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
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Editorial board
Editor-in-Chief
- Richard Hoogenboom
Ghent University Department of Organic Chemistry, Gent, Belgium
Editors
- Remzi Becer
University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom - Cyrille Boyer PhD
University of New South Wales School of Chemical Engineering, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Changle Chen PhD
University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China - Mike Shaver PhD
The University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom - Frederik Wurm
University of Twente, Enschede, Netherlands - Yanlei Yu PhD
Fudan University Department of Material Science, Shanghai, China
Executive Board
- Sylvain Caillol
University of Montpellier, Montpellier, France - Matthew Ian Gibson
University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom - Elizabeth R. Gillies
Western University, London, Ontario, Canada - Eva Harth
University of Houston, Houston, Texas, United States - Andreas Heise
Dublin City University, Dublin, Ireland - Eva Malmström
Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden - Jinying Yuan
Tsinghua University, Beijing, China - Xi Zhang
Tsinghua University Department of Chemistry, Beijing, China
Editorial Advisory Board
- Bruno Ameduri
Charles Gerhardt of Montpellier Institute, Montpellier, France - Athina Anastasaki PhD
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich Department of Materials, Zurich, Switzerland - Steve Armes
The University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom - Edmondo M. Benetti
ETH Zürich, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology (EMPA), Zürich, Switzerland - Wolfgang Binder
Martin Luther University Halle Wittenberg, Halle (Saale), Germany - Tim Dargaville
Queensland University of Technology Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation, Brisbane, Australia - Eric Drockenmuller
University Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Lyon Cedex, France - Filip Du Prez
Ghent University, Gent, Belgium - Philippe Dubois
Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology, Esch-Sur-Alzette, Luxembourg - Theoni K Georgiou
Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom - David Haddleton
University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom - Nikos Hadjichristidis
King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia - Junpo He
Fudan University, Shanghai, China - Rangasamy Jayakumar
Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, Kochi, India - Christine Jérôme CERM
University of Liege, Liege, Belgium - Zhongfan Jia
Flinders University, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia - Vitaliy V. Khutoryanskiy
University of Reading, Reading, United Kingdom - Harm-Anton Klok
Federal Polytechnic School of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland - Bert Klumperman
Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa - Andreas Lendlein PhD
Helmholtz Centre Geesthacht Centre for Materials and Coastal Research Institute of Biomaterials Science, Teltow, Germany - Jean-François Lutz
Charles Sadron Institute, Strasbourg, France - Michael Monteiro
University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia - Makoto Ouchi
Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan - Sébastien Perrier
University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom - Stergios Pispas
National Hellenic Research Foundation, Athens, Greece - Béla Pukánszky
Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Budapest, Hungary - Julio San Román
Institute of Polymer Science and Technology, Madrid, Spain - Amitav Sanyal
Boğaziçi University, İstanbul, Turkey - Nikhil Singha
Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, Kharagpur, India - Petr Stepanek
Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry Czech Academy of Sciences, Praha, Czech Republic - Xiaofeng Sui
Donghua University, Shanghai, China - Daniel Taton
Laboratory of Chemistry of Organic Polymers, Pessac, France - Jadranka Travas-Sejdic
The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand - G Julius Vancso
University of Twente, Enschede, Netherlands - Tina Vermonden
Utrecht University, Utrecht, Netherlands - Huiqi Zhang
Nankai University, Nankai, Tianjin, China - Zhengbiao Zhang PhD
Soochow University, College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Material Science, Suzhou, China - Dongyuan Zhao
Fudan University Department of Chemistry, Shanghai, China - Chongyu Zhu PhD
Fudan University Department of Material Science, Shanghai, China - Jin Zhu
Ningbo Institute of Industrial Technology Chinese Academy of Sciences, Ningbo, China