Journal of Materials Chemistry

1.0 General policy

Journal of Materials Chemistry is a weekly, international journal that publishes high impact work on the chemistry of novel materials. The journal has a broad readership, covering all areas of materials research. It covers the chemistry of materials in all forms, particularly materials associated with new technologies. Coverage is broad and includes the design and synthesis of materials, their characterisation, processing, modelling, properties and applications. Papers covering interdisciplinary research and papers from related disciplines are encouraged, in particular those addressing emerging and quickly developing fields.

To establish the suitability of the articles for Journal of Materials Chemistry they must highlight the novel properties or applications (or potential properties/applications) of the materials studied. Papers that report primarily structural studies (such as crystallographic, NMR or IR studies) will be considered for publication only where the materials have interesting properties or are of potential interest for the materials community.

Papers must highlight the impact and significance of the work for a materials readership to establish the suitability of the article for Journal of Materials Chemistry. Papers that report incremental or derivative research should be directed to a more specialized journal.

The journal accepts work in all areas, including the following:

• Inorganics: ceramics; layered materials; microporous solids and zeolites; silicates and synthetic minerals; biogenic minerals, nanomaterials, bio-related materials.
• Organics: organometallic precursors for thin films/ceramics; novel molecular solids and synthetic polymers with materials applications; polymer composites; biopolymers; biocompatible and biodegradable polymers; liquid crystals (both lyotropic and thermotropic); Langmuir-Blodgett films and self assembled monolayers (SAMs), nanomaterials, biomaterials.
• Electrical properties: semi-, metallic and super-conductivity; ionic conductivity; mixed ionic/electronic conductivity; ferro-, pyro- and piezo-electricity; electroceramics; dielectrics.
• Optical properties: luminescence, phosphorescence, laser action; non-linear optical effects; photoconductivity; photo- and electro-chromism, resists, glasses, amorphous semiconductors; optical modulation and switching.
• Magnetic properties: ferro-, ferri- and antiferro-magnetism, spin glass behaviour, organic magnetism, magnetic bubbles and information storage.
• Chemical properties: ion exchange, molecular separation, catalytic action, sensor action, topochemical control of reactions.
• Structural properties: structural ceramics, refractories; hard materials; protective coatings; composites, adhesives, prosthetic applications.
• Thermodynamic properties and phase behaviour.