材料學(xué)報為發(fā)表完整的原創(chuàng)論文和委托綜述提供了一個論壇，這有助于深入了解無機(jī)材料的加工、結(jié)構(gòu)和性能之間的關(guān)系。尋求具有高影響潛力或?qū)嵸|(zhì)性推進(jìn)該領(lǐng)域的論文。這種結(jié)構(gòu)包括原子和分子排列、化學(xué)和電子結(jié)構(gòu)以及微觀結(jié)構(gòu)。重點是無機(jī)固體在任何長度上的機(jī)械或功能行為，可按比例縮小到納米結(jié)構(gòu)。無機(jī)材料科學(xué)和工程的以下方面尤其重要：（i）與了解特性相關(guān)的尖端實驗和理論，（ii）闡明材料合成和加工過程中所涉及的機(jī)制，特別是與理解特性有關(guān)的機(jī)制，以及（iii）材料的結(jié)構(gòu)和化學(xué)特性，尤其是與理解特性有關(guān)的特性。材料學(xué)報歡迎采用理論或模擬（或數(shù)值方法）的論文，這些理論或模擬（或數(shù)值方法）大大提高了我們對無機(jī)材料結(jié)構(gòu)和性能的理解。例如，這些論文應(yīng)通過與實驗結(jié)果（在文獻(xiàn)或本研究中）進(jìn)行比較、做出可測試的微觀結(jié)構(gòu)或性能預(yù)測或闡明一個重要現(xiàn)象來證明與材料界的相關(guān)性。不鼓勵主要關(guān)注模型參數(shù)研究、方法開發(fā)或使用現(xiàn)有軟件包獲得標(biāo)準(zhǔn)或增量結(jié)果的論文。

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