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Publishing frequency: 10 issues per year
Editorial Board Chair: Juan de Pablo
Scope
Molecular Systems Design & Engineering (MSDE) is an interdisciplinary journal reporting cutting-edge molecular engineering research.
Molecular engineering employs experimental, theoretical and computational approaches to establish new understanding of molecular properties and behaviours, and uses this understanding to design and assemble better materials, systems, and processes to achieve specific functions. MSDE provides a hub for research into new understanding of molecular systems and the use of this understanding in applications of technological significance that help address global challenges.
At the interface of the chemical sciences and engineering, this unique journal is a joint venture between the Royal Society of Chemistry and the Institution of Chemical Engineers (IChemE).
MSDE brings together physics, biology, chemistry, engineering, and materials science to address:
- New concepts, capabilities and tools based on the study of the behaviour of molecular systems
- Screening, design, engineering, and optimisation of molecules, materials, and systems
- The conception, design, or engineering of functional devices based on molecular principles
- Development or use of statistical or machine learning methodologies for molecular design
- Integrated artificial intelligence and automated robotics in experimental science
All papers should address a molecular design or optimisation strategy. This can include the implementation of a molecular design or optimisation strategy targeting the functionality and performance of a system or process of interest. It can also include the development of a new molecular design or optimisation strategy based on fundamental insight into the parameters of a system or process of interest. Methodologies that have utility beyond the scope of the reported work, those covering multiple scales, and those discussing potential technological advances and applications, are particularly encouraged.
Examples of relevant systems and applications include, but are not limited to, the following.
Energy: batteries, solar devices, fuel cells, thermoelectrics, electrocatalysis & photocatalysis
Environmental: membranes, porous materials, detection & monitoring devices
Bioengineering: imaging & diagnostics, tissue engineering & regeneration, therapeutics design & delivery, immune engineering.
Quantum engineering: computing, cryptography, sensors, photonics
Nano-manufacturing and control: directed self-assembly, nano-lithography, additive manufacturing
Hard and soft materials: liquid crystals, ceramics, lubricants, polymers, glasses
Electronics: molecular wires and switches, organic devices
Processes: catalysis, solvents, chemical manufacturing, CO2 capture
Chair
Juan de Pablo, University of Chicago, USA
Editorial board members
Claire S Adjiman, Imperial College London, UK
Linda Broadbelt, Northwestern University, USA
Luke Connal, Australian National University, Australia
Andrew deMello, ETH Zürich, Switzerland
Andrew Ferguson, University of Chicago, USA
Kristi Kiick, University of Delaware, USA
Yongye Liang, Southern University of Science and Technology, China
Patrick Stayton, University of Washington, USA
Maria Southall, Managing Editor, Journals, ORCID 0000-0002-7935-6231
Hannah Kerr, Deputy Editor, Journals
Hugh Cowley, Development Editor, Journals, ORCID 0000-0002-4021-0518
Anna Meehan, Editorial Production Manager, Journals
Daniella Ferluccio, Publishing Editor, Journals
Fiona Iddon, Publishing Editor, Journals
Sophie Redman, Editorial Assistant, Journals
Allison Holloway, Publishing Assistant, Journals
Sam Keltie, Publisher, Journals, ORCID 0000-0002-9369-8414
Alfredo Alexander-Katz, MIT, USA
Helena Azevedo, Queen Mary University of London, UK
Andre Bardow, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
Jeremy Baumberg, University of Cambridge, UK
Joao Cabral, Imperial College London, UK
Neil Champness, University of Nottingham, UK
Paulette Clancy, John Hopkins University, USA
Marc-Olivier Coppens, UCL, UK
Graeme Day, University of Southampton, UK
Cécile Dreiss, Kings College London, UK
Thomas Epps, III, University of Delaware, USA
Lei Fang, Texas A&M University, USA
C. Daniel Frisbie, University of Minnesota, USA
Xuefeng Guo, Peking University, China
Raju Kumar Gupta, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India
Sarah Heilshorn, Stanford University, USA
Arthi Jayaraman, University of Delaware, USA
Takashi Kato, University of Tokyo, Japan
Sang Ouk Kim, KAIST, Republic of Korea
Jodie Lutkenhaus, Texas A&M University, USA
Heidi Mansour, University of Arizona, USA
Bert Meijer, Eindhoven University of Technology, Netherlands
Takashi Nakanishi, NIMS, Japan
Ki Tae Nam, Seoul National University, Republic of Korea
Insup Noh, Seoul National University of Science & Technology, Republic of Korea
Mark A. Olson, Tianjin University, China
Ho Bum Park, Hanyang University, Republic of Korea
Jon Parquette, Ohio State University, USA
Boaz Pokroy, Israel Institute of Technology, Israel
Jeffrey Rimer, University of Houston, USA
Shu Seki, Kyoto University, Japan
Randy Snurr, Northwestern University, USA
Brigitte Stadler, Aarhus University, Denmark
Doros Theodorou, National Technical University of Athens, Greece
Matthew Tirrell, University of Chicago, USA
Bernhardt L. Trout, MIT, USA
Raymond W. Y. Wong, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong
Jing Zhang, Chinese Academic of Sciences, China
Jia Zhu, Nanjing University, China
Meifang Zhu, Donghua University, China
Journal specific guidelines
There are no specific requirements regarding formatting of submissions; we recommend using the Royal Society of Chemistry template but this is not a requirement for submission. All articles accepted for publication in our journals are edited and typeset to our house style by professional editors; we will format the final publication for you.
The following guidelines are journal specific. For general guidance on preparing an article please visit our Prepare your article and Resources for authors pages, the content of which is relevant to all of our journals.
All articles must include a separate Design, System, Application paragraph (no more than 200 words), that:
- explains the molecular design or optimisation strategy and its general utility
- emphasises the desired systems functionality and design constraints
- highlights the immediate or future application potential of the work.
This paragraph is intended to be accessible to the broad interdisciplinary readership of the journal, and therefore should be written in a general manner to complement more detailed discussions of these aspects within the main text. It should not reproduce the abstract.
Subscription Information
Online only 2021: ISSN 2058-9689, £2,006 / $3,310
*2019 Journal Citation Reports (Clarivate Analytics, 2020)
** Average time from receipt to first decision in 2020
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