía y Mineralogía, Universidad de Málaga, Málaga 29071, Spain
Institutional Email Address*: mgd@uma.es

Dr. Olivier Mentré
Organization*: Université Lille Nord de France, UMR 8181 CNRS, Unité de Catalyse et de Chimie du Solide (UCCS USTL), Villeneuve d’Ascq F-59655, France
Institutional Email Address*: olivier.mentre@univ-lille.fr

Manuscript submission information:

Submission Deadline: 31st January 2026
To submit your manuscript please go to the Journal of Solid State Sciences and follow the procedures for manuscript submission. When prompted for 'Enter Manuscript Information' you can select our Special Issue Article type as ‘VSI: ECSSC 2025” at https://www.editorialmanager.com/ssscie/default2.aspx. Otherwise, the paper will be treated as a regular issue.

Author Guidelines for Manuscript Submission can be found at: https://www.elsevier.com/journals/solid-state-sciences/1293-2558/guide-for-authors.

Keywords:

    solid state chemistry; 
    materials chemistry; 
    battery electrode; 
    electrolyte materials; 
    magnetic materials; 
    semiconductors; 
    superconductors; 
    thermoelectric materials; 
    photoabsorbers; 
    photocatalysts; 
    sensors; 
    pigments; 
    luminescent solids; 
    ceramics.