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Materials Letters
An interdisciplinary journal affiliated with the Materials Research Society and the Materials Soci-ety - Japan, devoted to the rapid publication of short communications on the science, applications and processing of materials。
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Editorial Board
Principal Editors: J.H. Wernick, Bell Laboratories, 700 Mountain Avenue, Murray Hill, NJ 07974-0636, USA and A.F.W. Willoughby, Engineering Materials, The University, Southampton, SO17 1BJ, UK
Founding Editor: F.F.Y. Wang
Corresponding Editors: H. Gleiter, Karlsruhe
Materials Updates Editor: J.H. Wernick, Murray Hill, NJ, USA
Associate Editorial Board: M. Doyama, Tokyo, Japan
Instructions to Authors
Submission of papers
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Author benefits：No page charges。
