MSDE

Molecular Systems Design & Engineering (MSDE) publishes work which establishes new understanding of molecular properties and behaviours, and uses this understanding to design and assemble better materials, systems, and processes to achieve specific functions.

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).

ISSN: 2058-9689

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.

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

The MSDE proposition, at the crossroads between pressing societal needs and emerging scientific innovation, is timely and compelling. The journal excels at bringing together researchers across often disparate fields of research to form a “molecular systems design community"

Claire Adjiman, Editor-in-chief

The combination of articles focused on new methods with those focused on specific applications provides an ideal opportunity to identify cross-pollination between these two distinct, but mutually reinforcing, thrusts

Andrew Ferguson, Deputy Editor-in-chief

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