Synthetic Metals publishes research on the physics, chemistry and applications of organic and carbon electronic materials such as electronic polymers and electronic molecular materials including novel carbon architectures. The journal aims to advance the field of materials publishing articles which significant in the following areas:

    conducting and semiconducting polymers and molecular materials
    fullerenes, carbon nanotubes, related novel carbon architectures and nanoelectromechanical systems (NEMS)
    supramolecular conjugated architectures
    nanoscale electronic molecular and electronic polymer materials
    organic charge-transfer compounds and metal chain compounds
    functional pi-conjugated systems
    organic-inorganic electroactive hybrids including perovksites
    molecular- and polymer-based magnets and ferroelectrics

The journal publishes original research papers, short communications and reviews. Original research papers and short communications should present a significant advance in the understanding or application of these materials and/ or devices made from them. Experimental, theoretical and application papers on the chemistry, physics and engineering of these materials and their electrical, photonic and magnetic properties are encouraged for submission. Papers on electronic, optoelectronic, electroluminescent, lasing, solar cell, sensor, actuator, biological and other potential applications of these materials are also welcome.

Special Issue on Advances in Blue Organic Electroluminescence
Submission Date: 2024-05-31

Guest editors:
Prof. Russell HolmesUniversity of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USAEmail: rholmes@umn.edu
Prof. Youngmin YouYonsei University, Seoul, KoreaEmail: odds2@yonsei.ac.kr

Special issue information:
While organic light-emitting devices (OLEDs) continue to see broad application in displays, there remains a pressing need to develop a blue-emitting sub-pixel capable of simultaneously meeting the demands for efficiency, operational lifetime, and color purity. This issue of Synthetic Metals is devoted to reports relating to blue organic electroluminescence, with a broad scope covering molecular design and synthesis, device design and characterization, and related spectroscopy, for emitters based on fluorescence (including triplet-triplet annihilation (TTA) and thermally activated delayed fluorescence (TADF)), phosphorescence, and radical emission.

Manuscript submission information:
Submission Open Date: Jan 8, 2024
Submission Deadline: May 31, 2024