Providing a common forum for all soft matter scientists, Soft Materials covers theory, simulation, and experimental research in this rapidly expanding and interdisciplinary field. As soft materials are often at the heart of modern technologies, soft matter science has implications and applications in many areas ranging from biology to engineering. 

Unlike many journals which focus primarily on individual classes of materials or particular applications, Soft Materials draw on all physical, chemical, materials science, and biological aspects of soft matter. Featured topics include polymers, biomacromolecules, colloids, membranes, Langmuir-Blodgett films, liquid crystals, granular matter, soft interfaces, complex fluids, surfactants, gels, nanomaterials, self-organization, supramolecular science, molecular recognition, soft glasses, amphiphiles, and foams. 

Truly international in scope, Soft Materials contains original research, invited reviews, in-depth technical tutorials, and book reviews. 

Peer Review Policy 
All submitted manuscripts are subject to initial appraisal by the Editor, and if found suitable for further consideration, will be peer-reviewed by independent and anonymous expert referees. All peer review is single blind and submission is online via  https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/softmaterials 

Publishing Ethics Statement 
The Journal adheres to the highest standards of publishing ethics, with rigorous processes in place to ensure this is achieved. Taylor & Francis is a member of Committee of Publication Ethics (COPE) and utilizes Similarity Check via CrossRef for all journals. More information on our ethical standards and policies can be found here: http://authorservices.taylorandfrancis.com/ethics-for-authors/. 
The Journal has an appeals and complaints policy which can be viewed here: https://authorservices.taylorandfrancis.com/peer-review-appeals-and-complaints-from-authors/. 

EDITOR 

Prof. Florian Müller-Plathe  
Professor of Theoretical Physical Chemistry 
Eduard-Zintl-Institut für Anorganische und Physikalische Chemie 
Technische Universität Darmstadt 
Petersenstr. 20 
D-64287 Darmstadt, Germany 
Email: f.mueller-plathe@theo.chemie.tu-darmstadt.de 

ASSOCIATE EDITOR 

Prof. James L. Harden  -   University of Ottawa 

EDITORIAL BOARD 

M. Biesalski  -   Technische Universität Darmstadt, Germany 
J. Cooper-White  -   The University of Queensland, Australia 
I. Dierking  -   University of Manchester, United Kingdom 
A. Hartwig  -   Fraunhofer-Institut, Germany   
T. Hugel  -   University of Freiburg, Germany 
D. Johannsmann  -   Technische Universität Clausthal, Germany 
D. Kaplan  -   Tufts University, Medford,USA 
R.von Klitzing  -   Technische Universität Berlin, Germany 
S. Komura  -   Tokyo Metropolitan University, Tokyo, Japan 
K. Kremer  -   Max-Planck-Institut für Polymerforschung, Germany 
V. Kumaran  -  Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India 
R.L. Leheny  -   Johns Hopkins University, USA 
D.W.M. Marr  -  Colorado School of Mines, USA 
T. G. Mason  -  University of California Los Angeles, USA 
Z.-C. Ou-Yang  -   Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing, China 
T. Terao  -   Gifu University, Japan 
A. Torda  -   University of Hamburg, Germany 
H. Weiss  -  BASF SE, Germany 
M. Wilhelm  -   Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany
M.Q. Zhang  -   Zhongshan University, Guangzhou, China