SCRIPTA MATERIALIA

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.

材料快报是材料学报的信件杂志，为快速出版有关无机材料结构与性能之间关系的简短通讯提供了一个论坛。重点是创新，而不是增量研究。也欢迎有关具有新颖或实质性改进性能的材料的发展的简短报告。重点是金属、陶瓷和半导体在所有长度尺度上的功能或机械行为。以下方面尤其重要：（i）发现或开发具有潜在工程利益的新功能或机械特性的新材料；（ii）描述材料的结构和化学特性，以了解其特性；（iii）了解结构与性能关系的前沿实验和理论；（iv）在理解特性的背景下模拟和建模的新颖性，最好与实验验证相结合；（v）阐明与材料合成和加工有关的机制，作为阐明性质的途径；此外，材料快报还发表了对材料学报和材料快报中发表的论文的评论。期刊还出版了观点集，这是一组受邀的短篇文章，集中于期刊范围内当前感兴趣的主题，并由受邀的客座编辑协调。