European Polymer Journal is dedicated to publishing work on fundamental and applied polymer chemistry and macromolecular materials. The journal covers all aspects of polymer synthesis, including polymerization mechanisms and chemical functional transformations, with a focus on novel polymers and the relationships between molecular structure and polymer properties. In addition, we welcome submissions on bio-based or renewable polymers, stimuli-responsive systems and polymer bio-hybrids. European Polymer Journal also publishes research on the biomedical application of polymers, including drug delivery and regenerative medicine. The main scope is covered but not limited to the following core research areas:

Polymer synthesis and functionalization
•	Novel synthetic routes for polymerization, functional modification, controlled/living polymerization and precision polymers.
Stimuli-responsive polymers
•	Including shape memory and self-healing polymers.
Supramolecular polymers and self-assembly
•	Molecular recognition and higher order polymer structures.
Renewable and sustainable polymers
•	Bio-based, biodegradable and anti-microbial polymers and polymeric bio-nanocomposites.
Polymers at interfaces and surfaces
•	Chemistry and engineering of surfaces with biological relevance, including patterning, antifouling polymers and polymers for membrane applications.
Biomedical applications and nanomedicine
•	Polymers for regenerative medicine, drug delivery molecular release and gene therapy

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Editor-in-Chief
R. Hoogenboom
Ghent University Department of Organic Chemistry, Gent, Belgium
Editors
Remzi Becer, ((Polymer Chemistry, Biopolymers and Molecular
University of Warwick, England, United Kingdom
Cyrille Boyer, (Polymer Chemistry, Polymer Bioapplications, P
University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Mike Shaver, (Polymer Chemistry; renewable and sustainable
The University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
Frederik Wurm, (Polymerization, Polyphosphoesters, Nanocarrie
Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Mainz, Germany
Yanlei Yu, (Polymer Chemistry, Functional and smart Polymers)
Fudan University Department of Material Science, Shanghai, China
Executive Board
Sylvain Caillol
University of Montpellier, Montpellier, FranceMatthew Ian Gibson
University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom
Elizabeth R. Gillies
Western University, London, Ontario, Canada
Eva Harth
University of Houston, Houston, Texas, United States
Andreas Heise
Dublin City University, Dublin, Ireland
Eva Malmström
Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden
Jinying Yuan
Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
Xi Zhang
Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
Editorial Advisory Board
Bruno Ameduri
Charles Gerhardt of Montpellier Institute, Montpellier, France
Athina Anastasaki, PhD
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich, Switzerland
Steve Armes
The University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom
Edmondo M. Benetti
ETH Zürich, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology (EMPA), Zürich, Switzerland
Wolfgang Binder
Martin Luther University Halle Wittenberg, Halle, Germany
Tim Dargaville
Queensland University of Technology Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation, Brisbane, Australia
Eric Drockenmuller
University Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Lyon Cedex, France
Filip Du Prez
Ghent University, Gent, Belgium
Philippe Dubois
Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology, Esch-Sur-Alzette, Luxembourg
Theoni K Georgiou
Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
David Haddleton
University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom
Nikos Hadjichristidis
King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia
Junpo He
Fudan University, Shanghai, China
Rangasamy Jayakumar
Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Centre, Kochi, India
Christine Jérôme, CERM
University of Liege, Liege, Belgium
Zhongfan Jia
University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Vitaliy V. Khutoryanskiy
University of Reading, Reading, United Kingdom
Harm-Anton Klok
Federal Polytechnic School of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
Bert Klumperman
Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa
Jean-François Lutz
Charles Sadron Institute, Strasbourg, France
Michael Monteiro
University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Makoto Ouchi
Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
Sébastien Perrier
University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom
Stergios Pispas
National Hellenic Research Foundation, Athens, Greece
Béla Pukánszky
Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Budapest, Hungary
Julio San Román
Institute of Polymer Science and Technology, Madrid, Spain
Amitav Sanyal
Boğaziçi University, İstanbul, Turkey
Nikhil Singha
Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, Kharagpur, India
Petr Stepanek
Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry Czech Academy of Sciences, Praha, Czech Republic
Xiaofeng Sui
Donghua University, Shanghai, China
Daniel Taton
Laboratory of Chemistry of Organic Polymers, Pessac, France
Jadranka Travas-Sejdic
The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
G Julius Vancso
University of Twente, Enschede, Netherlands
Tina Vermonden
Utrecht University, Utrecht, Netherlands
Huiqi Zhang
Nankai University, Nankai, China
Dongyuan Zhao
Fudan University Department of Chemistry, Shanghai, China
Jin Zhu
Ningbo Institute of Industrial Technology Chinese Academy of Sciences, Ningbo, China