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.
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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
The 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 - 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 - 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
The 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