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POLYMER Vol. 47/14 (2006) 4867–5220

LATEST NEWS New Editors
QS. Richard Turner (Virginia Tech)
Polymer Chemistry Editor for the Americas
Impact Factor Data

VOLUME 47 NUMBER 14, 28 JUNE 2006

Matthias Ballauff (Bayreuth)
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EDITORS

Polymer - Instructions to Authors
A more detailed set of instructions can be found at
http://authors.elsevier.com/journal/polymer. Please consult
these instructions before submission.

Senior Editors:

S. Z. D. Cheng

T. Hashimoto

Honorary Editors:

Y. Imanishi

Since 1 September 2005 manuscripts can only be submitted
online via the Elsevier Editorial System (EES) at
http://ees.elsevier.com/jpol. Online submission considerably
shortens the overall publication time.

I. M. Ward

Professor S. R. Turner (chemistry and synthesis)
Macromolecules and Interfaces Institute, Virginia Tech,Blacksburg, VA 24061, USA

Professor C. C. Han (all subject areas from China)
Joint Laboratory of Polymer Science and Materials,
Institute of Chemistry, The Chinese Academy of Sciences,
Zhongguancum, Beijing, 100080, China.

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R. K. Eby
Asian Editors:

Submission of Manuscripts
Polymer publishes original research from all areas of polymer
science and technology, with emphasis on molecular or mesoscale interpretation of data. Papers from new emerging areas of
the field are particularly welcome. The journal publishes
regular articles, communications (novel, unexpected experimental results or interpretation presented within 4 printedpages) and feature articles (usually invited by the Editors).
During the online submission authors are requested to choose
the appropriate editor from a dropdown menu, according to thegeographical location of the corresponding author and thesubject matter of the paper.

European & Rest of the World(outside the Americas and Asia) Editors:

Professor K. Tashiro (physics)

Professor G. Krausch (physics)

Department of Future Industry-oriented Basic Science andMaterials, Graduate School of Engineering, Toyota TechnologicalInstitute, Hisakata 2-12-1, Tempaku, Nagoya 468-8511, Japan.

Physikalische Chemie II, Universität Bayreuth,
D-95440 Bayreuth,
Germany

Professor S. Ito (physical chemistry and functionality)

Professor M. Ballauff (physical chemistry)

Department of Polymer Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering,
Kyoto University, Katsura Campus, Kyoto 615-8510, Japan.

Physikalische Chemie I, Universität Bayreuth,
D-95440 Bayreuth,Germany

Professor T. Masuda (chemistry and synthesis)
Department of Polymer Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering,
Kyoto University, Katsura Campus, Kyoto 615-8510, Japan.

Professor A. H. E. Müller (chemistry and synthesis)
Makromolekulare Chemie II, Universität Bayreuth,
D-95440 Bayreuth, Germany

Papers on computational and theoretical polymer science fromall over the world should be submitted online via EES toProfessor J. E. Mark.

Editors for the Americas:

Professor S. Z. D. Cheng (physics and physical chemistry)Computational and Theoretical Polymer Science Editor:

Maurice Morton Institute and Department of Polymer Science,
Goodyear Polymer Centre, Room 936, University of Akron, Akron,
OH 44325-3909, USA

Professor J. E. Mark
Department of Chemistry, University of Cincinnati,Cincinnati, OH 45221-0172, USAO

RNTERECR. E. Prud’homme
Université de Montréal, Montréal, Canada
R. A. Register
Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA
S. B. Ross-MurphyKing’s College, London, UK
G. C. Rutledge
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge,
MA, USAA. J. Ryan
University of Sheffield, UKS. Sakurai
Kyoto Institute of Technology, JapanI. Sanchez
University of Texas, Austin, TX, USA
K. Schmidt-Rohr
Iowa State University, IA, USA
M. Shibayama
University of Tokyo, Japan
R. A. Siegel
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA
S. L. Simon
Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, USA
P. Smith
ETH Zürich, Switzerland
R. Stepto
University of Manchester, UK
G. Strobl
Albert-Ludwigs-Universität, Freiburg,Germany
U. W. Suter
ETH Zürich, Switzerland
E. L. Thomas
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge,MA, USA
M. Tsuji
Kyoto University, Japan
V. Tsukruk
Iowa State University, Ames, IA, USA
F. Wang
The Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing,
P. R. China
Z. Y. WangCarleton University, Ottawa, Canada
G. Wegner
Max-Planck-Institute for Polymer Research, Mainz,Germany
J. G. Williams
Imperial College, London, UK
A. H. Windle
University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UKC. Wu
The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin,Hong Kong
Y. Yagci
Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul, Turkey
Q- F. Zhou
Peking University, Beijing, China

CJ. N. Hay
University of Birmingham, UK
M. Hillmyer
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
P. Hodge
University of Manchester, UK
B. S. Hsiao
State University of New York, NY, USAM. B. Huglin
University of Salford, UKR. A. L. Jones
University of Sheffield, UKT. Kajiyama
Kyushu University, Japan
F. Khoury
National Institute of Standards and Technology,
Gaithersburg, MD, USA
J. K. Kim
Pohang University of Science and Technology,Pohang, Korea
T. Kitayama
Department of Chemistry, Osaka University,Japan
L. Leibler
ESPCI, Paris, France
A. Ledwith
Wigan, UK
P. J. Lemstra
Eindhoven University of Technology,
The Netherlands
T. P. Lodge
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
B. A. Lotz
Institut Charles Sadron, Strasbourg, France
A. J. Lovinger
Bell Laboratories, Lucent Technologies,
Murray Hill, NJ, USA
C. Macosko
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
R. H. Marchessault
McGill University, Montreal, Canada
K. Matyjaszewski
Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA,USA
J. E. McGrath
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University,Blacksburg, VA, USA
M. A. Meador
NASA-Lewis Research Center, Cleveland, OH,USA
E. W. Meijer
Eindhoven University of Technology,
The Netherlands
M. Muthukumar
University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, USA
H. Nishide
Waseda University, Japan
D. R. Paul
University of Texas, Austin, TX, USA

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A. AbeTokyo Institute of Polytechnics, JapanW. W. Adams
Rice University, TX, USA
M. Antonietti
Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces,Potsdam, Germany
D. C. Bassett
University of Reading, UK
N. C. Billingham
University of Sussex, UK
D. C. BottNational Starch & Chemical, High Wycombe
W. Burghardt
Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA
B. Charleux
Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France
S. ChenNational Tsing Hua University, Taiwan,
Republic of China
F. Ciardelli
University of Pisa, Italy
R. J. Composto
University of Pennsylvania, PA, USA
J. M. G. Cowie
Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh,UKC. De Rosa
Universita di Napoli Federico II, Naples, Italy
F. Du Prez
Ghent University (RUG), Ghent, Belgium
B. Farmer
Wright-Patterson Airforce Base, OH, USA
W. J. Feast
University of Durham, UKS. Förster
Universität Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
C. W. Frank
Stanford University, CA, USA
J. Fried
University of Cincinnati, OH, USA
E. Giannelis
Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA
R. G. Gilbert
University of Sydney, NSW, Australia
S. Granick
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign,
Urbana, IL, USA
Y. Gnanou
ENSCPB–Université Bordeaux I, Talence, France
R. H. Grubbs
California Institute of Technology, Pasadena,CA, USA
F. W. Harris
University of Akron, OH, USA
C. J. Hawker
University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, USADEDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD

Papers from the Americas should be submitted online via EES
to one of the following editors, according to the subject matter;
Professor S. Z. D. Cheng (physics and physical chemistry)
Professor S. R. Turner (chemistry and synthesis).

All papers from China (in all subject areas) should be submitted
online via EES to: Professor C. C. Han.
Papers from the rest of Asia should be submitted online via EES
to one of the following Editors, according to the subject matter:
Professor K. Tashiro (physics)
Professor S. Ito (physical chemistry and functionality)
Professor T. Masuda (chemistry and synthesis)
Papers from Europe and the rest of the world should besubmitted online via EES to one of the following Editors,
according to the subject matter:
Professor G. Krausch (physics)
Professor M. Ballauff (physical chemistry)
Professor A. H. E. Müller (chemistry and synthesis).
Full contact details are provided on the inside front cover of thejournal and on the homepage. If in doubt, please consult thepublishers PRIOR to submission: authors@elsevier.co.uk
Author Details
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Authors whose native language is not English should have thespelling, grammar and style checked by someone fully
proficient in the English language. Manuscripts which are notwritten in fluent English will be rejected automaticallywithout refereeing.
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