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

The scope of Polymer no longer includes bio-based polymers or 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

Editors-in-Chief

  • Stephen Z.D. Cheng
    University of Akron, Akron, Ohio, USA
  • Axel H.E. Müller
    Johannes Gutenberg Universität Mainz, Mainz, Germany

Senior Editor

  • Charles C. Han
    Institute for Advanced Study, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, China

Editors

  • Er-Qiang Chen
    Peking University, Beijing, China
  • Yongming Chen
    Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China
  • Kohzo Ito
    University of Tokyo, Chiba, Japan
  • Hiroshi Jinnai
    Tohoku University, Sendai-Shi, Japan
  • Georg Krausch
    Johannes Gutenberg Universität Mainz, Mainz, Germany
  • Alejandro Müller
    University of the Basque Country, Donostia-San Sebastián, Spain
  • Richard Turner
    Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, USA
  • Tsutomu Yokozawa
    Kanagawa University, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan

Honorary Editors

  • Y. Imanishi
    Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Ikoma Nara, Japan
  • I.M. Ward
    University of Leeds, Leeds, UK

Editorial Advisory Board

  • L.-J. An
    Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Changchun, China
  • W. Binder
    Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, Halle, Germany
  • A. Böker
    DWI an der RWTH Aachen e.V., Aachen, Germany
  • T. Bunning
    Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, AFB, Dayton, Ohio, USA
  • N.R. Cameron
    Durham University, Durham, England, UK
  • B. Charleux
    Saint-Gobain Innovative Materials R&D, La Défense Cedex, France
  • R.J. Composto
    University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
  • C. De Rosa
    University of Naples Federico II, Napoli, Italy
  • B.D. Freeman
    University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, USA
  • Q. Fu
    Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
  • J. Genzer
    University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA
  • M. Geoghegan
    University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK
  • E. Giannelis
    Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA
  • J.P Gong
    Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
  • A. Greiner
    Universität Bayreuth, Bayreuth, Germany
  • R.H. Grubbs
    California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, USA
  • T. Hashimoto
    Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
  • B.S. Hsiao
    State University of New York (SUNY) at Binghamton, Binghamton, New York, USA
  • C.-S. Hsu
    National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu, Taiwan
  • S. Ito
    Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
  • E-T. Kang
    National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
  • F. Khoury
    National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Gaithersburg, Maryland, USA
  • K. Landfester
    Max Planck Institute (MPI) for Polymer Research, Mainz, Germany
  • L. Leibler
    École Supérieure de Physique et de Chimie Industrielles (ESPCI), Paris, France
  • C. Li
    Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
  • Z. Li
    Peking University, Beijing, China
  • D-J. Liaw
    National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC
  • K. Loos
    University of Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
  • B.A. Lotz
    Institut Charles Sadron, Strasbourg, France
  • C. Macosko
    University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
  • T. Masuda
    Shanghai University, Shanghai, China
  • K. Matyjaszewski
    Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
  • M. Muthukumar
    University of Massachusetts at Amherst, Amherst, Massachusetts, USA
  • D. R. Paul
    University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, USA
  • P. Pötschke
    Leibniz Institute of Polymer Research, Dresden, Germany
  • R.E. Prud'homme
    Université de Montréal, Montréal, Canada
  • J. Pyun
    University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, USA
  • R.A. Register
    Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, USA
  • G.C. Rutledge
    Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
  • A.J. Ryan
    University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK
  • R. Shenhar
    The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel
  • M. Shibayama
    University of Tokyo, Naka-Gun, Japan
  • M.S. Silverstein
    Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel
  • S.L. Simon
    Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas, USA
  • M. Stenzel
    UNSW Australia, Sydney, Australia
  • G. Strobl
    Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
  • B.S. Sumerlin
    University of Florida, Gainesville, District of Columbia, USA
  • A. Takahara
    Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
  • B.-Z. Tang
    Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, China
  • C. Tang
    University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina, USA
  • K. Tashiro
    Toyota Technological Institute, Tempaku, Nagoya, Japan
  • E. L. Thomas
    Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
  • T. Thurn- Albrecht
    Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, Halle, Germany
  • V. Tsukruk
    Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
  • M. Ulbricht
    Universität Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
  • F. Wang
    Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Beijing, China
  • Z.Y. Wang
    Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
  • K.I. Winey
    University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
  • C. Wu
    The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong, China
  • Y. Yagci
    Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul, Turkey
  • Y. Yang
    Fudan University, Shanghai, China
  • X. Zhang
    Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
  • Q.-F. Zhou
    Peking University, Beijing, China
  • L. Zhu
    Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, USA