Nature Reviews Materials aims to cover the making, measuring, modelling and manufacturing of materials - thus, looking at materials science throughout the pipeline of laboratory discovery to functional device. 

Reviews and Perspectives are commissioned by the editorial team.

Research areas covered in the journal include:

    Soft matter
    Biomaterials, bio-inspired and biomedical materials
    Optical, photonic and optoelectronic materials
    Magnetic materials
    Materials for electronics
    Superconductors
    Engineered and structural materials (metals, alloys, ceramics, composites)
    Two-dimensional materials
    Surfaces and thin films
    Devices
    Catalytic and separation materials
    Energy materials 
    Materials for sustainable development
    Nanotechnology
    Modelling, simulation and materials theory
    Synthesis, processing and characterization techniques
    Manufacturing of materials

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Chief Editor: Alison Stoddart, PhD ORCiD
Alison received her MSci in chemistry from the University of Cambridge, UK, before undertaking a PhD in the area of dendrimer synthesis with Professor Jim Feast at the Centre of Polymer Science & Technology, in Durham, UK. After an industrial position at Cambridge BioTechnology, she gained three years' editorial experience with the research journal Chemical Communications. In 2007, she joined the Nature Materials team as an Associate Editor and then Senior Editor, where she handled manuscripts in the subject areas of materials chemistry and biomaterials. She is the launch editor of Nature Reviews Materials.
Alison is primarily responsible for the areas of materials chemistry, energy materials, porous materials and nanomaterials.
Alison is based in the London office, UK.
Senior Editor: Giulia Pacchioni, PhD ORCiD
Giulia received her Master’s degree in physics from the University of Milan, Italy, in 2011, with a thesis on the implantation of metal clusters in electroluminescent polymers for use in OLED devices. She then completed her PhD studies on the investigation of nanostructures on surfaces using scanning tunnelling microscopy in the group of Professor Harald Brune at the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland. Giulia joined Springer Nature in October 2015 for the launch of Nature Reviews Materials. She spent 2018 heading up the launch team of Nature Reviews Physics, and is now back at Nature Reviews Materials as a Senior Editor.
Giulia is primarily responsible for the areas of quantum materials, superconductivity, topological materials, 2D materials, metamaterials and structural materials.
Giulia is based in the London office, UK.
Senior Editor: Christine-Maria Horejs, PhD ORCiD
Christine received her MSci and PhD in nanobiotechnology from the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Austria, studying protein conformations and self-assembly using both biophysical and theoretical approaches. She then joined the lab of Molly Stevens at Imperial College London, UK, investigating the extracellular matrix and cell–material interactions. In 2015, she moved to Karolinska Institute, Sweden, conducting in vivo studies of anti-fibrotic biomaterials. In September 2017, she joined the Nature Reviews Materials team as an Associate Editor.
Christine is primarily responsible for the areas of biomaterials, tissue engineering, soft matter, drug delivery and nanomedicine. 
Christine is based in the London office, UK.
Associate Editor: Ankita Anirban, PhD ORCiD
Ankita received her BSc degree from King’s College London, UK, and then went on to pursue an MPhil at the University of Cambridge, UK, on low-temperature transport of one-dimensional electron systems. She then continued with PhD studies on the theme of electron transport of topological insulator heterostructures with Professor Christopher Ford at the Cavendish Laboratory in Cambridge, UK. In September 2019, she joined the Nature Reviews Materials team as a locum Associate Editor. 
Ankita is based in the London office, UK.
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