Materials MDPI

Materials (ISSN 1996-1944; CODEN: MATEG9) is a peer-reviewed open access journal of materials science and engineering published semi-monthly online by MDPI. Impact Factor: 3.1 (2023); 5-Year Impact Factor: 3.4 (2023) JCR - Q1 (Metallurgy and Metallurgical Engineering) / CiteScore - Q2 (Condensed Matter Physics) Scope: To publish research related to all classes of materials including ceramics, glasses, polymers (plastics), composites, semiconductors, magnetic materials, biological and biomimetics materials, silica, dots, and carbon materials, metals, and alloys from nanoscale to bulk. All kinds of functional materials used for the development of medical implants in medicine and in dentistry, coatings and films, pigments, ionic crystals, covalent crystals, metals, and intermetallics are also considered. To cover all aspects of materials science or materials engineering, including nanoscience and nanotechnology. To contribute to the advancement of material characterization techniqu...