Polymer is an interdisciplinary journal dedicated to publishing innovative and significant advances in Polymer Physics, Chemistry and Technology. We welcome submissions on polymer hybrids, nanocomposites, characterisation and self-assembly. Polymer also publishes work on the technological application of polymers in energy and optoelectronics.
The main scope is covered but not limited to the following core areas:
Polymer Materials
- Nanocomposites and hybrid nanomaterials
- Polymer blends, films, fibres, networks and porous materials
Physical Characterization
- Characterisation, modelling and simulation* of molecular and materials properties in bulk, solution, and thin films
Polymer Engineering
- Advanced multiscale processing methods
Polymer Synthesis, Modification and Self-assembly
- Including designer polymer architectures, mechanisms and kinetics, and supramolecular polymerization
Technological Applications
- Polymers for energy generation and storage
- Polymer membranes for separation technology
- Polymers for opto- and microelectronics
*Theory and simulation papers should include or reference previously published experimental results.
The scope of Polymer no longer includes the biomedical applications of polymers. We would strongly recommend that authors consider submitting these papers to our excellent sister title European Polymer Journal https://www.journals.elsevier.com/european-polymer-journal
Article Types and Submission
Polymer publishes the following article types: original research papers, review articles, featured articles, short communications and Research Insights.
Please see our Guide for Authors for information on article submission. If you require any further information or help, please visit our Support Center
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Editorial board
Editor-in-Chief
- Benny Freeman
The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, United States
Senior Editor
- Yanchun Han
Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun, China
Editors
- Qiang Fu
Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China - Kohzo Ito
The University of Tokyo Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, Chiba, Japan - Hiroshi Jinnai
Tohoku University Institute of Multidisciplinary for Advanced Materials, Sendai, Japan - Dongsheng Liu
Tsinghua University Department of Chemistry, Beijing, China - Katja Loos
University of Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands - Alejandro Müller
University of the Basque Country Polymer Science and Technology Department, Donostia-San Sebastián, Spain - Michael S Silverstein
Technion Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel - Chuanbing Tang
University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina, United States - Tsutomu Yokozawa
Kanagawa University Faculty of Engineering Graduate School of Engineering Department of Material and Life Chemistry, Yokohama, Japan
Executive Board
- Wen-Hua Sun Ph.D
Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China - Dong Wang PhD
Beijing University of Chemical Technology College of Materials Science and Engineering, Beijing, China - Wen-Bin Zhang PhD
Peking University College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Beijing, China
Editorial Advisory Board
- Lijia An
Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun, China - Wolfgang Binder
Martin Luther University Halle Wittenberg, Halle (Saale), Germany - Timothy Bunning
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base Air Force Research Laboratory, Dayton, Ohio, United States - Neil Cameron
Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia - Er-Qiang Chen
Peking University, Beijing, China - Yongming Chen
Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China - Claudio De Rosa
University of Naples Federico II, Napoli, Italy - Jan Genzer
North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States - Mark Geoghegan
The University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom - Charles C Han
Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, China - Benjamin Hsiao
Binghamton University, Binghamton, New York, United States - Shinzaburo Ito
Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan - Georg Krausch
Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany - Katharina Landfester
Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Mainz, Germany - Andreas Lendlein PhD
Helmholtz Centre Geesthacht Centre for Materials and Coastal Research Institute of Biomaterials Science, Teltow, Germany - Christopher Li PhD
Drexel University Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States - Zichen Li
Peking University, Beijing, China - Mingjie Liu PhD
Beihang University, School of Chemistry, Beijing, China - Christopher Macosko
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States - Krzysztof Matyjaszewski PhD
Carnegie Mellon University Department of Chemistry, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States - Axel Mueller
Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany - Petra Pötschke
Leibniz Institute for Polymer Research, Dresden, Germany - Robert Prud'homme
University of Montreal, Montréal, Quebec, Canada - Jeffrey Pyun
University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States - Richard A. Register PhD
Princeton University Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Princeton, New Jersey, United States - Mitsuhiro Shibayama
Comprehensive Research Organization for Science and Culture, Ibaraki Quantum Beam Research Center, Ibaraki, Japan - Sindee Simon
TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY, Lubbock, Texas, United States - Zachary Smith
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States - Brent Sumerlin PhD
University of Florida Department of Chemistry, Gainesville, Florida, United States - Benzhong Tang
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Department of Chemistry, Kowloon, Hong Kong - Kohji Tashiro
Toyota Institute of Technology Graduate School of Engineering Department of Future Industry Oriented Basic Science and Materials, Nagoya, Japan - Thomas Thurn- Albrecht
Martin Luther University Halle Wittenberg, Halle (Saale), Germany - Vladimir Tsukruk
Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, United States - Richard Turner
Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, United States - Mathias Ulbricht
University of Duisburg-Essen Department of Technical Chemistry II, Essen, Germany - Zhi Yuan Wang
Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada - Karen Winey PhD
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States - Chi Wu
The Chinese University of Hong Kong Department of Chemistry, Hong Kong, Hong Kong - Yusuf Yagci
Istanbul Technical University, İstanbul, Turkey - Xi Zhang PhD
Tsinghua University Department of Chemistry, Beijing, China - Lei Zhu PhD
Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, United States - Meifang Zhu PhD
Donghua University, Shanghai, China
Honorary Editor