Plastics, Rubber and Composites
Macromolecular EngineeringPlastics, Rubber and Composites provides an international forum for the publication of original, peer-reviewed research on macromolecular engineering of polymer and polymer composites.
Our scope includes
· manipulation of material structure at the molecular scale to control properties during processing to enhance structural and/or functional performance and for the creation of added value, innovative or more sustainable products.
· the use of artificial intelligence and modelling techniques to enhance material formulation (polymers, blends and composites), prediction of properties to optimise process and product design and establish robust processing routes and process control systems to enable the demanded properties to be reliably achieved.
Our main areas of interest are:
· Polymers (from either petrochemical feedstock or renewable natural resources), polymer blends, polymer composites, including polymer-related pharmaceutical and biomedical materials;
· Processing of single and multiphase polymeric systems and composites in quantified, controlled, or novel ways, across the length scales (nano to macro); novel processing technologies;
· Use of artificial intelligence to optimise materials formulations and processing routes, product performance and potential for recycling/reuse;
· Rheology; process measurement, sensors, and control;
· Formation of polymers and composites by novel routes;
· Additives including plasticisers and nano structured fillers;
· Tailoring of properties during processing; property-processing relationships; off-line characterisation of materials and products, across the length scales;
· Measurement techniques for process control and in-situ materials characterisation;
· Modelling of processing and structure development (melt, solid, multiphase, solution): numerical and analytical modelling; constitutive relationships; validation;
· State of the art design methodologies;
· Effective recycling strategies, potential reuse of materials, persistent polymers, adverse environmental effects of materials, reduction of PFAS materials, and end of life options for polymers;
The journal's coverage reflects growing common ground between the processing of polymers, polymer composites and related materials in the fine chemicals, pharmaceuticals, and biomaterials sectors.
| Professor P D Coates | University of Bradford, UK |
| Professor J J C Busfield | Queen Mary, University of London, UK |
| Professor Ludwig Cardon | Ghent University, Belgium |
| Professor Lee Harper | Nottingham University, UK |
| Professor Lief Asp | Swerea SICOMP AB, Sweden |
| Professor Anke Blume | University of Twente, The Netherlands |
| Professor Clive Bucknall | Cranfield University, UK |
| Professor Biqiong Chen | University of Liverpool, UK |
| Professor Jose A Covas | University of Minho, Portugal |
| Professor Tibor Czigany | Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Hungary |
| Professor Patrick Fairclough | University of Sheffield, UK |
| Professor Peter Halley | University of Queensland, Australia |
| Professor Patrick Lee | University of Toronto, Canada |
| Professor Shi-Jung Liu | Chang Gung University, Taiwan |
| Professor Yu Wing Mai | University of Sydney, Australia |
| Dr Tanja Kosanovic Milickovic | National Technical University of Athens, Greece |
| Professor Roberto Pantani | University of Salerno, Italy |
| Dr Dipa Roy | Chair in Sustainable Materials University of Edinburgh,UK |
| Professor Costas Soutis | University of Manchester, UK |
| Professor Tom Turng | University of Madison Wisconsin, USA |
| Professor Erwan Verron | Central School of Nantes, France |
| Professor Qi Wang | Sichuan University, China |
| Professor Jinglei Yang | Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong SAR |
| Professor Bob Young | University of Manchester, UK |
| Dr Han Zhang | |
| Professor Liqun Zhang | South China University of Technology |