Is material science a topic related to chemistry?

Answer 1

Materials science is an interdisciplinary field involving the properties of matter and its applications to various areas of science and engineering. This scientific field investigates the relationship between the structure of materials at atomic or molecular scales and their macroscopic properties. It incorporates elements of applied physics and chemistry. With significant media attention focused on nanoscience and Nanotechnology in recent years, materials science has been propelled to the forefront at many universities. It is also an important part of forensic engineering and failure analysis. Materials science also deals with fundamental properties and characteristics of materials.

Before the 1960s (and in some cases decades after), many materials science departments were named Metallurgy departments, from a 19th and early 20th century emphasis on metals. The field has since broadened to include every class of materials, including: ceramics, polymers, semiconductors, magnetic materials, medical implant materials and biological materials (materiomics).

Answer 2

Material science is an inter-disciplinary field which encompasses different branches such chemistry, applied physics, chemical engineering and mechanical engineering.

As the topics of diffusion, properties of polymers, crystallization, solid-state chemistry and interfacial science are common to both chemistry (even chemical engineering) and material science, material science is very much related to chemistry along with the above mentioned disciplines.