Scripta Materialia is a LETTERS journal of Acta Materialia, providing a forum for the rapid publication of short communications on the relationship between the structure and the properties of inorganic materials. The emphasis is on originality rather than incremental research. Short reports on the development of materials with novel or substantially improved properties are also welcomed. Emphasis is on either the functional or mechanical behavior of metals, ceramics and semiconductors at all length scales.The following aspects are of particular interest:(i) discovery or development of new materials with novel functional or mechanical properties of potential engineering interests;(ii) characterization of the structure and chemistry of materials for understanding the properties;(iii) cutting-edge experiments and theory for understanding structure-property relationships;(iv) novelty in simulation and modeling in the context of understanding properties, preferably combined with experimental verification;(v) elucidation of the mechanisms involved in the synthesis and processing of materials as a route to the elucidation of properties;In addition, Scripta Materialia publishes comments on papers published in Acta Materialia and Scripta Materialia. The journal also publishes Viewpoint Sets, which are a collection of invited short articles focused on topics of current interest within the scope of the journal and coordinated by invited guest editors.

材料快報是材料學報的信件雜志，為快速出版有關無機材料結構與性能之間關系的簡短通訊提供了一個論壇。重點是創新，而不是增量研究。也歡迎有關具有新穎或實質性改進性能的材料的發展的簡短報告。重點是金屬、陶瓷和半導體在所有長度尺度上的功能或機械行為。以下方面尤其重要：（i）發現或開發具有潛在工程利益的新功能或機械特性的新材料；（ii）描述材料的結構和化學特性，以了解其特性；（iii）了解結構與性能關系的前沿實驗和理論；（iv）在理解特性的背景下模擬和建模的新穎性，最好與實驗驗證相結合；（v）闡明與材料合成和加工有關的機制，作為闡明性質的途徑；此外，材料快報還發表了對材料學報和材料快報中發表的論文的評論。期刊還出版了觀點集，這是一組受邀的短篇文章，集中于期刊范圍內當前感興趣的主題，并由受邀的客座編輯協調。