Progress in Polymer Science publishes state-of-the-art overview articles by internationally recognized authorities in polymer science and engineering, one of the fastest growing disciplines. The journal provides a link between original articles, innovations published in patents, and up-to-date knowledge of technology. It publishes review articles on subjects not only within the traditional fields of polymer science - chemistry, physics and engineering involving polymers - but also within interdisciplinary developing fields such as functional and specialty polymers, biomaterials, polymers and drug delivery, polymers in electronic applications, composites, conducting polymers, liquid crystalline materials and the interphases between polymers and ceramics, and new fabrication techniques, where significant contributions are being made.

Contributors are usually invited by the Editor; however, authors wishing to submit a review to the journal may do so by first submitting a Proposal Form for consideration by the Editors. Upon submission, the proposal will be reviewed by the Editors for suitability and fit, and if appropriate, an invitation to submit the full paper will be extended. Proposal forms should be submitted via Editorial Manager, and authors should select "Proposal" as the article type. Unsolicited manuscripts submitted without a proposal form will not be considered.

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Editors-in-Chief
Professor Krzysztof Matyjaszewski
Dept. of Chemistry, Carnegie Mellon University, 4400 Fifth Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, PA 15213-2683, USA
Honorary Editor-in-Chief
Professor Guy Berry
Dept. of Chemistry, Carnegie Mellon University, 4400 Fifth Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, PA 15213-2683, USA
Senior Editor
Dr. Michael Bockstaller
Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Assistant to the Editors
Emilee Tkacik
Dept. of Chemistry, Carnegie Mellon University, 4400 Fifth Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 15213, USA Email Emilee Tkacik
Editorial Board
Professor Takuzo Aida
The University of Tokyo, TOKYO, Japan
Professor Ann-Christine Albertsson
KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden
Professor Markus Antonietti
Max Planck Institute (MPI) of Colloids and Interfaces, Potsdam, Germany
Professor Steve Armes
University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK
Professor Nitash Balsara
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California, USA
Professor Christopher Barner-Kowollik
Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Professor Yves Gnanou
King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal, Saudi Arabia
Professor Nikos Hadjichristidis
King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal, Saudi Arabia
Dr. Craig Hawker
University of California at Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California, USA
Professor Masami Kamigaito
Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan
Professor Alexei Khokhlov
M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russian Federation
Professor Tomek Kowalewski
Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Dr. Sanat Kumar
Columbia University, New York, New York, USA
Professor Ludwik Leibler
École Supérieure de Physique et de Chimie Industrielles (ESPCI), Paris, France
Professor Bin Liu, PhD
National University of Singapore, Singapore
Dr. Jean-Francois Lutz
Institut Charles Sadron, Strasbourg Cedex 2, France
Professor Martin Möller
RWTH Aachen University (RWTH), Aachen, Germany
Professor Axel Mueller
Johannes Gutenberg Universität Mainz, Mainz, Germany
Assoc. Professor Kevin Noonan, PhD
Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Professor Nicholas Peppas, ScD
University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, USA
Professor Martina Stenzel
UNSW Australia, Sydney, Australia
Professor Brent Sumerlin
University of Florida, Gainesville, District of Columbia, USA
Professor Benzhong Tang
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, China
Professor David Tirrell
California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, USA
Dr. Marek Urban
Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina, USA
Professor Karen Winey
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Dr. Karen Wooley
Texas A & M University, College Station, Texas, USA
Professor Yusuf Yagci
Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul, Turkey
Prof. Dr. Xi Zhang
Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
Professor Shiping ZHU
McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada