About Materials for Quantum Technology

Materials for Quantum Technology™ is a multidisciplinary journal devoted to publishing cutting-edge experimental and theoretical research on the development and application of materials for all quantum-enabled technologies and devices. The journal aims to bring together research in materials and quantum technologies and also aims to identify new interdisciplinary research topics that address the needs of those developing quantum technologies for the future.

MQT welcomes developments across all aspects of materials research, including design, growth, characterisation, synthesis, processing and device integration.

Particular areas of interest include (but are not limited to):

• Superconductors: new and improved materials for quantum technology using superconductors. Topics include Josephson junctions, hybrid devices, nanofabrication control, low-loss deposition, processing and integration techniques and materials control at interfaces for single photons
• Semiconductors and Photonics: topics include scaling II-VI and III-V platforms, isotopically pure IV systems, materials for fibre and planar photonic platforms. Optics areas include quantum light sources, photon emission/detection and quantum dots in quantum chips.
• Solid State Defects: the creation, control, characterisation and properties of colour centres and other defects in crystals, aiming to engineer them for quantum applications. Topics include removal and mitigation of deleterious defects and discovery of new impurity systems.
• Spin and Topology: new advances in quantum spin and topology for new technology, Topics include ‘low-loss’ spin and topological systems to mitigate energy losses.
• Molecular Materials: the synthesis, properties and quantum-technological applications of molecular materials. Materials include organometallic thin films and organic molecular crystals. Topics include monodisperse structures, metal-ion incorporation, extended framework systems, intermolecular interactions and environment tuning.
• System Level Materials: incorporating various material technologies currently commercially used and applying to new quantum technologies and systems. Including high performance materials for thermal management, environmental isolation and packaging, as well as sustainable materials and technologies for diverse integration of various materials.
• 2D Materials: the processing, properties and applications of 2D materials in quantum technologies. Materials include graphene, silicene, transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) and layered materials. Topics include heterostructure fabrication, deposition and integration, exciton engineering and twistronics.
• New materials development: research into the application of existing but overlooked, or new materials to quantum technology, including low-loss, decoherence-resilient substrates that maintain strong quantum coupling.
• Simulations and algorithms that help elucidate functionally important properties of quantum materials and open quantum systems.

Relevant applications include:

• Computing
• Quantum bits
• Information processing
• Simulation
• Metrology
• Sensing
• Fault-tolerant quantum computing

We expect all papers, including those in focus issues, to identify their relevance to the scope in terms of applications to quantum technology and materials.

“We stand on the brink of a second quantum revolution, and materials science will be key to unlocking novel technologies utilising and controlling quantum states. With the launch of Materials for Quantum Technology we aim to showcase work at the exciting interface of materials science, chemistry, condensed matter physics and quantum science that will help realise novel quantum technologies into the future.” Jason Smith, Editor-in-Chief, University of Oxford

• Multidisciplinary audience: Serving all communities engaged with the development and application of materials for quantum technology with a focus on emerging areas of high interest to both the academic and industry sector.
• High standards: Selective editorial policy to ensure publication of only the highest quality research in terms of significance, originality and scientific rigour. All articles are rigorously peer reviewed by IOP Publishing’s global network of expert reviewers, supported by our top-level Editorial Board.
• Fast publication: We are committed to providing authors with a fast, professional service to ensure rapid first decision, acceptance and publication. Once accepted, your article will be accessible to readers within 24 hours (with a citable DOI).
• Open access: All articles are published under a CC BY licence, providing immediate and perpetual access, and ensuring the widest possible dissemination and visibility for authors and their work. IOP Publishing is currently covering all article publication charges so the journal is free for authors.
• Pre-print friendly: Authors are encouraged to post on community pre-print platforms.
• Data and code: Research published in Materials for Quantum Technology can include citable datasets and programmable code.
• Society owned: IOP Publishing is a leading society publisher in the physical sciences. Any profits generated are invested in the Institute of Physics, helping to support science research, education and outreach around the world.

Materials for Quantum Technology welcomes submissions of the following article types:

Letters: Concise, high impact original research articles that report a timely development in the field deserving of priority treatment and rapid publication.

Papers: Research articles of unlimited length that report new research of outstanding quality, and which make a significant advance in terms of either the development or application of materials for quantum technology.

Perspectives: Commissioned commentaries or viewpoints on “open questions” relevant to the subject coverage of Materials for Quantum Technology.

Topical Reviews: Invited review articles that provide a survey of recent progress in a particular field relevant to the development or application of materials science for quantum technology.

Materials for Quantum Technology is a highly selective journal. Research articles must contain novel results or applications that substantially advance their relevant field with the expectation of long-term scientific or technological impact. Technically correct articles that do not make a significant advance will not be accepted for publication.

Materials for Quantum Technology has no subscription charges and the costs of publication are fully funded by article publication charges (APCs).

As part of our commitment to open science, IOP Publishing is currently paying the article publication charge (APC) for all articles published in the journal. The list prices shown below will not be charged if your article is accepted for publication.

*excluding VAT where applicable

**eligibility criteria can be found here

APCs only apply to articles accepted for publication; there are no submission charges.

There are no other charges for publishing in Materials for Quantum Technology.

Transformative Agreements

Materials for Quantum Technology is included in our transformative agreements which allow authors from some institutions to publish open access without paying an APC.

Find out if you’re covered by an agreement

If you are covered by an agreement, use our author guide to help you submit your paper.

Countries where we have transformative agreements include:
Austria, Canada, Croatia, Finland, Hungary, Ireland, Israel, Germany, Poland, The Netherlands, United Kingdom, Saudi Arabia, Slovenia, Sweden and Switzerland.

Paying for open access

Various discounts, waivers and funding arrangements are available to support our authors. Visit our Paying for open access page for further details.

We work with our authors to help make their work as easy to discover as possible. Materials for Quantum Technology is currently included in the following abstracting and discovery services:

• CNKI
• DOAJ
• Ei Compendex
• Inspec
• J-Gate
• JST
• MyScienceWork
• NASA Astrophysics Data System
• Naver Academic
• R Discovery
• Scilit
• Wanfang Data
• x-mol