The word ‘particuology’ was coined to parallel the discipline for the science and technology of particles.
Particuology is an interdisciplinary journal that publishes frontier research articles and critical reviews on the discovery, formulation and engineering of particulate materials, processes and systems. It especially welcomes contributions utilising advanced theoretical, modelling and measurement methods to enable the discovery and creation of new particulate materials, and the manufacturing of functional particulate-based products, such as sensors.
Papers are handled by Thematic Editors who oversee contributions from specific subject fields. These fields are classified into: Particle Synthesis and Modification; Particle Characterization and Measurement; Granular Systems and Bulk Solids Technology; Fluidization and Particle-Fluid Systems; Aerosols; and Applications of Particle Technology.
Key topics concerning the creation and processing of particulates include:
- Modelling and simulation of particle formation, collective behaviour of particles and systems for particle production over a broad spectrum of length scales
- Mining of experimental data for particle synthesis and surface properties to facilitate the creation of new materials and processes
- Particle design and preparation including controlled response and sensing functionalities in formation, delivery systems and biological systems, etc.
- Experimental and computational methods for visualization and analysis of particulate system
These topics are broadly relevant to the production of materials, pharmaceuticals and food, and to the conversion of energy resources to fuels and protection of the environment.
With a focus on new learning related to complex multi-scale systems and phenomena, Particuology especially welcomes and now provides a platform for themes related to meso-science. This emerging field recognises that common phenomena can be observed across length scales ranging from elemental particles through to that of the observable universe. Since particulate systems are ubiquitous in various fields, this initiative extends the scope of the journal, while maintaining a focus on the common scientific challenges for these fields.
Editorial board
Editor-in-Chief
- Jinghai Li
Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
Executive Editor
- Wei Wang
Institute of Process Engineering Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Regional Editors
- Alexis T. Bell
University of California Berkeley Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, United States - Cordelia Selomulya
University of New South Wales, Australia - Richard A. Williams
Heriot-Watt University, United Kingdom
Thematic Editors
- Judith C. Chow
Desert Research Institute, United States - Stefan Heinrich
Hamburg University of Technology, Germany - Jerry Heng
Imperial College London, United Kingdom - Guanghui Ma
Institute of Process Engineering Chinese Academy of Sciences, China - Qiang Zhang
Tsinghua University Department of Chemical Engineering, China
International Advisory Board
- H. Bi
The University of British Columbia, Canada - J. Bridgewater
UCL Cancer Institute, Department of Medical Oncology, United Kingdom - X. Cai
University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, China - J. Chen
Chinese Academy of Engineering, China - Y. Chen
Institute of Process Engineering Chinese Academy of Sciences, China - Y. Ding
University of Birmingham, United Kingdom - L.-S. Fan
OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY, United States - W. Ge
Institute of Process Engineering Chinese Academy of Sciences, China - J.R. Grace
The University of British Columbia, Canada - R.M. Harrison
University of Birmingham, United Kingdom - K. Higashitani
Kyoto University, Japan - J. Hristov
University of Chemical Technology and Metallurgy, Bulgaria - J.A.M. Kuipers
Eindhoven University of Technology, Department of Chemical Engineering and Chemistry, Netherlands - H. Leuenberger
University of Basel, Switzerland - C. Li
East China University of Science and Technology, China - H. Li
Institute of Process Engineering Chinese Academy of Sciences, China - S. Luding
University of Twente, Netherlands - G. S. Luo
Tsinghua University State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, China - W. Peukert
Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany - L. Reh
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Switzerland - M. J. Rood
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, United States - J.P.K. Seville
University of Birmingham, United Kingdom - S. Sundaresan
Princeton University, United States - W.W. Szymanski
University of Vienna, Austria - X. Tie
Institute of Earth Environment Chinese Academy of Sciences, China - M.L. Torem
Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - F. Wei
Tsinghua University, China - J. Werther
Hamburg University of Technology, Germany - C.Y. Wu
University of Surrey, United Kingdom - A. Yu
Monash University (Clayton Campus) Australia - R. Zhang
Chinese Academy of Sciences, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, China - Z. Zhang
University of Birmingham, United Kingdom - J. Zhu
University of Western Ontario Particle Technology Research Centre, Canada - Q. Zhu
Institute of Process Engineering Chinese Academy of Sciences, China