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An international, interdisciplinary journal on science, characterisation and processing of advanced materials – The International Journal of the Materials Research Society-Taiwan (MRS-T)

Materials Chemistry and Physics is devoted to short communications, full-length research papers and feature articles on interrelationships among structure, properties, processing and performance of materials. The Editors welcome manuscripts on all subjects of metallurgy, engineering and functional ceramics, specialty polymers, composites, low D materials, surface modification and coatings with emphasis on, but not limited to, energy materials, green materials, optoelectronic materials, electronic, magnetic and semiconductor materials, biomaterials, sustainable materials, degradation and reliability, and modelling of materials.

Keywords: metallurgy, ceramics, polymers, composites, low D materials, nanomaterials, functional materials, high entropy materials, surface, interface, coating, thin film, porous materials, soft materials, energy materials, fuel cell, solar cell, photovoltaic, supercapacitor, battery, electrode materials, green materials, optoelectronic materials, electronic materials, magnetic material, multiferroic materials, electromagnetic materials, semiconductor materials, biomaterial, sustainable materials, materials degradation, corrosion, oxidation, reliability, materials modelling.

Special Issue on Design and Integration of 2D Materials as Novel Semiconductive Materials and Electrolytes (VSI: Design and Integration of 2D Materials)
Submission Date: 2026-04-15

As well beyond proof-of-concept demonstrations, 2D materials with unique integration of inorganic/organic features now hold strong promise in delivering new materials science, benefiting the innovation of electronics, sensing platforms, designs of catalysts, and also solid electrolytes. Having rapidly expanded into one of the most dynamic frontiers in materials science, the studies on 2D materials have led to more than 78,000 publications in the past five years—nearly half of the total scholarly output to date. This remarkable surge underscores not only the fundamental scientific significance of 2D materials but also their transformative impact across physics, chemistry, electronics, energy, environmental science, and biomedicine.

This special Issue aims to invite and publish insightful reviews and research papers on the new advances and fruitful uses of 2D materials, and also the integration of 2D materials with other semiconductors as an approach to challenge the current bottleneck of materials performance. Not only the performances in electronic devices, detectors and sensors, ionic and electron conductivity, sorption/storage/separation of guest molecules, energy storage, and catalytic reactions, the molecular design of COFs and MOFs, bottom-up and top-down synthesis, fundamental sciences, and multidisciplinary understandings of structure-performance relationships, are also the targeted subjects.

Full scope of the Special Issue: 

    The studies on the synthesis and optoelectrical properties of 2D materials, covalent organic frameworks, and metal-organic frameworks.
    The possible contributions and impacts of 2D materials, covalent organic frameworks, and metal organic frameworks regarding the performance of hybrid materials and devices.
    Various approaches for the integration of 2D materials, covalent organic frameworks, and metal organic frameworks into hybrid materials and devices.
    New breakthrough academic concepts and technologies upon the integration of 2D materials, covalent organic frameworks, and metal-organic frameworks.

Guest editors:

Executive Guest Editor

Prof. Dr. Jr-Jeng Ruan
Organization*: Department of Materials Science and Engineering, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, 701 Taiwan
Institutional Email Address*: jrjeng@ncku.edu.tw

Co-Guest Editors

Dr. Wen-Hui Cheng
Organization*: Department of Materials Science and Engineering, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, 701 Taiwan
Institutional Email Address*: wcheng@gs.ncku.edu.tw

Prof. Dr. Masayuki Yamaguchi
Organization*: Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, 1-1 Asahidai, Nomi, Ishikawa, 923-1292, Japan
Institutional Email Address*: m_yama@jaist.ac.jp

Special issue information:

For any inquiries about the appropriateness of contribution topics, please contact the Executive Guest Editor, Prof. Dr. Jr-Jeng Ruan, via jrjeng@ncku.edu.tw.

If you encounter difficulties or any issues while submitting your manuscript(s), don't hesitate to contact the support desk. You can reach out to the Elsevier Support Center or our journal manager, Saravanalatha Shanmugam, via the email addresses matchemphys@elsevier.com or S.Shanmugam@elsevier.com. They will be happy to assist you with your submission and resolve any difficulties you may encounter.

Manuscript submission information:

Submission Deadline: 15th April 2026

To submit your manuscript, please go to the Journal of Materials Chemistry and Physics (at https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/materials-chemistry-and-physics ) and follow the procedures for manuscript submission. When prompted for 'Enter Manuscript Information', you can select our Special Issue Article type as ‘VSI: Design and Integration of 2D Materials' at https://www.editorialmanager.com/matchemphys/default.aspx.

Author Guidelines can be found at: https://www.elsevier.com/journals/materials-chemistry-and-physics/0254-0584/guide-for-authors.

Keywords:

    2D materials,
    covalent organic frameworks,
    metal organic frameworks,
    semiconductors,
    catalysts,
    capacitors,
    sustainable electronics,
    green energy,
    sorption and separation of guest molecules,
    light harvesting.