''Functional Materials Letters'' is an interdisciplinary, peer-reviewed journal published by

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with articles relating to the synthesis, behavior, characterization and application of functional materials. These are materials designed to respond to changes in their environments. Topics covered include ferroelectric, magneto-optical,

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and shape memory materials. Established in 2008 as a quarterly journal, ''Funct. Mater. Lett.'' switched to bimonthly in 2013.

Abstracting and indexing

The journal is indexed in Inspec. According to the ''

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'', the journal has a 2020

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of 2.17.

References

External links

* Materials science journals World Scientific academic journals English-language journals Bimonthly journals Academic journals established in 2008 {{materials-journal-stub