The Magazine

Materials Today

Materials Today is the gateway to materials science and home of the leading Open Access Journal for all researchers with an interest in materials science and technology. Both in the journal and on the website, it is our mission to make the most important findings from across materials science accessible to as many researchers as possible.

In the journal, in print and online, you'll find peer-refereed review and research articles that assess the latest findings and examine the future challenges, as well as comment and opinion pieces from leading scientists discussing issues at the forefront of materials science.

Here on the website, you'll also find interviews, educational seminars (webinars), and the latest news on established and emerging topics in advanced materials. Check out our jobs board and events diary to find positions and conferences in your area, and look out for online extras and competitions. Plus, visit our download page for free access to specially selected articles from our sister publications.

The Journal

Journal Archive: Read current and past editions

Sign up for an issue alert

Materials Today is indexed in ISI Web of Knowledge and Scopus, and is published by Elsevier - the world's largest publisher of materials science research.. The journal's impact factor for 2011 is 5.565.

Editorial Advisory Panel

Caroline Baillie
Queens University, Canada
Zhenan Bao
Stanford University, USA
Alejandro Lopez Briseno
University of Massachusetts, USA
Chris Ewels
CNRS, France
Alan Heeger
University of California, Santa Barbara, USA
Suwan Jayasinghe
University College London, UK
Mark Johnson
Naval Research Laboratory, USA
David Kisailus
University of California, USA
Frederik Krebs
Technical University of Denmark, Denmark
Steven Lenhert
Florida State University, USA

Dan Luo
Cornell University, USA
Valeria Nicolosi
Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland
Tae Won Noh
Seoul National University, Korea
Aleksandr Noy
University of California, USA
Stephen Pearton
University of Florida, USA
David Seidman
Northwestern University, USA
Yugang Sun
Argnonne National Lab, USA
Helena Van Swygenhoven
Paul Scherrer Institute, Switzerland
George Whitesides
Harvard University, USA
Jackie Yi-Ru Ying
Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology, Singapore

Permissions and Reprints

Article content explicitly published in the Materials Today journal: Readers are permitted to read, download, print out, extract, reuse, archive, translate and distribute the article provided the appropriate credit is given to the authors and source of the work. For commercial use or systemic distribution, you must still request permission via ScienceDirect - please locate the relevant article and follow the "Permissions and Reprints" link.

Visit the Elsevier universal access pages for more information on Elsevier's other public access initiatives and information on access policies.

Article content republished on MaterialsToday.com from other Elsevier publications: Readers are required to request permission via ScienceDirect - please locate the relevant article and follow the "Permissions and Reprints" link.

Other content types available on MaterialsToday.com: Content is Copyright Elsevier Ltd, unless stated otherwise. Visitors wishing to reuse content should contact the Editors for guidance.