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Amorphous materials, broadly defined as condensed matter without crystalline structures, have become subjects of increasing interest in the twenty-first century. Philip W. Anderson once observed that 鈥淩andomness and disorder could result in generic properties that are utterly different from those of merely somewhat impure regular materials鈥�. Amorphous materials exemplify this principle, inhabiting a realm of intrinsic complexity from structural disorder and often being intertwined with the problems of nonequilibrium or far-from-equilibrium behaviors.  

This broad category encompasses a wide range of systems including, but not limited to, oxide glasses, amorphous metals, chalcogenide and metalloids, molecular systems, polymers, metal-organic frameworks (MOFs), and even amorphous ice. Research in amorphous materials not only searches for new phenomena and new types of theories for 鈥渢he deepest puzzle鈥� in condensed matter science, but also is indispensable for technological innovations, spanning displays, mechanical components, electronic and photonic computing circuits, biomedicine and drug delivery vehicles, energy storage devices, and beyond. 

This themed collection on Amorphous Materials invites contributions from research communities of amorphous materials across disciplines including physics, chemistry, and materials engineering. It aims to bring together diverse perspectives from various fields to highlight current frontiers and future directions in the research of amorphous materials. The scope includes: 

• Various types of amorphous materials, including, not limited to, oxide and geological glasses, amorphous metals, chalcogenide and metalloids, molecular systems, polymers, MOFs, and amorphous ice and aqueous system
• Dynamics, relaxations, aging, property drifting, ultrastable glasses, rejuvenations
• Phase transitions, glass transitions, crystallizations, melting, phase switching, polyamorphism,
• Emerging experimental techniques, including in-situ, operando, atomic- and nano-scales, multiscale, ultrafast, time-resolved, pump-probe, pulse/photo-excited
• Properties including mechanical, electronic, optical, vibrational, thermodynamical, and kinetic properties
• Structure-property relationships
• Materials in extreme conditions, high pressure, high voltage, external fields, and superheating, supercooling
• Theories, models, simulations, machine learning, and novel computational methods
• Applications of amorphous solids in functional devices

Manuscripts should be submitted via our鈥�鈥� and the鈥�editorial office鈥痠nformed by email. Please add a 鈥渘ote to the editor鈥� in the submission form when you submit your manuscript to say that this is a submission for this themed collection.鈥�&苍产蝉辫;

The Editorial Office and Guest Editors reserve the right to check the suitability of submissions in relation to the scope of the collection and inclusion of accepted articles in the collection is not guaranteed. All manuscripts will be subject to the journal's usual peer review process. Accepted manuscripts will be added to the online collection as soon as they are online, and they will be published in a regular issue of鈥�Materials Advances.鈥�&苍产蝉辫;