Materials (journal)
Encyclopedia
Materials is a peer reviewed, open access, scientific journal
with broad topical interest in materials science
and engineering
. It is published online monthly (electronic only) by MDPI. The Editor-in-chief is Prof. Dr. Andreas Taubert of University of Potsdam
in Germany. The types of articles in this journal are reviews, regular research papers, and short communications (letters). There are also special issues and book reviews.
development in the fields of interest. A notable facet of this journal is the no restriction guideline regarding the length of contributed papers. This is because there is a desire for contributing authors to publish their experiment
al and theoretical results in as much detail as possible. Disclosing full experimental details and emphasizing reproducible results extends this notable facet of the journal.
Another focus of Materials (journal) is to provide a forum for advancing in-depth understanding of the interrelationships of structures, properties, or functions of many types of materials. Chemical structures and chemical syntheisis are subjects of interest. Property categories such as mechanical, chemical, electronic, magnetic and optical properties are also publishable topics. The variety of applications are also part of this journal's aim and scope.
s (plastics). Other classes include semiconductor
s, magnetic materials, medical implant materials and biological materials
. Further classes, which are part of this journal's scope are silica and carbon material
s, along with metals and metallic alloy
s. Papers on various functional materials, such as dentistry
materials, composite material
s, coating
s, films, and pigment
s are also included in the scope. Papers on more classes of materials such as intermatallics, covalent crystals, and ionic crystals are also included.
, Materials physics, Continuum mechanics
, and statistics
are included in the scope of this journal. Basic research is also conducted in Mechanics of materials, Tribology (friction, lubrication and wear), and Solid-state physics.
, nuclear microscopy
(HEFIB), Rutherford backscattering, and calorimetry
, among other techniques.
, Chemical Abstracts (CAS), INSPEC
, Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ), EBSCOhost, and Open-J-Gate.
, between June 30, 2009, and April 30, 2010. There are more than 25 more titles listed that are open for submssion between May 31, 2010 and October 30, 2011.
Scientific journal
In academic publishing, a scientific journal is a periodical publication intended to further the progress of science, usually by reporting new research. There are thousands of scientific journals in publication, and many more have been published at various points in the past...
with broad topical interest in materials science
Materials science
Materials science is an interdisciplinary field applying the properties of matter to various areas of science and engineering. This scientific field investigates the relationship between the structure of materials at atomic or molecular scales and their macroscopic properties. It incorporates...
and engineering
Engineering
Engineering is the discipline, art, skill and profession of acquiring and applying scientific, mathematical, economic, social, and practical knowledge, in order to design and build structures, machines, devices, systems, materials and processes that safely realize improvements to the lives of...
. It is published online monthly (electronic only) by MDPI. The Editor-in-chief is Prof. Dr. Andreas Taubert of University of Potsdam
University of Potsdam
The University of Potsdam is a German university, situated across four campuses in Potsdam, Brandenburg, including the New Palace of Sanssouci and the Park Babelsberg.- Profile :...
in Germany. The types of articles in this journal are reviews, regular research papers, and short communications (letters). There are also special issues and book reviews.
Aims and scope
One of the journal's aims is to publish open access material related to scientific research and technologyTechnology
Technology is the making, usage, and knowledge of tools, machines, techniques, crafts, systems or methods of organization in order to solve a problem or perform a specific function. It can also refer to the collection of such tools, machinery, and procedures. The word technology comes ;...
development in the fields of interest. A notable facet of this journal is the no restriction guideline regarding the length of contributed papers. This is because there is a desire for contributing authors to publish their experiment
Experiment
An experiment is a methodical procedure carried out with the goal of verifying, falsifying, or establishing the validity of a hypothesis. Experiments vary greatly in their goal and scale, but always rely on repeatable procedure and logical analysis of the results...
al and theoretical results in as much detail as possible. Disclosing full experimental details and emphasizing reproducible results extends this notable facet of the journal.
Another focus of Materials (journal) is to provide a forum for advancing in-depth understanding of the interrelationships of structures, properties, or functions of many types of materials. Chemical structures and chemical syntheisis are subjects of interest. Property categories such as mechanical, chemical, electronic, magnetic and optical properties are also publishable topics. The variety of applications are also part of this journal's aim and scope.
Class of materials
There is a variety of class of materials which are of interest to this journal. This includes ceramics, glasses, and polymerPolymer
A polymer is a large molecule composed of repeating structural units. These subunits are typically connected by covalent chemical bonds...
s (plastics). Other classes include semiconductor
Semiconductor
A semiconductor is a material with electrical conductivity due to electron flow intermediate in magnitude between that of a conductor and an insulator. This means a conductivity roughly in the range of 103 to 10−8 siemens per centimeter...
s, magnetic materials, medical implant materials and biological materials
Tissue (biology)
Tissue is a cellular organizational level intermediate between cells and a complete organism. A tissue is an ensemble of cells, not necessarily identical, but from the same origin, that together carry out a specific function. These are called tissues because of their identical functioning...
. Further classes, which are part of this journal's scope are silica and carbon material
Carbon
Carbon is the chemical element with symbol C and atomic number 6. As a member of group 14 on the periodic table, it is nonmetallic and tetravalent—making four electrons available to form covalent chemical bonds...
s, along with metals and metallic alloy
Alloy
An alloy is a mixture or metallic solid solution composed of two or more elements. Complete solid solution alloys give single solid phase microstructure, while partial solutions give two or more phases that may or may not be homogeneous in distribution, depending on thermal history...
s. Papers on various functional materials, such as dentistry
Dentistry
Dentistry is the branch of medicine that is involved in the study, diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of diseases, disorders and conditions of the oral cavity, maxillofacial area and the adjacent and associated structures and their impact on the human body. Dentistry is widely considered...
materials, composite material
Composite material
Composite materials, often shortened to composites or called composition materials, are engineered or naturally occurring materials made from two or more constituent materials with significantly different physical or chemical properties which remain separate and distinct at the macroscopic or...
s, coating
Coating
Coating is a covering that is applied to the surface of an object, usually referred to as the substrate. In many cases coatings are applied to improve surface properties of the substrate, such as appearance, adhesion, wetability, corrosion resistance, wear resistance, and scratch resistance...
s, films, and pigment
Pigment
A pigment is a material that changes the color of reflected or transmitted light as the result of wavelength-selective absorption. This physical process differs from fluorescence, phosphorescence, and other forms of luminescence, in which a material emits light.Many materials selectively absorb...
s are also included in the scope. Papers on more classes of materials such as intermatallics, covalent crystals, and ionic crystals are also included.
Fundamental research
As previously mentioned broad topic areas are Materials science or materials engineering which includes Nanoscience and nanotechnology. Fundamental research in Condensed matter physicsCondensed matter physics
Condensed matter physics deals with the physical properties of condensed phases of matter. These properties appear when a number of atoms at the supramolecular and macromolecular scale interact strongly and adhere to each other or are otherwise highly concentrated in a system. The most familiar...
, Materials physics, Continuum mechanics
Continuum mechanics
Continuum mechanics is a branch of mechanics that deals with the analysis of the kinematics and the mechanical behavior of materials modelled as a continuous mass rather than as discrete particles...
, and statistics
Statistics
Statistics is the study of the collection, organization, analysis, and interpretation of data. It deals with all aspects of this, including the planning of data collection in terms of the design of surveys and experiments....
are included in the scope of this journal. Basic research is also conducted in Mechanics of materials, Tribology (friction, lubrication and wear), and Solid-state physics.
Characterization techniques
Also included for publication are characterization techniques such as electron microscopy, x-ray diffraction, neutron diffractionNeutron diffraction
Neutron diffraction or elastic neutron scattering is the application of neutron scattering to the determination of the atomic and/or magnetic structure of a material: A sample to be examined is placed in a beam of thermal or cold neutrons to obtain a diffraction pattern that provides information of...
, nuclear microscopy
Nuclear microscopy
Nuclear microscopy uses a device called a microprobe. A microprobe is a device that uses electromagnetic or electrostatic lenses to focus an ion beam. In this way a microprobe is very similar to a scanning electron microscope. One difference is that the nuclear microprobe's beam is usually composed...
(HEFIB), Rutherford backscattering, and calorimetry
Calorimetry
Calorimetry is the science of measuring the heat of chemical reactions or physical changes. Calorimetry is performed with a calorimeter. The word calorimetry is derived from the Latin word calor, meaning heat...
, among other techniques.
Abstracting and Indexing
Materials (journal) can be found in several abstracting and indexing databases: Google ScholarGoogle Scholar
Google Scholar is a freely accessible web search engine that indexes the full text of scholarly literature across an array of publishing formats and disciplines. Released in beta in November 2004, the Google Scholar index includes most peer-reviewed online journals of Europe and America's largest...
, Chemical Abstracts (CAS), INSPEC
Inspec
Inspec is a major indexing database of scientific and technical literature, published by the Institution of Engineering and Technology , and formerly by the Institution of Electrical Engineers , one of the IET's forerunners....
, Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ), EBSCOhost, and Open-J-Gate.
Special issue listing
Materials (journal) has published more than 20 open access, special issuesAcademic journal
An academic journal is a peer-reviewed periodical in which scholarship relating to a particular academic discipline is published. Academic journals serve as forums for the introduction and presentation for scrutiny of new research, and the critique of existing research...
, between June 30, 2009, and April 30, 2010. There are more than 25 more titles listed that are open for submssion between May 31, 2010 and October 30, 2011.
See also
- Journal of ElectroceramicsJournal of ElectroceramicsJournal of Electroceramics is a peer reviewed, scientific journal, which published its first volume in 1997. It is published by The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society . The number of published issues varies from year to year. There appears to be no consistent frequency of publication. The...
- Advanced Composite MaterialsAdvanced composite materialsAdvanced composite materials refers to the following titles:*Advanced composite materials *Advanced Composite Materials...
- Institute of Materials, Minerals and MiningInstitute of Materials, Minerals and MiningThe Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining is a major UK engineering institution whose activities encompass the whole materials cycle, from exploration and extraction, through characterisation, processing, forming, finishing and application, to product recycling and land reuse...