Materials Research Innovations

Materials Research Innovations publishes original research papers (guide length 3500 words but open to discussion), critical reviews, rapid communications and technical notes.

Materials Research Innovations covers all areas of materials research including; synthesis, processing, and properties of nanoscale to microscale to bulk materials of ceramics, metals, semiconductors, or as ceramic-ceramic, metal-ceramic, metal-metal, metal-semiconductor, and inorganic-organic composite materials in order to impart special properties to bulk materials and coatings and for innovative applications in technology. Physical and chemical synthesis and processing of fine powders, single crystals and composites. The Editors (many of them involved in the formation of the materials research field) attempt to balance the more permanent themes of science and engineering with such areas of research activity.

The Editors have singled out certain research areas in which Materials Research Innovations will attempt to become a journal of choice over the near future for scientists making genuine innovations:

• The discovery or development of any really new
  material
• The discovery of any new process for the
  manipulation or processing of solid matter
• Science relevant to giga- (meta-) technologies
• State of the art innovations in materials, which are
  keys to, or drive, biological applications
• Nanostructured, nanocomposite and bul materials,
  characterisation, surfaces and interfaces
• Porous and catalytic materials
• Novel ion exchange materials
• Metallic and oxide superlattices

• Phenomena in nano confining systems
• Polymeric nanophase materials, nanocomposites
  and composites
• Biological systems at the nanoscale
• Novel phenomena of nanoscale materials
• Electrical, optical, thermoelectric, photovoltaic,
  magnetic, mechanical, thermal, sensing and
  catalytic properties
• Applications of nanophases, nanocomposite and
  composite materials
• Devices and systems including nanoscale

Because of its super peer review procedures, the journal is especially suited for the publication of results which are so new, so unexpected, that they are likely to be rejected by tradition-bound journals. Presumptive authors are invited to submit papers covering non-traditional topics at the frontier of science and technology and their management.