APL materials will be a premier, international, rapid-publication, open-access journal in advanced materials research. It will span the whole breadth of functional materials research. Submitted papers will be afforded a high-quality review process with fast turnaround, and will benefit from exceptional visibility and prestige once published. Articles of both an experimental and theoretical nature on materials with a range of functional properties (including but not limited to electronic, optical, electrical, magnetic, biological, ionic, multifunctional and emergent phenomena) are invited. Submissions open on 1 January 2013.

• Free, permanent, online access to your article
• Article level metrics; analytics to measure reader-interest in your article
• Fair, fast, and rigorous peer review
• Worldwide media coverage for your work
• Creative Commons licensing so you retain copyright