Description:
Scripta Materialia is a LETTERS journal of
Acta Materialia, providing a forum for the rapid publication of short communications
on the relationship between the
structure and the
properties of
inorganic materials. The emphasis is on originality
rather than incremental research. Short reports on the development of materials with novel or substantially improved properties are also
welcomed. Emphasis is on either the
functional or
mechanical behavior of
metals,
ceramics and
semiconductors
at all length scales.
The following aspects are of particular interest:
(i) discovery or development of new materials with novel
functional or mechanical properties of potential engineering interests;
(ii) characterization of the structure and chemistry of materials
for understanding the properties;
(iii) cutting-edge experiments and theory for understanding structure-property relationships;
(iv)
novelty in simulation and modeling in the context of understanding properties, preferably combined with experimental verification;
(v)
elucidation of the mechanisms involved in the synthesis and processing of materials as a route to the elucidation of properties;
In
addition,
Scripta Materialia publishes comments on papers published in
Acta Materialia and
Scripta Materialia.
The journal also publishes Viewpoint Sets, which are a collection of invited short articles focused on topics of current interest within
the scope of the journal and coordinated by invited guest editors.
