Editorial Board for section 'Polymer Physics and Theory'

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Members

Prof. Dr. Martin Kröger
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Section Editor-in-Chief
Polymer Physics, Department of Materials, ETH Zurich, Leopold-Ruzicka-Weg 4, CH-8093 Zurich, Switzerland
Interests: polymer physics; computational physics; applied mathematics; stochastic differential equations; coarse-graining; biophysics
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Prof. Dr. Vlasis Mavrantzas
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Section Editor-in-Chief
1. Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Patras & FORTH-ICE/HT, GR 26504 Patras, Greece
2. Particle Technology Laboratory, Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering, ETH-Z, CH-8093 Zürich, Switzerland
Interests: polymer physics; polymer rheology; molecular simulations; statistical mechanics; nonequilibrium thermodynamics; constitutive modelling; dissipative quantum field theory
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School of Science, Faculty of Engineering and Science, University of Greenwich, Chatham Maritime, Kent ME4 4TB, UK
Interests: formulation; polymer–surfactant mixtures; polymer–particle interactions; polymer complexation; self-assembly; pulsed-gradient spin-echo NMR; neutron scattering
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Department of Chemical Engineering, FAMU-FSU College of Engineering, Tallahassee, FL 32310, USA
Interests: polymer crystallization; polymorphism; crystallization and melting of polyethylenes and polypropylenes; morphological and structural studies in polyolefins; blends of polyolefins
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Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York (SUNY), Buffalo, NY 14260-4200, USA
Interests: self-assembly; directed assembly; surfactants; block copolymers; polysaccharides; nanoparticles; water; ionic liquids; formulations; polymer dissolution
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Department of Plastics Engineering, University of Massachusetts Lowell, 1 University Avenue, Ball Hall, Room 202A Lowell, MA 01854, USA
Interests: multifunctional polymer nanocomposites; additive manufacturing; bioproducts; smart materials and structures; advanced polymer-based foams; mechanics of materials
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Institute of Electronic Structure and Laser, Foundation for Research and Technology-Hellas, N. Plastira 100, 700 13 Heraklion Crete, Greece
Interests: polymer surfaces and interfaces and thin films; polymer blends and homopolymer / copolymer blends; dynamics and diffusion in multiconstituent systems; organic/inorganic nanohybrid materials; responsive polymer systems
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School of Engineering, University of British Columbia, Kelowna, BC V1V 1V7, Canada
Interests: nanomaterials synthesis; carbon nanotube; graphene; metal-organic framework; MXene; polymer processing; multifunctional polymer nanocomposites; gas sensors; additive manufacturing/3D printing; wastewater treatment; electromagnetic interference shielding
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Institut für Chemie und Biochemie, Freie Universitaet Berlin, Takustrasse 3, 14195 Berlin, Germany
Interests: physics of colloids and macromolecules; chemistry and physics of colloidal systems; scattering methods and structural research on battery systems was done mainly by using small-angle x-ray and neutro
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1. Fraunhofer Institute for Microstructure of Materials and Systems IMWS, D-06120 Halle, Germany
2. Naturwissenschaftliche Fakultät II, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, D-06120 Halle, Germany
Interests: polymer dynamics; glass transition; polymer crystallization; micro- and nanophase separation in polymers; rubber composites

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Interdisciplinary Research Institute in Bio-Nano-Sciences of the Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Interests: processing of (conjugated) polymers; structure-optoelectronic properties relationship; polymeric nanostructures; hierarchical architectures; (reduced) graphene oxide-polymer composites; morphology investigations by AFM
Prof. Dr. Wim Briels
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1. Computational Chemical Physics, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Twente, P.O. Box 217, 7500 AE Enschede, The Netherlands
2. MESA+ Institute for Nanotechnology, University of Twente, P.O. Box 217, 7500 AE Enschede, The Netherlands
3. Forschungszentrum Jülich, ICS-3, D-52425 Jülich, Germany
Interests: computer simulations of condensed matter

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Institute of Physics of the Czech Academy of Sciences Na Slovance 1999/2, 18221 Prague, Czech Republic
Interests: low molar mass liquid crystals; macromolecular liquid crystals; reactive mesogens; self-organization; soft nano-composite systems; ferroelectric liquid crystals; mesomorphic behaviour; soft matter
Dr. Rafael Delgado Buscalioni
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Department of Theoretical Condensed Matter Physics, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Campus de Cantoblanco, 28049 Madrid, Spain
Interests: polymer dynamics in solution or melt; coarse grained models
Department of Physics, University of Rome "La Sapienza", Roma, Italy
Interests: electrical properties of bio-inspired materials, especially topics including structure and dynamics of complex fluids, colloidal systems in and out of equilibrium, mixed surfactant systems, polymers and biopolymers, self-organizing aggregates
Prof. Dr. Dario Cavallo
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Department of Chemistry and Industrial Chemistry, University of Genoa, Via Dodecaneso 31, 16146 Genova, Italy
Interests: structuring processes of semicrystalline polymers
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Politecnico di Milano, Departement of Chemistry, Materials and Chemical Engineering, via Mancinelli 7, 20131 Milano, Italy
Interests: polymerization kinetics; ab initio and DFT estimation of rate constants; KMC simulation of reactive systems; molecular dynamics; bioseparation matarials; polymer-protein interactions
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Prof. Dr. Hsin-Lung Chen
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Polymer Physics Laboratory, Department of Chemical Engineering, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan
Interests: polymer crystallization; self-assemblies of block copolymers, biomacromolecules, nanocomposites, and conjugated polymers, small angle X-ray and neutron scattering
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Martino Colonna
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Department of Civil, Chemical, Environmental and Material Engineering, University of Bologna, Via U. Terracini 28, 40131 Bologna, Italy
Interests: polymeric materials from renewable resources, polymer based nanocomposites

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School of Materials Science and Engineering (Blk. N4.1), Nanyang Technological University, 50 Nanyang Avenue, Singapore 639789, Singapore
Interests: polymeric materials; coatings; fire retardancy; mass engineered timber; composites; fracture; tribology
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Department of Chemical Sciences, University of Napoli Federico II, 80126 Naples, Italy
Interests: crystal structure of polymers and the interplay between physical properties, crystalline structure and molecular structure of polymers and the study of nanostructures produced by semicrystalline block copolymers
Soft Matter Spectroscopy Laboratory, Department of Chemistry and Industrial Chemistry, University of Pisa, Via Giuseppe Moruzzi, 13 - 56124 Pisa, Italy
Interests: soft matter; NMR; food; spectroscopy; chemical-physical characterization
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Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
Interests: polymer physics; polyamides; polymer rheology; polymer characterization and processing; copolymers; polymer blends; polymer nanocomposites; self-healing elastomer; polyamide thermoplastic elastomers
Materials Research and Innovation Laboratory (MRAIL), Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996, USA
Interests: nonequilibrium thermodynamics; polymer dynamics; rheology; molecular simulation; statistical mechanics
Prof. Dr. George Floudas
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Department of Physics, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece
Interests: predicting structure-property relationships in "soft" materials in the bulk and under confinement; polymer physics - biophysics; dielectric spectroscopy, scattering techniques
Institute on Membrane Technology, ITM-CNR, Via P. Bucci, Cubo 17/C, 87036 Rende (CS), Italy
Interests: membrane science and technology; polymeric and mixed matrix membranes; Gas separation membranes; computational methods for membrane science; transport phenomena; structural, mechanical and thermal properties of polymers
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Instituto de Estructura de la Materia, IEM-CSIC. Serrano 121, 28006 Madrid, Spain
Interests: polymer physics; structure-property relationships; polymer crystallization; nanotechnology: thin films and nanostructures; organic electronics; X-ray scattering techniques; synchrotron radiation
Centro de Quimica Estrutural, Department of Chemical Engineering, Instituto Superior Tecnico, Universidade de Lisboa, 1049-001 Lisboa, Portugal
Interests: polymers; colloids; hybrid materials; optical microscopy; biphotonic absorption; photophysic; photochemistry
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