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POLYMER the International Journal for the Science and Technology of Polymers POLYMER The International Journal for the Science and Technology of Polymers AUTHOR INFORMATION PACK TABLE OF CONTENTS XXX . • Description p.1 • Audience p.2 • Impact Factor p.2 • Abstracting and Indexing p.2 • Editorial Board p.2 • Guide for Authors p.5 ISSN: 0032-3861 DESCRIPTION . 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 materialsPhysical Characterization Characterisation, modelling and simulation* of molecular and materials properties in bulk, solution, and thin films Polymer Engineering Advanced multiscale processing methodsPolymer Synthesis, Modification and Self-assembly Including designer polymer architectures, mechanisms and kinetics, and supramolecular polymerizationTechnological 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 Benefits to authors We also provide many author benefits, such as free PDFs, a liberal copyright policy, special discounts on Elsevier publications and much more. Please click here for more information on our author services. AUTHOR INFORMATION PACK 2 Oct 2021 www.elsevier.com/locate/polymer 1 AUDIENCE . Scientists and engineers at academia, industry, government and consultancies working in all areas of polymer science and technology. IMPACT FACTOR . 2020: 4.430 © Clarivate Analytics Journal Citation Reports 2021 ABSTRACTING AND INDEXING . Current Contents Chemical Titles Chemical Abstracts Physics Abstracts Polymer Contents Science Abstracts - Physics Abstracts Engineering Index Abstract Bulletin of the Institute of Paper Science and Technology FIZ Karlsruhe Scopus INSPEC EDITORIAL BOARD . Editor-in-Chief Benny Freeman, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, United States of America Senior Editor Yanchun Han, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun, China Polymer Thin Film, Phase Separation, Crystallization Editors Qiang Fu, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China Polymer nanocomposites, Processing, Structure-property relationship, Polymer blends, Structuring- processing, Ruilan Guo, University of Notre Dame Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Notre Dame, Indiana, United States of America Polymer chemistry, Polymer membranes, Gas separations, Polyelectrolyte 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 Polymer Physics, Phase Transition and Phase Separation, Self-assembling Structures, (Electron) Microscopy, Scattering Dongsheng Liu, Tsinghua University Department of Chemistry, Beijing, China DNA, assembly, hydrogel Katja Loos, University of Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands Alejandro Müller, POLYMAT and University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, Faculty of Chemistry, Department of Polymers and Advanced Materials: Physics, Chemistry and Technology, 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 of America Organic polymer synthesis, renewable biobased polymers , antimicrobial polymers, metal-containing polymers, macromolecular self-assemby Tsutomu Yokozawa, Kanagawa University Department of Material and Life Chemistry, Yokohama, Japan Honorary Editor Stephen Cheng Macromolecular and Soft Matter Science and Engineering Executive Board Wen-Hua Sun, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China AUTHOR INFORMATION PACK 2 Oct 2021 www.elsevier.com/locate/polymer 2 Polyolefin; Homogeneous Catalysis; Additional polymerization; Ring open Polymerization; Industrial process Dong Wang, Beijing University of Chemical Technology College of Materials Science and Engineering, Beijing, China Atomic force microscopy, Polymer surface, Polymer interface Wen-Bin Zhang, Peking University College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Beijing, China Polymer Chemistry, Polymer Physics, Protein Engineering Editorial Advisory Board Rufina G. Alamo, Florida A&M University-Florida State University College of Engineering, Tallahassee, Florida, United States of America Semicrystalline polymers, Structure-Properties Relations, Polymer Crystallization, Polyolefin Blends, Precision Crystalline Polymers Lijia An, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun, China Wolfgang Binder, Martin Luther University Halle Wittenberg, Halle, Germany Timothy Bunning, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base Air Force Research Laboratory, Dayton, Ohio, United States of America Liquid Crystal Polymers, Photonic Polymers, LC/Polymer Composites, Dynamic Optical Materials, Hierarchical Assembly 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, Via Cintia, Naples, Italy Geoffrey M. Geise, University of Virginia, Department of Chemical Engineering, Charlottesville, Virginia, United States of America Desalination membranes, Battery/Fuel Cell Membranes Jan Genzer, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America 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 of America Shinzaburo Ito, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan Georg Krausch, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Mainz, Germany Sanat Kumar, Columbia University, New York, New York, United States of America Nanocomposites, Crystallizable Polymers, Selective Transport Membranes, DNA Guided Assembly. Katharina Landfester, Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Mainz, Germany Andreas Lendlein, Helmholtz Centre Hereon Institute of Active Polymers, Teltow, Germany Shape-memory polymers, degradable polymers, multifunctional materials, biomaterials, nano- and microstructures Christopher Li, Drexel University Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America Polymer Structure, Polymer Crystallization, Self Assembly. Solid Polymer Electrolytes for Energy Storage Zichen Li, Peking University, Beijing, China Mingjie Liu, Beihang University, School of Chemistry, Beijing, China Hydrogel, Elastomer, Bioinspired materials, Mechanical performance , surface wettability Christopher Macosko, University of Minnesota Twin Cities, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America Krzysztof Matyjaszewski, Carnegie Mellon University Department of Chemistry, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America Polymer synthesis, materials science, macromolecules, hybrid materials Axel Mueller, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Mainz, Germany Petra Pötschke, Leibniz Institute for Polymer Research, Dresden, Germany Robert Prud'homme, University of Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada Jeffrey Pyun, The University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States of America Richard A. Register, Princeton University Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Princeton, New Jersey, United States of America Block copolymer, Semicrystalline polymer, Ionomer, Morphology Zhihao Shen, Peking University College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Beijing, China Liquid crystalline polymer, phase behavior, block copolymer, self-assembly, hierarchical structure, nanoporous material, polymer electrolyte 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 of America Zachary Smith, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America Brent Sumerlin, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America Polymer synthesis, stimuli-responsive polymers, macromolecular materials AUTHOR INFORMATION PACK 2 Oct 2021 www.elsevier.com/locate/polymer 3 Benzhong Tang, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, School of Science and Engineering, Shenzhen, China Luminogenic materials, Acetylenic polymers, Aggregation-induced emission(AIE) and Biomedical theranostics. Kohji Tashiro, Toyota Institute of Technology Graduate School of Engineering Department of Future Industry Oriented Basic Science and Materials, Nagoya,
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