''Advanced Functional Materials'' is a
peer-reviewed
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scientific journal
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Content
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, published by Wiley-VCH. Established in February 2001, the journal began to publish monthly in 2002 and moved to 18/year in 2006, biweekly in 2008, and weekly in 2013.
It has been published under other titles since 1985.
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Scope
Coverage of this journal encompasses all topics pertaining to materials science. Topical coverage includes photovoltaics, organic electronics, carbon materials, nanotechnology, liquid crystals, magnetic materials, surfaces and interfaces, and biomaterials. Publishing formats include original research papers, feature articles and highlights.
History
It was established in 2001 by Peter Gregory, the Editor of ''Advanced Materials
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'', when the Wiley
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journal ''Advanced Materials for Optics and Electronics'' (starting in 1992) was discontinued; the volume numbering continued, however.
''Advanced Functional Materials'' is the sister journal to ''Advanced Materials'' and publishes full papers and feature articles on the development and applications of functional materials, including topics in chemistry
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, physics
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, nanotechnology
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, ceramic
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s, metallurgy
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, and biomaterials
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. Frequent topics covered by the journal also include liquid crystals
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, semiconductors
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, superconductors
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, optics
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, lasers
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, sensors
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, porous materials
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, light-emitting materials
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, magnetic materials
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, thin films
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, and colloids
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.
The current editor-in-chief
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is Joern Ritterbusch; David Flanagan was previously the editor-in-chief.
Abstracting and indexing
Advanced Functional Materials is indexed in the following bibliographic databases:
*Thomson Reuters Web of Science
*CSA Illunina
*Chemical Abstracts Service (ACS)
*Compendex
*FIZ Karlsruhe Databases
*INSPEC
*Polymer Library
*SCOPUS (Elsevier)
See also
* Advanced Materials
''Advanced Materials'' is a weekly peer-reviewed scientific journal covering materials science. It includes communications, reviews, and feature articles on topics in chemistry, physics, nanotechnology, ceramics, metallurgy, and biomaterial ...
* Advanced Engineering Materials
'' Advanced Engineering Materials ''is a peer-reviewed materials science journal that publishes monthly.
Advanced Engineering Materials publishes peer-reviewed reviews, communications, and full papers, on topics centered around structural materi ...
* Small
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* Journal of Materials Chemistry
The ''Journal of Materials Chemistry'' was a weekly peer-reviewed scientific journal covering the applications, properties and synthesis of new materials. It was established in 1991 and published by the Royal Society of Chemistry. At the end of 201 ...
* Chemistry of Materials
* Nature Materials
''Nature Materials'', is a peer-reviewed scientific journal published by Nature Publishing Group. It was launched in September 2002. Vincent Dusastre is the launching and current chief editor.
Aims and scope
''Nature Materials'' is focused on all ...
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