Functional Materials

Journal «Functional Materials» (ISSN 1027-5495) being published by the Institute for Single Crystals, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine.

The Journal was founded in September, 1993, with the aim to elucidate the modern problems of materials science and it is the sole academic periodical of the mentioned profile in Ukraine. It is being issued quarterly in English by the above Institute, Kharkov City.

The journal "Functional Materials" issued by the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine publishes papers, short communications, letters to the Editor, and comments comprising results of theoretical and experimental studies, descriptions of preparation methods and practical use of the wide scope of organic and inorganic materials intended for various functional purposes. Special attention is given to works dealing with problems of obtaining new materials having complex schemotechnical functions. The journal publishes also requested reviews on the actual problems corresponding to its subjects as well as current information, e.g. chronicle, personalia, paid advertising communications, etc.

The Journal is multidisciplinary and the main topics are:

• structure, phase transformations and properties of single crystals, ceramics, composites, nanocrystals, amorphous solids, liquid crystals, polymers, thin films, and low-dimensional systems (superlattices, heterostructures, Langmuir-Blodgett films, etc.) as applied to materials science problems;
• ways to creating new functional materials with preset properties;
• modern methods of materials research;

problems and methods of functional materials use in modern technologies

Starting from 1994, above 1500 articles presented by scientists of Ukraine, Russia, Belorussia, Germany, Poland, USA, Yugoslavia, Slovakia, etc., have been published in our Journal. The FM has subscribers in Ukraine and Russia and is distributed in 26 countries (USA, Italy, Germany, Greece, etc.) via the international book exchange system. The material in Editor’s hands is always sufficient for several future numbers and is replenished continuously, so that we consider the situation with its publishing as a promising one.

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