Announcing a new molecular engineering journal

The Royal Society of Chemistry and the Institution of Chemical Engineers (IChemE) have announced a collaboration to launch a new interdisciplinary journal Molecular Systems Design and Engineering.

The journal, the first in its field, will focus on understanding molecular properties, behaviour and interactions, and how this can be applied to the design of processes, to solve global technological problems. It will bring together selected disciplines in biology, chemistry, physics, engineering, computational and materials science.

Emma Wilson, Director of Publishing at the Royal Society of Chemistry, said: "We are delighted to be working in partnership with the IChemE to bring our combined expertise into shaping and developing Molecular Systems Design and Engineering. It is a unique journal in terms of scope and aims to foster greater collaboration between scientists working in different disciplines."

Molecular Systems Design and Engineering will be free to access for the first two years of publication in 2016 and 2017, and will be led by Professor Juan de Pablo, based at the The Institute of Molecular Engineering in Chicago, USA. He will head up an expert team of researchers in the field and is calling for submissions from academics across the world.

"The journal will help to shape and advance the field of molecular engineering for the future," says Professor de Pablo. "We want to highlight this way of working at very small scales, whilst trying to build or assemble useful materials or useful devices – using design concepts, an element of theory, or simulation. The journal will help popularise this way of working, and this new field that we call molecular engineering."

Journal access is free on registration and the first issue is scheduled for 2016. Visit the journal page for more information and for further details on submissions.