Silicon is the only international, interdisciplinary journal solely devoted to the most important element of the 21st Century. Silicon's coverage is unique in presenting all areas of silicon research and development across all disciplines. Silicon is publishing the very latest cutting edge research on silicon as an enabling element in materials chemistry, materials physics, materials biology, materials engineering and environmental science.The silicon community is in the midst of aggressive research initiatives with significant R&D efforts continuing in crystalline and amorphous silicon, silica, silicones, silsesquioxanes, silicon carbide, silanes and silicates to name a few. Silicon's editorial board includes silicon materials chemists and materials and device physicists who geographically represent North America, Asia, and Europe.Silicon is the only journal devoted to the spectacular diversity of silicon.Silicon is a truly interdisciplinary journal which caters to chemists, physicists, biologists, engineers and environmental scientists.Silicon offers a balanced perspective, publishing contributions from researchers in academia, industry, and national research laboratories.

《硅》是唯一一本專門研究21世紀最重要元素的國際性跨學(xué)科期刊。硅的覆蓋范圍是獨一無二的，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)。硅的編委會成員包括硅材料化學(xué)家、材料和設(shè)備物理學(xué)家，他們在地理上代表北美、亞洲和歐洲。硅是唯一一本致力于硅的巨大多樣性的雜志。硅是一個真正的跨學(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。硅提供了一個平衡的視角，發(fā)表學(xué)術(shù)界、工業(yè)界和國家研究實驗室的研究人員的貢獻。