Topical Section: Soft and Polymeric Materials
The section “Soft and Polymeric Materials” welcomes the submission of high-quality original research work focusing on properties and behavior of soft matter. This covers in particular structure and dynamics of synthetic and biological polymers but also liquid crystalline materials and colloidal systems. Relevant topics include multi-stage softening behavior, glass transition, transport properties, self-assembling and crystallization processes as well as interfacial effects in multi-component materials. Special focus is research contributing to a deeper understanding of common features of structure formation and complex relaxation dynamics in synthetic and biological polymers on multiple length scales. This includes the function of complex biological systems as well as biomimetic materials. Contributions from experiment, simulation and theory will be of interest.
Handling Editor(s)
Mario Beiner | Fraunhofer Institute for Microstructure of Materials and Systems IMWS |Walter-Huelse-Strasse 1 | 06120 Halle, Germany |
Yonggang Yang | Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Advanced Functional Polymer Design and Application, Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, P. R. China |
Kourosh Kalantar-zadeh | Micro/nanoelectronics and Sensors Group Leader School of Electrical and Computer Eng., RMIT University, City Campus, Melbourne, Australia |
Bhakta B. Rath | US Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC 20375-5341, USA |
P. Davide Cozzoli | Department of Mathematics and Physics, University of Salento Via Arnesano - 73100 Lecce, Italy |
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