Materials Science and Technology publishes research on the fundamental and technological aspects of materials science, materials engineering and technology.Definition of materials science. : the scientific study of the properties and applications of materials of construction or manufacture (such as ceramics, metals, polymers, and composites)

The traditional examples of materials are metals, semiconductors, ceramics and polymers. New and advanced materials that are being developed include nanomaterials, biomaterials, and energy materials to name a few.Materials scientists are well rounded and interdisciplinary, even where traditional science majors fail. Second, you can get a job. Since most things are made out of stuff, materials science is directly applicable to just about everything, so you can work wherever you want.

Materials can be classified into four main groups: metals, polymers, ceramics, and composites.There are now about 300,000 different known materials (if you named one every second, it would take you more than three whole days and nights just to get through the list!). And as materials scientists create and combine materials in new ways, the number's almost infinite.