《硅》是唯一一本專門研究21世紀(jì)最重要元素的國(guó)際性跨學(xué)科期刊。硅的覆蓋范圍是獨(dú)一無(wú)二的，在所有學(xué)科的硅研究和開發(fā)的所有領(lǐng)域。硅作為材料化學(xué)、材料物理、材料生物學(xué)、材料工程和環(huán)境科學(xué)中的一種使能元素，正在出版最新的前沿研究成果。硅界正處于積極的研究計(jì)劃之中，在晶體和非晶態(tài)硅、硅、硅酮、倍半硅氧烷、碳化硅、硅烷和硅酸鹽等領(lǐng)域的研發(fā)工作仍在繼續(xù)。硅的編委會(huì)成員包括硅材料化學(xué)家、材料和設(shè)備物理學(xué)家，他們?cè)诘乩砩洗肀泵馈喼藓蜌W洲。硅是唯一一本致力于硅的巨大多樣性的雜志。硅是一個(gè)真正的跨學(xué)科雜志，它迎合化學(xué)家，物理學(xué)家，生物學(xué)家，工程師和環(huán)境科學(xué)家。硅提供了一個(gè)平衡的視角，發(fā)表學(xué)術(shù)界、工業(yè)界和國(guó)家研究實(shí)驗(yàn)室的研究人員的貢獻(xiàn)。

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