European Polymer Journal is dedicated to publishing work on fundamental and applied polymer chemistry and macromolecular materials. The journal covers all aspects of polymer synthesis, including polymerization mechanisms and chemical functional transformations, with a focus on novel polymers and the relationships between molecular structure and polymer properties. In addition, we welcome submissions on bio-based or renewable polymers, stimuli-responsive systems and polymer bio-hybrids. European Polymer Journal also publishes research on the biomedical application of polymers, including drug delivery and regenerative medicine. The main scope is covered but not limited to the following core research areas:
Polymer synthesis and functionalization
• Novel synthetic routes for polymerization, functional modification, controlled/living polymerization and precision polymers.
Stimuli-responsive polymers
• Including shape memory and self-healing polymers.
Supramolecular polymers and self-assembly
• Molecular recognition and higher order polymer structures.
Renewable and sustainable polymers
• Bio-based, biodegradable and anti-microbial polymers and polymeric bio-nanocomposites.
Polymers at interfaces and surfaces
• Chemistry and engineering of surfaces with biological relevance, including patterning, antifouling polymers and polymers for membrane applications.
Biomedical applications and nanomedicine
• Polymers for regenerative medicine, drug delivery molecular release and gene therapy
The scope of European Polymer Journal no longer includes Polymer Physics. We would strongly recommend that authors consider submitting Polymer Physics papers to our excellent sister title Polymer https://www.journals.elsevier.com/polymer
Article Types and Submission
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Editorial board
Editor-in-Chief
- Julius Vancso
University of Twente, Enschede, Netherlands
Editors
- Remzi Becer ((Polymer Chemistry, Biopolymers and Molecular design and synthesis))
University of Warwick, England, UK - Cyrille Boyer (Polymer Chemistry, Polymer Bioapplications, Photopolymerization, Controlled/living radical polymerization)
UNSW Australia, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Richard Hoogenboom (Polymer Chemistry and Self-Assembly)
Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium - Bert Klumperman (Polymer Chemistry and Biomacromolecules)
Stellenbosch University, Matieland, South Africa - Mike Shaver (Polymer Chemistry; renewable and sustainable polymers)
The University of Manchester, Manchester, UK - Yanlei Yu (Polymer Chemistry, Functional and smart Polymers)
Fudan University, Shanghai, China
Executive Board
- Sylvain Caillol
Université de Montpellier, Montpellier, France - Matthew Ian Gibson
University of Warwick, Coventry, UK - Elizabeth R. Gillies
University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada - Eva Harth
University of Houston, Houston, Texas, USA - Andreas Heise
Dublin City University, Dublin 9, Glasnevin, Ireland - Eva Malmström
KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden - Frederik Wurm
Max Planck Institute (MPI) for Polymer Research, Mainz, Germany - Jinying Yuan
Tsinghua University, Beijing, China - Xi Zhang
Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
Editorial Advisory Board
- Bruno Ameduri
Lab of Macromolecular Chemistr, Montpellier Cedex 5, France - Athina Anastasaki PhD
ETH Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland - Steve Armes
University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK - Edmondo M. Benetti
ETH Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland - Wolfgang Binder
Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, Halle, Germany - Tim Dargaville
Queensland University of Technology, Kelvin Grove, Queensland, Australia - Eric Drockenmuller
Université de Lyon, VILLEURBANNE Cedex, France - Filip Du Prez
Universiteit Gent, Ghent, Belgium - Philippe Dubois
Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST), Luxembourg - Theoni K Georgiou
Imperial College London, London, UK - David Haddleton
University of Warwick, Coventry, UK - Nikos Hadjichristidis
King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal, Saudi Arabia - Junpo He
Fudan University, Shanghai, China - Rangasamy Jayakumar
Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, Kochi, India - Christine Jérôme CERM
Université de Liège, Liege, Belgium - Zhongfan Jia
University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia - Vitaliy V. Khutoryanskiy
University of Reading, Reading, Berkshire, UK - Harm-Anton Klok
École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland - Jean-François Lutz
Institut Charles Sadron, Strasbourg, France - Michael Monteiro
University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia - Makoto Ouchi
Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan - Sébastien Perrier
University of Warwick, Warwick, England, UK - Stergios Pispas
National Hellenic Research Foundation, Athens, Greece - Béla Pukánszky
Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Budapest, Hungary - Julio San Román
Instituto de Ciencia y Tecnologia de Polimeros, Madrid, Spain - Amitav Sanyal
Bogazici University, Istanbul, Turkey - Nikhil Singha
Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur, Kharagpur, India - Petr Stepanek
Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry, Prague, Czech Republic - Xiaofeng Sui
Donghua University, Shanghai, China - Daniel Taton
Université de Bordeaux, Pessac, France - Jadranka Travas-Sejdic
The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand - Tina Vermonden
Universiteit Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands - Huiqi Zhang
Nankai University, Tianjin, China - Dongyuan Zhao
Fudan University, Shanghai, China - Jin Zhu
Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Ningbo, Zhejiang Province, China