Solid-state chemistry, also sometimes referred to as
materials chemistry, is the study of the synthesis, structure, and properties of solid phase materials, particularly, but not necessarily exclusively of, non-molecular solids. It therefore has a strong overlap with
solid-state physics,
mineralogy,
crystallography,
ceramics,
metallurgy,
thermodynamics,
materials science and
electronics with a focus on the synthesis of novel materials and their characterization.