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《自然材料》是一本多學科月刊，旨在匯集材料科學和工程領域的前沿研究。材料研究是一門多元化、快速發展的學科，它已從一個主要應用于工程的學科，發展到對物理、化學和生物學等其他經典學科產生越來越大影響的地位。自然材料包括合成/加工、結構/組成、性質和性能的所有應用和基本方面，其中“材料”被確定為為技術目的而設計或操縱的凝聚態(液體、固體、膠體)物質。自然材料為材料科學家提供了一個發展共同身份的論壇，同時鼓勵研究人員跨越既定的學科分支。為了實現這一目標，并加強社區的凝聚力，該雜志對材料研究的所有領域采取跨學科、綜合和平衡的方法，同時促進不同學科的科學家之間的思想交流。自然材料是一個寶貴的資源，為所有科學家，無論是學術界和工業界，誰是積極發現和發展過程中的材料和材料相關的概念。《自然材料》提供了一種吸引人的、信息量大的、可獲得的產品，包括在未來幾年有望對社會發展產生重大影響的一門學科中具有特殊意義和質量的論文。該雜志涵蓋的研究領域工程及結構材料(金屬、合金、陶瓷、復合材料)有機軟材料(玻璃、膠體、液晶、聚合物)生物啟發，生物醫學和生物分子材料光學、光子和光電子材料磁性材料電子產品的材料超導材料催化分離材料能源材料納米材料和工藝計算、模型和材料理論表面和薄膜設計、合成、加工和表征技術除了初步研究，《自然材料》雜志還發表評論文章、觀點、新聞和觀點、評論、通信、采訪和對更廣泛的《自然材料》的分析。通過這種方式，該雜志的目標是成為全球材料科學界的聲音。《自然材料》為讀者和作者提供了高可視性、廣泛的讀者群、高標準的編輯和制作、嚴格的同行評審、快速出版、獨立于學術團體和其他既得利益。