2018 Impact factor 2.612

EPJ PLUS - Condensed Matter and Complex Systems

Review articles

Review

Rising and lowering operator approach to the problem of a charged particle in a uniform magnetic field

V. G. Ibarra-Sierra, J. C. Sandoval-Santana, D. Velasco-Martínez, J. L. Cardoso and A. Kunold

Eur. Phys. J. Plus, 135 2 (2020) 149

Published online: 28 January 2020

DOI: 10.1140/epjp/s13360-020-00172-7

Review

New results for the effects of higher-order moduli and material properties on strain waves propagating through elastic circular cylindrical rods

M. Tantawy, H. I. Abdel-Gawad and A. F. Ghaleb

Eur. Phys. J. Plus, 135 1 (2020) 7

Published online: 07 January 2020

DOI: 10.1140/epjp/s13360-019-00014-1

Review

Prospects for multi-messenger extended emission from core-collapse supernovae in the Local Universe

Maurice H. P. M. van Putten, Amir Levinson, Filippo Frontera, Cristiano Guidorzi, Lorenzo Amati and Massimo Della Valle

Eur. Phys. J. Plus, 134 10 (2019) 537

Published online: 28 October 2019

DOI: 10.1140/epjp/i2019-12932-3

Review

Rheological effects of biomimetic propulsion on fluid flow: An application of bio-engineering

Khurram Javid, Mohsan Hassan, M. Imran Asjad, Irfan Ali and Abdul Nazib

Eur. Phys. J. Plus, 134 10 (2019) 522

Published online: 18 October 2019

DOI: 10.1140/epjp/i2019-12801-1

Review

Uncertainties in the empirical formulae for alpha decay half-lives of heavy and superheavy nuclei

H. C. Manjunatha, L. Seenappa and K. N. Sridhar

Eur. Phys. J. Plus, 134 9 (2019) 477

Published online: 30 September 2019

DOI: 10.1140/epjp/i2019-12838-0

Review

Neutron-induced damage simulations: Beyond defect production cross-section, displacement per atom and iron-based metrics

J. -Ch. Sublet, I. P. Bondarenko, G. Bonny, J. L. Conlin, M. R. Gilbert, L. R. Greenwood, P. J. Griffin, P. Helgesson, Y. Iwamoto, V. A. Khryachkov et al. (12 more)

Eur. Phys. J. Plus, 134 7 (2019) 350

Published online: 23 July 2019

DOI: 10.1140/epjp/i2019-12758-y

Review

Recent progress in gas separation using functionalized graphene nanopores and nanoporous graphene oxide membranes

F. Malekian, H. Ghafourian, K. Zare, A. A. Sharif and Y. Zamani

Eur. Phys. J. Plus, 134 5 (2019) 212

Published online: 22 May 2019

DOI: 10.1140/epjp/i2019-12612-4

Focus Point on Tests of General Relativity and Alternative Gravity Theories

Review

Equivalence principle violation at finite temperature in scalar-tensor gravity

Massimo Blasone, Salvatore Capozziello, Gaetano Lambiase and Luciano Petruzziello

Eur. Phys. J. Plus, 134 4 (2019) 169

Published online: 23 April 2019

DOI: 10.1140/epjp/i2019-12682-2

Focus Point on Rewriting Nuclear Physics Textbooks: Basic Nuclear Interactions and Their Link to Nuclear Processes in the Cosmos and on Earth

Review

Introduction to experimental nuclear astrophysics

A. Formicola and G. Imbriani

Eur. Phys. J. Plus, 134 3 (2019) 89

Published online: 07 March 2019

DOI: 10.1140/epjp/i2019-12497-1

Open Access

Review

Review of nuclear data for naturally occurring radionuclides applied to environmental applications

Alan J. Cresswell, David C. W. Sanderson and John Carter

Eur. Phys. J. Plus, 134 2 (2019) 69

Published online: 19 February 2019

DOI: 10.1140/epjp/i2019-12437-1

Review

Influence of cross-diffusion and radiation on mixed convection between rotating discs in the presence of a variable magnetic field

Aamir Khan and Rehan Ali Shah

Eur. Phys. J. Plus, 134 2 (2019) 52

Published online: 04 February 2019

DOI: 10.1140/epjp/i2019-12396-5

Review

Cosmological study of autonomous dynamical systems in modified Tele-Parallel gravity

M. G. Ganiou, P. H. Logbo, M. J. S. Houndjo and J. Tossa

Eur. Phys. J. Plus, 134 1 (2019) 45

Published online: 31 January 2019

DOI: 10.1140/epjp/i2019-12393-8

Focus Point on Rewriting Nuclear Physics Textbooks: Basic Nuclear Interactions and Their Link to Nuclear Processes in the Cosmos and on Earth

Review

Nuclear interactions and medicine

Vincenzo Patera and Ilaria Mattei

Eur. Phys. J. Plus, 134 1 (2019) 12

Published online: 09 January 2019

DOI: 10.1140/epjp/i2019-12484-6

Focus Point on Rewriting Nuclear Physics Textbooks: Basic Nuclear Interactions and Their Link to Nuclear Processes in the Cosmos and on Earth

Review

Heavy nuclei: Introduction to density functional theory and variations on the theme^⋆

Gianluca Colò

Eur. Phys. J. Plus, 133 12 (2018) 553

Published online: 31 December 2018

DOI: 10.1140/epjp/i2018-12391-4

Focus Point on Rewriting Nuclear Physics Textbooks: Basic Nuclear Interactions and Their Link to Nuclear Processes in the Cosmos and on Earth

Review

Symmetries and fundamental interactions: Theory

Luca Girlanda

Eur. Phys. J. Plus, 133 11 (2018) 483

Published online: 28 November 2018

DOI: 10.1140/epjp/i2018-12383-4

Review

Enhanced thermal energy transport of a ferrofluid contained in a double-sided lid-driven square container due to adiabatic block in the presence of magnetic force

Muhammad Arshad Siddiqui, Tariq Javed and Ziafat Mehmood

Eur. Phys. J. Plus, 133 11 (2018) 468

Published online: 19 November 2018

DOI: 10.1140/epjp/i2018-12326-1

Focus Point on Rewriting Nuclear Physics Textbooks: Basic Nuclear Interactions and Their Link to Nuclear Processes in the Cosmos and on Earth

Review

Direct reactions as quantum probes for nuclei

Susumu Shimoura

Eur. Phys. J. Plus, 133 11 (2018) 463

Published online: 13 November 2018

DOI: 10.1140/epjp/i2018-12343-0

Focus Point on Rewriting Nuclear Physics Textbooks: Basic Nuclear Interactions and Their Link to Nuclear Processes in the Cosmos and on Earth

Review

A short walk through the physics of neutron stars

Isaac Vidaña

Eur. Phys. J. Plus, 133 10 (2018) 445

Published online: 30 October 2018

DOI: 10.1140/epjp/i2018-12329-x

Focus Point on Rewriting Nuclear Physics Textbooks: Basic Nuclear Interactions and Their Link to Nuclear Processes in the Cosmos and on Earth

Review

Resonances in neutron-induced reactions

F. Gunsing

Eur. Phys. J. Plus, 133 10 (2018) 440

Published online: 25 October 2018

DOI: 10.1140/epjp/i2018-12306-5

Focus Point on Rewriting Nuclear Physics Textbooks: Basic Nuclear Interactions and Their Link to Nuclear Processes in the Cosmos and on Earth

Review

From the liquid drop model to lattice QCD - A brief history of nuclear interactions

Vittorio Somà

Eur. Phys. J. Plus, 133 10 (2018) 434

Published online: 24 October 2018

DOI: 10.1140/epjp/i2018-12244-2

Focus Point on Rewriting Nuclear Physics Textbooks: Basic Nuclear Interactions and Their Link to Nuclear Processes in the Cosmos and on Earth

Review

Neutron-induced cross sections - From raw data to astrophysical rates

René Reifarth, Philipp Erbacher, Stefan Fiebiger, Kathrin Göbel, Tanja Heftrich, Michael Heil, Franz Käppeler, Nadine Klapper, Deniz Kurtulgil, Christoph Langer et al. (6 more)

Eur. Phys. J. Plus, 133 10 (2018) 424

Published online: 18 October 2018

DOI: 10.1140/epjp/i2018-12295-3

Focus Point on Rewriting Nuclear Physics Textbooks: Basic Nuclear Interactions and Their Link to Nuclear Processes in the Cosmos and on Earth

Review

Symmetries and fundamental interactions: Precision experiments at low energies

K. Kirch

Eur. Phys. J. Plus, 133 10 (2018) 414

Published online: 12 October 2018

DOI: 10.1140/epjp/i2018-12283-7

Focus Point on Modern Astronomy: Selected Issues in Nuclear and High Energy Astrophysics

Review

Summary of the past, present and future of the X-ray astronomy

Emrah Kalemci

Eur. Phys. J. Plus, 133 10 (2018) 407

Published online: 10 October 2018

DOI: 10.1140/epjp/i2018-12284-6

Focus Point on Rewriting Nuclear Physics Textbooks: Basic Nuclear Interactions and Their Link to Nuclear Processes in the Cosmos and on Earth

Review

Phenomenological optical potentials

Alessia Di Pietro

Eur. Phys. J. Plus, 133 10 (2018) 404

Published online: 05 October 2018

DOI: 10.1140/epjp/i2018-12280-x

Focus Point on Modern Astronomy: Selected Issues in Nuclear and High Energy Astrophysics

Review

Indirect methods in nuclear astrophysics

Silvio Cherubini

Eur. Phys. J. Plus, 133 9 (2018) 391

Published online: 28 September 2018

DOI: 10.1140/epjp/i2018-12255-y

Focus Point on Modern Astronomy: Selected Issues in Nuclear and High Energy Astrophysics

Review

On the mass of supernova progenitors

Oscar Straniero

Eur. Phys. J. Plus, 133 9 (2018) 388

Published online: 26 September 2018

DOI: 10.1140/epjp/i2018-12237-1

Focus Point on Rewriting Nuclear Physics Textbooks: Basic Nuclear Interactions and Their Link to Nuclear Processes in the Cosmos and on Earth

Review

Light and unbound nuclei - An introduction to ab initio methods in nuclear structure and reaction theory

Sofia Quaglioni

Eur. Phys. J. Plus, 133 9 (2018) 385

Published online: 25 September 2018

DOI: 10.1140/epjp/i2018-12238-0

Focus Point on Modern Astronomy: Selected Issues in Nuclear and High Energy Astrophysics

Review

Comments on stellar evolution

Mounib F. El Eid

Eur. Phys. J. Plus, 133 9 (2018) 372

Published online: 19 September 2018

DOI: 10.1140/epjp/i2018-12236-2

Focus Point on Modern Astronomy: Selected Issues in Nuclear and High Energy Astrophysics

Review

Cross-section measurements of capture reactions relevant to p-process nucleosynthesis^⋆

Sotirios V. Harissopulos

Eur. Phys. J. Plus, 133 8 (2018) 332

Published online: 22 August 2018

DOI: 10.1140/epjp/i2018-12185-8

Focus Point on Modern Astronomy: Selected Issues in Nuclear and High Energy Astrophysics

Review

Astronomy and correlated sciences in the Arabic Sicily^⋆

Ileana Chinnici

Eur. Phys. J. Plus, 133 8 (2018) 330

Published online: 22 August 2018

DOI: 10.1140/epjp/i2018-12179-6

Focus Point on Modern Astronomy: Selected Issues in Nuclear and High Energy Astrophysics

Review

On the stellar progenitors of Type Ia Supernovae

Luciano Piersanti

Eur. Phys. J. Plus, 133 8 (2018) 325

Published online: 15 August 2018

DOI: 10.1140/epjp/i2018-12184-9

Focus Point on Modern Astronomy: Selected Issues in Nuclear and High Energy Astrophysics

Review

Gamma-ray astrophysics

A. De Angelis and M. Mallamaci

Eur. Phys. J. Plus, 133 8 (2018) 324

Published online: 15 August 2018

DOI: 10.1140/epjp/i2018-12181-0

Focus Point on Modern Astronomy: Selected Issues in Nuclear and High Energy Astrophysics

Review

Thermonuclear supernovae and cosmology^⋆

Inma Domínguez and Lluís Galbany

Eur. Phys. J. Plus, 133 8 (2018) 323

Published online: 10 August 2018

DOI: 10.1140/epjp/i2018-12176-9

Focus Point on Modern Astronomy: Selected Issues in Nuclear and High Energy Astrophysics

Review

Short-lived radioactivities in the early solar system: A fossil record of our origins in stars

Maurizio Busso

Eur. Phys. J. Plus, 133 7 (2018) 274

Published online: 26 July 2018

DOI: 10.1140/epjp/i2018-12144-5

Focus Point on Modern Astronomy: Selected Issues in Nuclear and High Energy Astrophysics

Review

Arabic classical traditions in the history of the exact sciences: The case of Ibn al-Haytham^⋆

Nader El-Bizri

Eur. Phys. J. Plus, 133 7 (2018) 271

Published online: 24 July 2018

DOI: 10.1140/epjp/i2018-12142-7

Focus Point on Modern Astronomy: Selected Issues in Nuclear and High Energy Astrophysics

Review

Introduction to neutrino astronomy^⋆

A. Gallo Rosso, C. Mascaretti, A. Palladino and F. Vissani

Eur. Phys. J. Plus, 133 7 (2018) 267

Published online: 20 July 2018

DOI: 10.1140/epjp/i2018-12143-6

Review

Computational analysis of nanofluids: A review

M. Zubair Akbar Qureshi and Muhammad Ashraf

Eur. Phys. J. Plus, 133 2 (2018) 71

Published online: 23 February 2018

DOI: 10.1140/epjp/i2018-11878-2

Review

Two questions about a non-flat nuclear space-time

Gianni Albertini, Domenico Bassani and Fabio Cardone

Eur. Phys. J. Plus, 133 2 (2018) 39

Published online: 06 February 2018

DOI: 10.1140/epjp/i2018-11871-9

Review

Implementation and comparative study of control strategies for an isolated DFIG based WECS

Nouha Bouchiba, Asma Barkia, Souhir Sallem, Larbi Chrifi-Alaoui, Saïd Drid and M. B. A. Kammoun

Eur. Phys. J. Plus, 132 10 (2017) 415

Published online: 05 October 2017

DOI: 10.1140/epjp/i2017-11712-5

Focus Point on Highlights of Planetary Science in Italy

Review

Polarimetry of small bodies and satellites of our Solar System

S. Bagnulo, I. Belskaya, A. Cellino and L. Kolokolova

Eur. Phys. J. Plus, 132 9 (2017) 405

Published online: 29 September 2017

DOI: 10.1140/epjp/i2017-11690-6

Focus Point on Highlights of Planetary Science in Italy

Review

Did Viking discover life on Mars?

Cesare Guaita

Eur. Phys. J. Plus, 132 8 (2017) 346

Published online: 10 August 2017

DOI: 10.1140/epjp/i2017-11637-y

Review

Tests for comparing weighted histograms. Review and improvements

Nikolay D. Gagunashvili

Eur. Phys. J. Plus, 132 5 (2017) 196

Published online: 02 May 2017

DOI: 10.1140/epjp/i2017-11481-1

Focus Point on Plants for food, energy and sustainability

Review

Is an increased use of biofuels the road to sustainability? - Consequences of the methodological approach

Sheshti Johansson and Torbjörn Rydberg

Eur. Phys. J. Plus, 132 2 (2017) 66

Published online: 10 February 2017

DOI: 10.1140/epjp/i2017-11333-0

Focus Point on Plants for food, energy and sustainability

Review

Light use efficiency for vegetables production in protected and indoor environments

Giacomo Cocetta, Daria Casciani, Roberta Bulgari, Fulvio Musante, Anna Kołton, Maurizio Rossi and Antonio Ferrante

Eur. Phys. J. Plus, 132 1 (2017) 43

Published online: 25 January 2017

DOI: 10.1140/epjp/i2017-11298-x

Review

Fabrication methods of plasmonic and magnetoplasmonic crystals: a review

Foozieh Sohrabi and Seyedeh Mehri Hamidi

Eur. Phys. J. Plus, 132 1 (2017) 15

Published online: 17 January 2017

DOI: 10.1140/epjp/i2017-11294-2

Review

Obtaining gravitational waves from inspiral binary systems using LIGO data

Javier M. Antelis and Claudia Moreno

Eur. Phys. J. Plus, 132 1 (2017) 10

Published online: 12 January 2017

DOI: 10.1140/epjp/i2017-11283-5

Focus Point on Rewriting Nuclear Physics textbooks: 30 years with radioactive ion beam physics

Review

Spins in exotic nuclei: RI beam experiments with polarized targets

T. Uesaka

Eur. Phys. J. Plus, 131 11 (2016) 403

Published online: 17 November 2016

DOI: 10.1140/epjp/i2016-16403-1

Focus Point on Nuclear data for energy

Open Access

Review

Nuclear data activities at the n_TOF facility at CERN

The n_TOF Collaboration, F. Gunsing, O. Aberle, J. Andrzejewski, L. Audouin, V. Bécares, M. Bacak, J. Balibrea-Correa, M. Barbagallo, S. Barros et al. (136 more)

Eur. Phys. J. Plus, 131 10 (2016) 371

Published online: 21 October 2016

DOI: 10.1140/epjp/i2016-16371-4

Review

Analysis of the decay

Mohammad Rahim Talebtash, Amin Asadi and Hossein Mehraban

Eur. Phys. J. Plus, 131 9 (2016) 312

Published online: 12 September 2016

DOI: 10.1140/epjp/i2016-16312-3

Focus Point on Rewriting Nuclear Physics textbooks: 30 years with radioactive ion beam physics

Review

Global properties of atomic nuclei - Masses, radii and modern methods to measure them

Magdalena Kowalska

Eur. Phys. J. Plus, 131 8 (2016) 294

Published online: 31 August 2016

DOI: 10.1140/epjp/i2016-16294-0

Focus Point on Evaluation of the 30P proton capture reaction rate in classical novae

Review

Beta-decay of ³¹Cl: an indirect probe of the ³⁰P(p,)³¹S reaction. Present status and future perspectives

Antti Saastamoinen, Anu Kankainen and Livius Trache

Eur. Phys. J. Plus, 131 8 (2016) 272

Published online: 11 August 2016

DOI: 10.1140/epjp/i2016-16272-6

Review

Neuroplasmonics: From Kretschmann configuration to plasmonic crystals

Foozieh Sohrabi and Seyedeh Mehri Hamidi

Eur. Phys. J. Plus, 131 7 (2016) 221

Published online: 01 July 2016

DOI: 10.1140/epjp/i2016-16221-5

Focus Point on Nuclear data for energy

Review

Processes involving few degrees of freedom in the frame of Intranuclear Cascade approaches

J. Cugnon, A. Boudard, J. -C. David, S. Leray and D. Mancusi

Eur. Phys. J. Plus, 131 5 (2016) 169

Published online: 26 May 2016

DOI: 10.1140/epjp/i2016-16169-4

Open Access

Review

Optical resolution from Fisher information

L. Motka, B. Stoklasa, M. D’Angelo, P. Facchi, A. Garuccio, Z. Hradil, S. Pascazio, F. V. Pepe, Y. S. Teo, J. Řeháček and L. L. Sánchez-Soto

Eur. Phys. J. Plus, 131 5 (2016) 130

Published online: 04 May 2016

DOI: 10.1140/epjp/i2016-16130-7

Focus Point on Rewriting Nuclear Physics textbooks: 30 years with radioactive ion beam physics

Review

Structure models: From shell model to ab initio methods - A brief introduction to microscopic theories for exotic nuclei

Sonia Bacca

Eur. Phys. J. Plus, 131 4 (2016) 107

Published online: 21 April 2016

DOI: 10.1140/epjp/i2016-16107-6

Focus Point on the Physics of Cancer

Review

The involvement of heparan sulfate proteoglycans in stem cell differentiation and in malignant glioma

Soumi Kundu, Anqi Xiong and Karin Forsberg-Nilsson

Eur. Phys. J. Plus, 131 4 (2016) 85

Published online: 08 April 2016

DOI: 10.1140/epjp/i2016-16085-7

Review

New state of nuclear matter: Nearly perfect fluid of quarks and gluons in heavy-ion collisions at RHIC energies - From charged particle density to jet quenching

R. Nouicer

Eur. Phys. J. Plus, 131 3 (2016) 70

Published online: 28 March 2016

DOI: 10.1140/epjp/i2016-16070-2

Focus Point on Taking stock: measurements, searches and discoveries at the LHC

Open Access

Review

Heavy-ion collisions at the Large Hadron Collider: A review of the results from Run 1

Néstor Armesto and Enrico Scomparin

Eur. Phys. J. Plus, 131 3 (2016) 52

Published online: 02 March 2016

DOI: 10.1140/epjp/i2016-16052-4

Focus Point on the Physics of Cancer

Review

Physics of the tumor vasculature: Theory and experiment

Heiko Rieger, Thierry Fredrich and Michael Welter

Eur. Phys. J. Plus, 131 2 (2016) 31

Published online: 08 February 2016

DOI: 10.1140/epjp/i2016-16031-9

Focus Point on the Physics of Cancer

Review

Niche construction game cancer cells play

Aviv Bergman and Bojana Gligorijevic

Eur. Phys. J. Plus, 130 10 (2015) 203

Published online: 14 October 2015

DOI: 10.1140/epjp/i2015-15203-5

Focus Point on the Physics of Cancer

Review

Morphogenesis of early stage melanoma

Clément Chatelain and Martine Ben Amar

Eur. Phys. J. Plus, 130 8 (2015) 176

Published online: 28 August 2015

DOI: 10.1140/epjp/i2015-15176-3

Focus Point on Status of third-generation synchrotron crystallography beamlines: An overview

Review

The crystallography stations at the Alba synchrotron

François Fauth, Roeland Boer, Fernando Gil-Ortiz, Catalin Popescu, Oriol Vallcorba, Inma Peral, Daniel Fullà, Jordi Benach and Jordi Juanhuix

Eur. Phys. J. Plus, 130 8 (2015) 160

Published online: 10 August 2015

DOI: 10.1140/epjp/i2015-15160-y

Focus Point on Status of third-generation synchrotron crystallography beamlines: An overview

Review

The status of the macromolecular crystallography beamlines at the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility

Christoph Mueller-Dieckmann, Matthew W. Bowler, Philippe Carpentier, David Flot, Andrew A. McCarthy, Max H. Nanao, Didier Nurizzo, Petra Pernot, Alexander Popov, Adam Round et al. (4 more)

Eur. Phys. J. Plus, 130 4 (2015) 70

Published online: 15 April 2015

DOI: 10.1140/epjp/i2015-15070-0

Focus Point on Status of third-generation synchrotron crystallography beamlines: An overview

Review

Status of the crystallography beamlines at the MAX IV Laboratory

Derek T. Logan, Roberto Appio, Folmer Fredslund, Dörthe Haase, Francisco Javier Martinez-Casado, Jie Nan, Alberto Nardella, Katarina Norén, Kajsa G.V. Sigfridsson, Diana Thomas et al. (5 more)

Eur. Phys. J. Plus, 130 3 (2015) 49

Published online: 25 March 2015

DOI: 10.1140/epjp/i2015-15049-9

Focus Point on Quantum information and complexity

Review