Physical Review Applied

Physical Review Applied is the first Physical Review journal devoted entirely to applied physics, publishing high-quality papers that bridge the gap between engineering and physics and between current and future technologies.《物理评论—应用》（Physical Review Applied）是首份完全致力于应用物理学的《物理评论》期刊，发表弥合工程学与物理学以及当前与未来技术之间差距的高质量论文。

Scope

The journal's stated aim is to publish papers that bridge the gap between engineering and physics and between current and future technologies, with its official scope covering:刊物官方宗旨为发表弥合工程学与物理学以及当前与未来技术之间差距的论文，官方声明的征稿范围包括：

• Applied physics and engineering: research that applies physical principles to solve engineering problems, including the development, characterization, and optimization of materials, devices, and systems for technological applications.应用物理与工程： 应用物理原理解决工程问题的研究，包括面向技术应用的材料、器件与系统的开发、表征与优化等。
• Materials and devices: studies on the physics of advanced materials, semiconductors, superconductors, magnetic materials, photonics, and electronic and optoelectronic devices, with emphasis on applications.材料与器件： 关于先进材料、半导体、超导体、磁性材料、光子学以及电子与光电子器件物理学的研究，强调其应用。
• Energy and quantum technologies: work on energy conversion and storage, photovoltaics, thermoelectrics, batteries, fuel cells, quantum computing, quantum sensing, and other emerging quantum technologies.能源与量子技术： 关于能量转化与储存、光伏、热电、电池、燃料电池、量子计算、量子传感以及其他新兴量子技术的研究。
• Complex and interdisciplinary systems: research on complex systems, nonlinear dynamics, networks, biophysics, plasma physics, and fluid dynamics where the work has clear applications or technological relevance.复杂与跨学科系统： 关于复杂系统、非线性动力学、网络、生物物理、等离子体物理与流体动力学的研究，前提是工作具有明确应用或技术相关性。
• Article types: original research articles and letters, with editors selecting particularly interesting papers as Editors' Suggestions to direct readers to important and broad-interest work.栏目设置： 接受原创研究论文与快讯，编辑会遴选特别有意义的论文作为编辑推荐，引导读者关注重要且具有广泛意义的工作。

History

• Founding: the journal was launched in 2014 by the American Physical Society as the first Physical Review journal devoted entirely to applied physics, extending the Physical Review series into applied science.创刊： 该刊 2014 年由美国物理学会创刊，是首份完全致力于应用物理学的《物理评论》期刊，将《物理评论》系列延伸至应用科学。
• Physical Review family: the journal is part of the Physical Review family of journals published by the American Physical Society, sharing the family's editorial standards and peer review processes.物理评论系列： 该刊是美国物理学会出版的《物理评论》系列期刊的一部分，共享该系列的编辑标准与同行评审流程。
• Editorial leadership: the journal has been led by lead editors including the founding lead editor Steven K. Lamoreaux, with Jelena Vučković appointed as lead editor effective August 1, 2024.编辑领导： 该刊历任领衔编辑包括创刊领衔编辑史蒂文·拉莫罗，耶莱娜·武奇科维奇于 2024 年 8 月 1 日出任领衔编辑。

Editors

The journal is led by a lead editor supported by associate editors, with the American Physical Society providing in-house editorial support:该刊由领衔编辑领导，副编辑协助工作，美国物理学会提供内部编辑支持：

• Lead editor: Jelena Vučković, Jensen Huang Professor of Global Leadership in the School of Engineering and Professor of Electrical Engineering at Stanford University, whose research focuses on nanophotonics, quantum optics, and semiconductor devices.领衔编辑： 耶莱娜·武奇科维奇（Jelena Vučković），斯坦福大学工程学院黄仁勋全球领导力讲席教授与电气工程教授，研究方向为纳米光子学、量子光学与半导体器件。
• Associate editors: associate editors are drawn from leading institutions worldwide and cover the major areas within the journal's applied physics scope.副编辑团队： 副编辑来自全球顶尖机构，覆盖刊物应用物理范围内的主要领域。
• Review model: manuscripts undergo single-blind peer review by external experts, with final decisions made by the lead editor and associate editors based on scientific rigor, novelty, and relevance to applied physics and technology.评审模式： 稿件由外部专家进行单盲同行评审，领衔编辑与副编辑基于科学严谨性、新颖性与对应用物理和技术的相关性做出最终决定。